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gin or P.nd, or intorlard their remarks 

 with, " in ray opinion."' This is unneces- 

 sary. No one among ns is vested with 

 authority to say tinally .iust where the 

 truth lies. It is understood that every 

 one who spealjs is expressing his own 

 opinion only : and is it not better that 

 this be done as sharply and critically, 

 and forcibly as possible ? 



There should be none among us who 

 has a device or method or theory which 

 is new or peculiar, but is broad enough, 

 and courageous enough, to be willing to 

 see it vigorously attacked in debate with- 

 out in the least feeling that the discus- 

 sion is personal. The freest discussion 

 leads to the best understanding, and this 

 furnishes the best foundation for the 

 most lasting kindliness of feeling, and 

 more than all. there is nothing better 

 calculated to determine the tr\ith. 



The floating character of the member- 

 ship of our Association seems to me to be 

 its most unsatisfactory feature. Practi- 

 cally there is no fixed membership to give 

 it continuous life from one annual session 

 to another. Indeed, even the officers 

 elected at one session are not members of 

 the next unless they seasonably and vol- 

 untarily pay the required fee ; and not 

 infrequently we perpetrate tlic incon- 

 gruity of electing as officers those 

 who at the time are not members. 

 Why should we not have the advantage 

 of the stability which could be secured 

 by becoming incorporated under the law? 

 Without doubt a plan could be devised 

 by which a large body of permanent 

 members might be secured, and provis- 

 ion also made by which a combination 

 with the Bee-Keepers' Union could be 

 satisfactorily effected. It might be well 

 to submit the matter to a competent 

 committee for consideration. 



It is perhaps none too soon to form 

 plans and make preliminary arrange- 

 ments for a proper display of our indus- 

 try at the coming World's Exposition, to 

 be held at Chicago in 1893. Doubtless 

 there has never been so excellent an 

 opportunity for a grand exhibition of the 

 appliances and products of the apiary, 

 and there may not be such another 

 opportunity for a generation. 



I would recommend that immediate 

 action be taken to secure as superintend- 

 ent of such department the person of our 

 choice, and such other measures adopted 

 as may be deemed advisable and neces- 

 sary to guarantee, in the undertaking, a 

 success hitherto unheard of. Prompt, 

 careful and vigorous action will lie 

 demanded, and we must not permit it to 

 Ije wanting. 



I have information that the United 

 States government has an appropriation 

 of $.5,000 which can be used in the 

 inte'rests of apiculture. Our highest 

 apicultural and entomological authority 

 suggests that as we have been benefitted 

 by the Italian and other imported bees 

 there may yet be others, natives of the 

 islands of the Pacific, from which we 

 might derive still further advantage. 



The importation of any now race that 

 might be found could be cheaply made 

 by the government. It is recommended 

 that such action be taken here as will 

 impress upon the Secretary of agriculture 

 the importance and desirability of action 



in the matter on the part of the govern- 

 ment. 



Almost every occupation has its 

 attendant dangers, and apiculture is not 

 exempt. In this, as in the use of 

 niacliinery, horses, etc., accidents may 

 generally by the exercise of care be 

 prevented. It stands us in hand to bo 

 nuire than usually careful in the case of 

 bees, because the public being unac- 

 (jnainted with the causes of irritation on 

 their part, consider their attacks purely 

 vicious, without reason and unavoidable, 

 and as apt in case of accident to pro- 

 nounce them a dangerous nuisance, 

 when, in fact, the person injured, or 

 some one else, has ignorantly been the 

 direct cause of the attack. I am led to 

 speak of this subject by an accident that 

 happened in my own country. A heavy 

 highway scraper drawn by a four-horse 

 team was working upon the road where 

 Ave or six rods away were a few colonies 

 of bees. The bees attacked the horses 

 and driver in swarms, and three horses 

 were killed on the spot. To the un- 

 skilled there was no reason for the 

 innate viciousness of the bees, while to 

 the experienced, the thundering, eartli- 

 jarring crashing of the heavy machine 

 on the stones in the baked earth was 

 abundant cause. The lesson is, that if 

 for no other reason than to prevent their 

 bees from falling into disrepute, bee- 

 keepers should use tlioughtful care in the 

 location and management of their 

 apiaries. 



As a means of gathering and dissemi- 

 nating information, a certain space in 

 our journals devoted to the topic of the 

 management of bees with reference to 

 the avoidance of accidents, would be an 

 excellent thing. 



Now, in conclusion, let me exhort you 

 to look to the future with undimmed 

 hope. What has been will be. Fruitful 

 years are sure to follow. It is for us to 

 prepare for them with unabated courage. 

 The snatching of victory from defeat is 

 what shows a leader to be a great cap- 

 tain. The faint-hearted indohuit will 

 fall out by the way, and leave a greater 

 fruitage to be shared by those who con- 

 fidently look for the morning. 



Bee-Pastiixage of America. 



' Uave faith in God."-Marlt 1 1 :22 



On motion the following were ap- 

 pointed a committee to consider the 

 recommendations contained in the 

 President's address — Dr. A. B. Mason, 

 Thomas G.Newman and Eugene Secor. 



It was moved and seconded that a 

 committee consisting of Dr. A. B. 

 Mason, Thomas G. Newman, and R. 

 McKnight be appointed to interview 

 the World's Fair ofBcers for the pur- 

 pose of securing an assignment of 

 space. After considerable discussion, 

 the matter was postponed until 11:00 

 o'clock the next morning. 



Jesse Oren, E. R. Root, and S. A. 

 Shuck were appointed a committee to 

 examine the exhibits that had been 

 brought to the Convention bj* members 

 of the Association. 



After a short recess Mr. A. I. Root 

 read the following on 



Motto : 



Perhaps you may think my motto is 

 rather strange for an essay on the 

 Honey Resources of America. Perhaps 

 it is ; but I believe it is applicable to the 

 subject in question. For some time it 

 has seemed to many as if our industry 

 was going down hill. We have been in 

 danger of losing faith in bee-keepi»g : 

 and I fear that some of us have been 

 tempted to lose faith in the Great Ruler 

 of all things. How can a man be a suc- 

 cessful bee-keeper without faith in an 

 All-Wise over-ruling power ? How can 

 he, in fact, be successful in anything in 

 this wide world, without faith in God '.' 

 In working and devising means, and in 

 planning for the future, what incentive 

 is there to push ahead, unless we havr 

 this faith ? Perhaps some of you will 

 agree with me in a general way ; but 1 

 want you not only to have reverence and 

 respect for the All-Wise Creator, but to 

 have faith that He cares for us, loves us. 

 keeps watch over us, and hears prayer. 



During the past few weeks we have 

 had an unusual amount of rainy weather 

 — at least such has been the case in 

 Ohio and adjoining States. Men have 

 planned, but God seems to have thwarted 

 their plans, by so much moisture. Shall 

 we complain of Him ? Surely not. The 

 words of our motto bid us " have faitli 

 in God." Shall we grumble at His dis- 

 pensations ? By no means. There are 

 certain things we can control, but we 

 cannot control the weather — at least we 

 have not done so yet : therefore we may 

 safely say, just now, at least, that the 

 weather is God's part, and all we have to 

 do is to attend to our part. Perhaps 

 some of you will say that I do not know 

 what it is to have my bread and butter 

 cut off by such unheard-of weather. 1 

 know something of it, dear friends. But 

 I have not looked sour nor felt cross yet. 

 although I sometimes have to say to my- 

 self, "Thy will, not mine, be done." 



It has been very perplexing for me to 

 keep a large force of hands at work, foi- 

 we do not send our men home when it 

 storms, as many establishments do. 

 Again and again have I asked God in the 

 morning to give me wisdom in devising 

 ways and means to keep my men at 

 work, and at the same time have them 

 work profitably. So far the answer has 

 come, and I have often wondered how it 

 was that things change around, and 

 seem to dovetail one into another, in 

 such a way as to cull for just the man 

 that I did not know what to do with next. 

 Then how much happier one feels who 

 has faith in God, and. as a natural 

 sequence, faith in humanity ! I fear, 

 dear friends, I sliimld not have been 

 here, when so many things seemed to 

 need me at homo, if it were not for faith 

 in God and faith in you. I believe we 

 shall always be blessed and prospered in 

 doing our duty— and duty seemed to call 

 mo here. 



Now, about the honey resources ot 

 our own country. My faith is brightei- 

 to-ds»y than it was a few years ago. J 

 have prayed for our industry a good deal: 

 and we have in our conventions prayed 

 that God might bless our undertakings. 



