AMERICAN BEE JOURNAU 



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W. L. Coggshall, West Groton, N. Y. 



Miles Morton, Groton, N. Y. 



A. A. Brimmer, Hoosick, N. Y. 



J. F. Wood, North Prescott, Mass. 



E. B. Smith, Millford, Pa. 



A. W. Smith, Parksville, N. Y. 



E. U. Parshall, Cooperstown, N. Y. 

 J. Van Deusen, Sprout Brook, N. Y. 

 N. D. West, Middleburg, N. Y. 



J. O. Munson, East Lansing, N. Y. 

 A. P. Slater, Preston, N. Y. 



C. A. Hallegas, DeKalb Junction, N. Y. 

 W. G. Larrabee, Larrabee's Point, Vt. 

 Edgar Briggs, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

 Ambrose Pealer, Danube, N. Y. 

 Thomas Pierce, Gansevoort, N. Y. 



D. E. Floyd, Nelliston, N. Y. 



C. M. Wodlser, Richfield Springs, N.Y. 

 J. H. M. Cook, 78 Barclay St., N. Y. 



F. A. Lockhart, Lake George, N. Y. 

 A. Armbrust, Schenectady, N. Y. 



F. M. Hawkins, Poultney, Vt. 

 A. H. Wood, Hanover, N. H. 

 L. H. Bartram, Sharon, Conn. 



A. W. Manderville, 285 High street, 

 Newark, N. J. 

 David Stoddard, Ballston Center, N.Y. 

 W. W. Gary, Coleraln, Mass. 

 Levi Defreest, Troy, iST. Y. 

 W. Z. Hutchinspn, Flint, Mich. 



E. A. Stratton, Horseheads, N. Y. 

 Claude Smith, Norwich, N. Y. 



C. D. Robinson, West Groton, N. Y. 



D. H. Coggshall, West Groton, N. Y. 

 S. F. Pratt, Marlborough, Mass. 



I. J. Stringham, 92 Barclay St., N. Y. 



G. A. Burhams, Cooksburg, N. Y. 

 Norwood Burhams, Cooksburg, N. Y. 

 Charles Stewart, Sammonsville, N. Y. 

 R. L. Taylor, Lapeer, Mich. 



F. Allen, West Berne, N. Y. 

 Julius Hoffman, Canajoharie, N. Y. 

 W. H. Mallory, Worcester, N. Y. 

 Eugene Converse, Coventry, N. Y. 



G. M. Doolittle, Borodino, N. Y. 

 Arthur Barnes, Canajoharie, N. Y. 

 George E. Davis, Shelburne Falls, Mass. 

 V. N. Forbes, West Haven, Vt. 



W. S, Ward, Fuller's Station, N. Y. 



E. D. Kniffer, Middleburg, N. Y. 

 J. I. Parent, Birchton, N. Y. 



F. H. Cyrenius, Oswego, N. Y. 

 J. Vandervort, Laceyville, Pa. 



M. E. Hastings, New York Mills, N.Y. 

 H. D. Spencer, Coventryville, N. Y. 

 J. W. Porter, Charlottesville, Va. 



G. W. Alexander, Esperance, N. Y. 

 John L. Watkins, Sandy Hill, N. Y. 

 Frank Benton, Washington, D. C. 

 Henry Segelken, 28 and SOW. Broad- 

 way, N. Y. 



Thurber, Whyland & Co., 116 Reade 

 street. New York. 



John S. Scudder, Amsterdam, N. Y. 

 Charles Israel, 70 Hudson street. N.Y. 



LIFE MEMBEKS PRESENT. 



E. R. Root, Medina, Ohio. 

 Charles Dadant, Hamilton, HI. 

 Eugene Secor, Forest City, Iowa. 

 G. H. Knickerbocker, PinePlains,N.Y. 



LADY MEMBERS. 



Miss M. A. Douglas, Shoreham, Vt. 

 Mrs. J. Vandervort, Laceyville, Pa. 

 Mrs. H. L. Leonard, Brandon, Vt. 

 Mrs. W. J. Haviland, Glens Falls, N.Y. 

 Mrs. Thomas Pierce, Gansevoort, N.Y. 

 Mrs. Frank Benton, Washington, D. C. 

 MissM. J. LaGrange,Guilderland,N.Y. 

 Miss Cynthia Payne, Victor, N. Y. 



Upon the Convention being called to 

 order, it was voted that Thomas G. 

 Newman & Son be paid $20.00 to- 

 wards publishing, in pamphlet form, the 

 report of this Convention, as usual. 



The Committee on Incorporation re- 

 ported as follows: 



Report of Committee on Incorporation. 



Y'our committee to which was referred 

 the matter of incorporating the North 

 American Bee-Keepers' Association, beg 

 to report that they have attended to the 

 matter, and the certificate of incorpora- 

 tion is in the hands of the Secretary, and 

 the fees for the same have been paid by 

 the Association. The life members in the 

 United States were by vote designated as 

 the incorporators. 



Thos. G. Newman, Chairman. 



The report of the committee was 

 approved, and the committee was dis- 

 charged. 



R. McKnight — Is this Society incor- 

 porated under a State law, or does it 

 cover the whole country ? 



E. R. Root — It is incorporated under 

 a State law, but its influence is National. 



R. McKnight — Is not incorporating it 

 under a State law making a local society 

 of what was a National body ? 



J. E. Hetherington — It is necessary to 

 incorporate under a State law. That is 

 the only way in which it can be incor- 

 porated ; but such incorporation does 

 not prevent it from being National in 

 character. 



The Manager of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Union reported as follows : 



The Bee-Keepers' Union. 



As General Manager of the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Union, which is now under 

 the fostering care of the North Ameri- 

 can Bee-Keepers' Association, I would 

 report that it is still laboring for the 

 welfare of Bce-Keepei"s, and defending 

 them in their rights and privileges as 



