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QBOROB W. YORK, Editor. 



CHICAGO, ILL,, MARCH 9, 1905. 



Vol. XLV.— No. 10. 



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The Ontario Convention Report was crowded out of last 

 week's number of the American Bee Journal, and also again this 

 week. But next week we expect to issue another double number in 

 which we will complete that report, and also publish much other in- 

 teresting matter. 



The Michigan Convention was held in Grand Rapids Feb. 

 33 and 24, and we had the pleasure of being present. While the at- 

 tendance was not as large as anticipated, it was a splendid meeting in 

 many wajs. It was another proof of the value of the question-box 

 program. Among others who are well known to the reading bee- 

 keeping public, there were present T. F. Bingham, W. D. Soper, L. C. 

 and A. G. Woodman, E. D. Townsend, and Huber H. Root (of Ohio) ; 

 also these who were elected as officers for the ensuing year: President, 

 W.Z.Hutchinson; Vice-President, Geo. E. Hilton; and Secretary- 

 Treasurer, E. B. Tyrrell, of Davison. We expect to publish a report 

 of the meeting a little later in these columns. 



The Fourth Annual Report of the Illinois State Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association will be issued some time in April — next month. It 

 will contain full reports of the last meetings of both the Illinois State 

 and the Chieago- North western conventions; information on foul 

 brood and other diseases of bees, and how to treat same; also a list of 

 the names and addresses of the membership of the Illinois Associa- 

 tion which numbers almost 200 members. Any Illinois bee-keeper 

 who wishes to have his name and address in the forthcoming report, 

 should send his dollar to the Secretary, Jas. A. Stone, Route 4, 

 Springfield, 111., before April 1. This dollar will also pay a year's 

 membership in the National Bee-Keepers' Association. Belter attend 

 to this at once, Illinois Bee-Keeper, and help yourself as well as the 

 two Associations mentioned. 



Result of the National Election of Officers. — February 

 27 we received the following from W. F. Marks, chairman of the 

 Board of Directors of the National Bee-Keepers' Association, but it 

 came too late for publication last week : 



To the Members of the yalional Bee-Keepers'' Association : — 



The chairman of the Board of Directors is in receipt of a letter 

 from Mrs. Geo. W. Brodbeck, dated Feb. 11, 1905, announcing the 

 death of her husband, Secretary Geo. W. Brodbeck, and inclosing tlif 

 following result of the ballot taken last November for officers of the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Association : 



The whole number of votes cast for President was 355, of which 

 J. U. Harris received 232, C. P. Dadant 89, Dr. C. C. Miller 11, G. W. 

 York 4, G. W. Brodbeck 2, N. E. France 2, E. R. Root 2, an4 the fol- 

 lowing 1 each : Secor, Cook, Stone, Aikin, Benton, Hutchin.^on, 

 Hannegan, Mclntyre, Harren, Abbot, Grenner, Lovesy, ToepperwLiti. 

 The whole numljer of votes cast for Vice-President 355, C. F- 

 Dadant received 251, J. F. Mclntyre 46, J. U. Harris 9, G. M. Doolittle 

 7, Dr. C. C. Miller 5, E. T. Abbott 5, G. W. York 4, G. W. Brodbeck 4, 

 M. A. Gill 3, W. Z. Hutchinson 3, Muth 2, Hershiser 2, Pennington 2, 



Duff 2, Akslin, Marks, Hull, Moore, Cook, Lovesy, Hyde, Nebel, Ham- 

 baugh, E. R. Root 1 each. 



The whole number of votes cast for Secretary was 359, of iwhicb 

 W. A. Hutchinson received 203, G. W. Brodbeck 95, G. W. York 2.S, W. 

 H Laws 15, E. T. Abbott 4, L. SchoU 3, F. E. Brown 3, France 2, and 

 Hide, Moore, Dadant, Doolittle, Niver, Hyde, Miller, Loveland, Dal- 

 lant, Kate V. Austin, E. R. Root 1 each. 



The whole number of votes cast for General Manager was 349; N. 

 E. France received 336, L. F. SchoU 4, R L. Taylor 3, C. P. Dadant 2,. 

 G. W. York, W. Z. Hutchinson, E. T. Abbott, O. O. Poppleton 1 each. 



The whole number of votes cast for Director to succeed E. Whit- 

 comb was 165; E. Whitcomlj received 100, H. H. Hyde 26, F. Muth 8, 

 N. E. France 5, H. E. Hill .3, M. A Gill 3, E. T. Abbott 3, W. S. Cogg- 

 shall3, C. H. Webber 2, J. H. Havistin 2, and H. Lathrop, E. D. 

 Townsend. Eugene Secor, J. F. Mclntyre, L. Scholl, Ed Bevins, J. 

 Heddon, U. Toepperwein, C. A. Thompson, A. I. Root, G. W. York 1 

 each. 



The whole number of votes for Director to succeed W. Z. Hutch- 

 inson was 256 ; R. L. Taylor received 102, W. Z. Hutchinson 83, G. W. 



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Special Announcement. 



Although I have stated the fact twice (pages 

 116 and 164) that on Feb. 1, 1905, 1 sold all ray in- 

 terest in The York Honey Co. to Mr. H. M. Arnd, 

 there seem to be some of the readers of the 

 American Bee Journal who either have not read 

 the two notices referred to, or else do not place 

 credence in them. Let me say as plainly as pos- 

 sible, that neither the writer nor the American 

 Bee Journal is now connected with the handling 

 of honey or bee-keepers' supplies. Of course 

 as editor and publisher of the American Bee Jour- 

 nal, I shall continue to encourage the produc- 

 tion, use and sale of both honey and bee-keepers' 

 supplies, for I believe that bee-keeping is but in 

 its infancy, and that there are great possibilities 

 in it which will be developed as time goes on. 

 And it will be my constant aim to help advance 

 the interests of all concerned, through the col- 

 umns of the American Bee Journal, in the future 

 as in the past. 



Thanking the thousands who have helped 

 make the American Bee Journal what it is to-day, 

 and soliciting a continuance of their hearty sup- 

 port, I am 



Yours for good bee-literature, 



QEORQE W. YORK. 



Chicago, 111., March 1, 1P05. 



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Brodbeck 18, J. L. Smith S, M. A. Gill 7, H. E. Hyde 4, C. P. Dadant 

 4, G. W. York 3, Ernest Root 3, Eugene Secor 3, and Geo. E. Dudley, 

 R. C. Aikin, Hershiser, Cook, Abbott, Poppleton, Barge 2 each 

 Kretchum, A. I. Root, Mrs. N. J. Stow. E. B. Tyrrel, W. S. Hart, P 

 H. Elwood, J. D. Harris 1 each. 



The whole number of votes east for Director to succeed Udo Toep- 

 perwein was 311 ; Udo Toepperwein received 189, E. S. Lovesy 50 H 

 H. Hyde 24, F. Laten 6, Dr. Miller 5, J. F. Molntyre 4, H. E. Hill 4, B 



