Nov. 16, 1905 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURMAL 



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ARTICLE IV.— Officers. 



Section 1 — The officers ()i this Association shall be a President, 

 a Vice-President, and a Secretary, who shall be ex-oflioio Treasurer. 



Sec. 2. — The officers shall ail be elected annually by ballots of the 

 members of this Association at their annual meeting. 



ARTICLE v.— Duties of Officers. 



Section. 1.— President— It shall be the duty of the President to 

 preside at the annual meetings of this Association, and to perform 

 such other duties as may devolve upon the presiding officer. The 

 President shall be ex-ofHcio Vice-President of the " Texas Farmers' 

 Congress." 



Sec. 2.— I'ict-rresiileiit— In the absence of the President, the Vice- 

 President shall perform the duties of President. 



Sec. 3.— Seerelary—ll shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep 

 the records of this Association ; to make a report of the annual meet- 

 ings; to receive membership fees; to make a report at the annual 

 meetings and perform such other service as the Association may direct. 



Sec. 4. — The President, Vice-President and Secretary shall form 

 an Executive Committee. Their duties shall be such as usually fall to 

 such officers. 



ARTICLE VI.— Funds. 



Section 1.— The Secretary shall remit to the General Manager of 

 the National Bee-Keepers' Association within two weeks after the 

 annual meeting, the sum of 50 cents for each paid-up member as a 

 membership in the National Bee-Keepers' Association for one year. 



Sec. 2.— The Secretary shall receive not less than $10 annually for 

 his services, and shall receive another sum equal to his legitimate ex- 

 penses for the benefit of this Association. 



Sec. 3. — The remaining funds of this Association shall be ex- 

 pended as the members thereof may direct. 



ARTICLE VII.— Meetings. 



This Association shall hold annual meetings at such time and 

 place as the members may select by a two-thirds vote at some regular 

 meeting; but if In any event it becomes impracticable to meet at the 

 place selected, because of unforeseen events, then this Association 

 shall hold its meeting at such time and place as the Executive Com- 

 mittee may select. 



ARTICLE VIII.— Committees. 



The President of this Association shall appoint yearly the follow- 

 ing committees: On Resolutions and Petitions; a Program Commit- 

 tee of one; and such other committees as may become necessary. 



ARTICLE IX.— General. 



Section 1. — This Association shall ally Itself with the Texas 

 Farmers' Congress in every way possible, provided that such alliance 

 is never detrimental to this Association. 



Sec. 2. — It shall be one of the aims of this Association to secure 

 the passage of a law eslablishing an " Experimental Apiary '' at Col- 

 lege Station, together with the appointment by the Governor of an 

 experimenter, who shall be recommended to him by the Bee-Keepers' 

 Association of Texas. 



ARTICLE X. — Amendments. 



This Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the 

 members present at some regular meeting. 



As Secretary of the Te.xas Bee-Keepers' Association, I 

 wish to extend a cordial invitation to join our Association. 

 Our membership includes the foremost and most extensive 

 bee-keepers of the State. Our objects are, first, to learn as 

 much as possible about the bees and how to secure the largest 

 possible profit from them ; second, to aid the beginner in bee- 

 culture, and give him every possible assistance ; third, to pro- 

 tect and look after the interests of our members at all times, 

 and especially to secure suitable legislation which shall at all 

 times protect the bee-keeper and his interests. 



The beginner In bee-culture — the small bee-keeper — is by 

 no means barred from membership in our Association ; on the 

 contrary, we welcome him heartily. 



The Texas Bee-Keepers' Association holds its annual 

 meeting each July at College Station, Tex., in connection with 

 the Farmers' Congress. At this time very low rates are 

 granted by all railroads of the State, and the trip to College 

 Station is not only a pleasant recreation and vacation, but in 

 the practical information gained many times repays the 

 amount expended in the trip. 



I5y this meeting once a year the bee-keepers are enabled 

 to talk over all matters of Interest, discuss new methods, and, 

 in short, each man profits by the experience of all the others. 



We feel certain you would enjoy and appreciate belonging 

 to this Association, especially as the annual membership is 

 but one dollar ($1.00) per year, and the only other require- 

 ments are that the applicant must be a white person and 

 Interested directly or indirectly in bee-keeping. This SI. 00 

 membership fee also includes membership in the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Association. The latter Association includes 

 all the progressive and prominent bee-keepers in the United 

 States and in Canada; is backed by ample funds, and looks 

 after the interests of its members everywhere. For example, 

 if a member of the National Association, who is a poor man, 



should be prosecuted tor some alleged damage done by his 

 bees, the National Association takes up the matter and fights 

 his case in the courts, with the best legal advice and help that 

 money can procure, and this without costing the bee-keeper a 

 cent. The National Association also detects and prosecutes 

 firms and individuals who adulterate honey or sell imitations 

 of honey, thus keeping up the price of pure honey and thereby 

 benefitting every bee-keeper. 



In view of these advantages, do you not believe that $1.00 

 invested in membership to the Texas Bee-Keepers' Associa. 

 tion would pay you ? I assure you the Association will give 

 you every assistance possible. Applications, together with 

 the $1.00 membership fee, should be forwarded to the under- 

 signed. We trust we may have the pleasure of enrolling your 

 name as a member of the Texas Bee-Keepers' Association. 



Louis H. Scholi^. 

 (Continued next week.) 



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Report of tlie Chicago-Northwestern Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Conveutlou, held at Chicago, 111., 

 Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 1904 



(Continued from page 778 J 

 EXHIBITS AND PRIZES AT CONVENTIONS. 



Mr. Swift — I don't want to shut off the wax-press dis- 

 cussion, but a matter has occurred to me that is entirely 

 foreign. I have attended, now, I think, three or four of 

 these conventions — I am not sure which — and this is the 

 only convention I have ever attended where there is nothing 

 in evidence of the object of the convention. You take the 

 Fat Stock Show, and when they have their meeting they 

 have their stock to see and judge; you take the meeting of 

 the Horticultural Society, and the different associations 

 throughout tlie United States and elsewhere, and they all 

 have exhibitions of their products — something to judge by. 

 The Cliicago-Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Association have 

 nothing but a bare room, and these charming ( !) pictures 

 to gaze upon, while you are listening to the words of 

 knowledge that come. I think it would be a good idea 

 to have something on the line of our work on exhibition 

 here at the convention. Our Secretary-Treasurer has notified 

 us we are woefully weak in the form of finances. If we 

 join any more associations we probably won't have any- 

 thing left. If it meets witfi the approval of the Executive 

 Committee, I would hke to make an offer of $10 to the 

 Association for three prizes for the exhibition of honey 

 at our next convention ; $5 for the first, $3 for the second, 

 and $3 for the third — say a dozen sections of comb honey, 

 the quality and character considered, and I will myself be 

 responsible for the premium, if that meets with the approval 

 of the Association. 



Pres. York — I think that is a very good idea, and if 

 you wish to put it that way I think the Executive Committee 

 will arrange for an exhibition next year ; and if anybody else 

 wishes to say they will give sometliing, or give a premium 

 for something else, we can have that. 



Dr. Miller — I will take it out of the hands of the 

 Executive Committee, and move that the offer be accepted 

 with thanks. 



Mr. Reynolds — I second that. 



Pres. York put the motion, which was carried witli ap- 

 plause. 



Dr. Miller — I want to suggest one caution. I have been 

 at conventions where we have had a great many things on 

 exhibition, and Mr. Swift doesn't know the danger-point 

 that lies in connection with that. .One of the troubles about 

 it was that in an adjoining room, or sometimes in the same 

 room where these articles were on exhibition, the invariable 

 result would be that there would be two or three, or half 

 a dozen, people around those things looking at them and 

 talking about them while the meeting was going on, and 

 unless some steps are taken to prevent that, you are going 

 to do more harm than good. 



Mr. Swift — That is the reason I left it to the Executive 

 Committee. 



Pres. York — If we meet here next year we can have 

 it in front of the convention. 



Mr. Moore moved, seconded by Dr. Miller, that at 4 

 o'clock p. m. this convention adjourn to meet again next 

 year. Carried. 



SECOND D.\Y— Afternoon Session. 



At 1 :30 the convention was called to order, with Pres. 

 York in the chair. 



