AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY SAMUEL WAGNER, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



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Vol. VI. 



FEBRXJAIi"^, IS^ri, 



No. 8. 



[From the Prairie Farmer.] 



Nortli American Bee-keepers' Association. 



Feb. lOth, 1870, Prof. A. J. Cook, Secretary 

 of the Micliijiaii Bee-keepers' Association, issued 

 a circular, wliich he mailed to the members of 

 that Association, to the prominent bee-keepers of 

 other States and to the press, invitinji; everybody 

 interested to meet at Lansing, JNIichigan, on the 

 21st of March, for the purpose of discussing 

 special questions on the subject of Bee Culture, 

 prominent among which would be the holding of 

 a National Bee-keepers' Convention, at some 

 central jioint during the year. On the day 

 announced, the Convention was held at Lansing, 

 and the question of holding a National Conven- 

 tion was discussed with the wildest enthusiasm. 

 As was anticipated, the discussion resulted in a 

 call to the bee-kee]!crs of America for a National 

 Convention, to be held in Indianapolis, Indiana. 

 The location was happily chosen, and has given 

 very general satisfaction, it being centrally 

 located, and readily accessible by a complete 

 net-work of railroads. 



Accordingly, on the 21st of December (the day 

 finally fixed uj^on, ) a large numb r of the most 

 prominent and enterprising of bee-keepers of the 

 United States and Canada, met in convention at 

 the House of Representatives, in Indianapolis, 

 and held six sessions, the last one ending at mid- 

 night on the 22d of December. Every seat in 

 the house was occupied ; the States represented 

 being Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Wis- 

 consin, Kentucky, Iowa, New York, Tennessee, 

 Missouri, and Pennsylvania. Delegates were 

 also present from Utah and Canada. On the 

 whole, it is safe to assume that never in the his- 

 tory of America has bee culture been represented 

 in a convention by so large an assemblage of 

 wide-awake, intelligent, and enterprising bee- 

 keepers. 



OUTLINES OP THE PROCEEDINGS. 



The Convention was called to order at 10 

 o'clock by A. F. Moon, President of the Michi- 

 gan Bee-keepers' Association, who was elected 

 temporary President, and M. M. Baldridge, of 

 Illinois, temporary Secretary. 



On motion of Dr. Bohrer, of Indiana, a com- 

 mittee of one member from each State repre- 



sented, was appointed to prepare a Constitution 

 and to nominate officers, viz. : Z. S. Richardson, 

 of Indiana ; Ezi-a Rood, of Michigan ; D. L. 

 Adair, of Kentucky; M. L. Dunlap, of Illinois ; 

 Aaron Benedict, of Ohio ; Adam Grimm, of 

 Wisconsin ; Elisha Gallup, of Iowa ; Dr. T. B. 

 Hamlin, of Tennessee ; Robert Bickford, of New 

 York ; W. D. Roberts, of Utah Territory ; 

 Daniel Mcllvain, of Pennsylvania ; J. L. Smith, 

 of Missouri, and Wm. F. Clark, of Canada. 



On motion of Dr. Hamlin, a committee of 

 three v.'as appointed to prepare subjects for dis- 

 cussion, viz. : Wm. T. Gibson, of Indiana ; Dr. 

 Bohrer, of Indiana, and Henry Nesbit, of Ken- 

 tucky. 



Pending the action of the above committees, 

 the President addressed the Convention in regard 

 to the objects of the same, and briefly touched 

 u])on several points respecting the management 

 of the honey bee. A portion of tlie time was oc- 

 cupied by questions and responses from Messrs. 

 Burbank, of Kentucky; Salisbury, of Illinois; 

 Conklin, of Ohio; Hicks, of Indiana, and Allen, 

 of New York. 



REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. 



The committee on organization reported the 

 following 



CONSTITUTION. 



Article 1. Name. — This society shall be 

 known as the "North American Bee-keepers' 

 Association." 



Art. 2. Object. — Its object shall be to promote 

 the interests of bee culture throughout the North 

 American Continent. 



Art. 3. Officers. — The officers shall consist of 

 a President, two Vice-Presidents, Secretary, 

 Assistant Secretary, and Treasurer. 



Art. 4. Executive Committee. — The executive 

 committee shall consist of the officers of the As- 

 sociation. 



Art. 5. Election of Officers. — All the officers 

 of this Society shall be elected annually by 

 ballot. 



Art. 6. Membership. — Any person may become 

 a member of this Association by the annual pay- 

 ment of one dollar to its funds. 



Art. 7. Meetings. — The Association shall meet 

 annually. 



Eatered according to Act of CougresE, in the year 1870, bv Samnel Wagner, in the office of the Librarian of Congrcsi, 



Washington. 



