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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



[Feb., 



AMENDMENTS. 



Aet. 8. Honoi'ary Members.— Th\fi Association 

 may, fiom time to time, elect suitable persons as 

 honorary members. 



Art. 9.— This constitution may be amended, 

 or rescinded, at any annual meeting by a two- 

 thirds vote of all the members in attendance. 



The constitution as above was adopted. The 

 committee recommended the following as offi- 

 cers during the meeting : 



President, A. F. Moon, Paw Paw, Mich. 



Vice-President, Elisha Gallup, Orchard, Iowa. 



Vice-President, Dr. G. Bohrer, Alexandria, 

 Ind. 



Secretary, M. M. Baldridge, St. Charles, Tils., 



Assistant Secretary, Wm. F. Clarke, Guelph, 

 Ontario, Canada. 



Treasurer, N. C. Mitchell, Indianapolis, Ind. 



The report was accepted, and the committee 

 discharged. 



President Moon returned thanks for the honor 



^ conferred upon him, and expressed the desire 



that he might be the means of promoting the 



best interests of the Association and bee culture 



generally. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TOPICS FOR 

 EISCDSSION. 



The following order of business was presented 

 for the action of the convention. 



1. Opening Address. By Dr. G. Bohrer, Alex- 

 andria, Ind. 



2. The General Management of the Apiary in 

 Spring, Summer, and Winter. By T. R. Allen, 

 Syracuse, N. Y. 



3. Foul-brood and other Bee Maladies. By 

 Robert Bickford, Seneca Falls, N. Y. 



4. The Italian Bee. By Aaron Benedict, Ben- 

 nington, O. 



5. Natural and Artificial Swarming and the 

 Increase of Stocks. By Elisha Gallup, Orchard, 

 Iowa. 



6. Queen Raising. By Dr. T. B. Hamlin, 

 Edgefield Junction, Tenn. 



7. Bee Pasturage. By Wm. F. Clarke, Guelph, 

 Canada. 



8. Transferring Bees. By Dr. G. Bohrer, 

 Alexandria, Ind. 



9. The Best Method of Obtaining and Market- 

 ing Surplus Honey. By Adam Grimm, Jefferson, 

 Wisconsin. 



10. The Egyptian Bee. By N. C. Mitchell, 

 Indianapolis. 



11. Artificial Honey Comb. By Robert Bick- 

 ford, Seneca Falls, New York. 



12. Bee Culture in Utah. By Wm. D. Roberts, 

 Provo City, Utah. 



The above topics were taken up during the 

 convention, but we shall not be able to give a 

 report of the discussions. We learn, however, 

 that they will soon be published in pamphlet 

 form, by the exec\itive committee, and will be 

 sent, free of chai rje, to the members of the Asso- 

 ciation. Applications for the pamphlet should 

 be sent to the Secretary, at St. Charles, 111. 



N. C. Mitchell read a letter from H. A. King, 



of New York, in which he called attention to a 

 circular of invitation for the union of all bee- 

 keepers in a convention soon to be held in Cin- 

 cinnati. Oliio. 



Mr. L. Dunlap moved to receive Mr. King's 

 letter and place it among the records of this 

 Association. Adopted. 



Robert Bickford, who was present at the last 

 meeting of the Northeastern Bee-keepers' As- 

 sociation, and is, Ave believe, a member of the 

 same, was called upon to state what transpired 

 at that meeting respecting a National Conven- 

 tion at Cincinnati. He replied briefly, by saying 

 that some of the members of that Association 

 manifested a desire to have the National Con- 

 vention held at Cincinnati instead of at Indian- 

 apolis, but he was not aware that any one was 

 authorized to call such a convention. He did not 

 know that such a call had been made until he 

 read it in Mr. King's paper. It was his belief 

 that Mr. King must have made the call on his 

 oirn responsibility. 



Wm. F. Clarke moved that the chair appoint 

 a committee of three to consider the subject 

 matter of Mr. King's lettei-, and to report their 

 investigations in writing. Thereupon the chair 

 appointed, as this committee, Messrs. Clarke, 

 Gibson and Bohrer. A. Salisbury, of Illinois, 

 and Dr. Hamlin, of Tennessee, were added to 

 that committee, on motion of Mr. Dunlap. 



REPORT OP COMMITTEE. 



At the proper time, the following report was 

 presented to the convention : 



The committee to whom was referred the com- 

 munication from H. A. King to N. C. Mitchell, 

 relating to a bond of union among American 

 bee-keepers, have had the same under considera- 

 tion, and desire to submit the following resolu- 

 tion for the action of the Convention : 



Resolved, That, inasmuch as we have been 

 unable to find anything in the conduct of parties 

 concerned in the call for this convention calcu- 

 lated to prevent a bond of perfect union among 

 the bee-keepers of America, we hereby extend a 

 cordial invitation to Mr. King, and to all others, 

 to attend the next meeting of this Association, 

 and identify themselves with its history and oj)- 

 erations. 



Wm. F. Clark moved to adopt the report, and 

 to api)oint three delegates to represent this As- 

 sociation in the Cincinnati convention, and eftect 

 a reconciliation, if possible. Tlie motion pre- 

 vailed, whereupon L. C. Francis, of Illinois, Dr. 

 G. Bohrer, of Indiana, and Elisha Gallup, of 

 Iowa, weie appointed delegates. 



We now desire to add that if Mr. King, or his 

 represen'atives, had submitted a plan to the As- 

 sociation on which to base a union, it is veiy 

 probable that diff'erent measures would have been 

 adopted. It occurs to us that the ship w^as in 

 troubled waters, with no pilot to guide her, for 

 which the Convention was not responsible. 



Mr. Dunlap moved the appointment of a com- 

 mittee of three to examine the bee-hives on ex- 

 hibition in the city, and to report to the conven- 

 tion the particular excellencies or advantages of 

 each. He did not desire the committee to repoit 



