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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



[March, 



keeper" instead of "person," as eligible to mem- 

 bership in the association, and lost. 



One of the delegates wanted the word " person" 

 retained. He wanted the number of bee keepers 

 increased. 



ilrs. Tupper, of Brighton, Iowa, said some 

 persons who were not bee keepers wanted to 

 become such. 



The following is the 



Constitution. 



Article 1. This association shall be known as 

 the American Bee Keepers' Association, and 

 shall meet annually. Its objects shall be to pro- 

 mote the interests of bee culture. 



Art. 3. The officers of this association shall 

 be a President and Vice-President from each 

 State, Territory and province represented ; a 

 Secretary, two Assistant Secretaries, and Treas- 

 urer, whose duties shall be those usually per- 

 formed by such oificers, who shall be elected by 

 ballot, and hold their ofBces for one year, or 

 until their successors shall be elected. 



Art. 3. The President, Secretaries and Treas- 

 urer shall constitute an Executive Committee. 



Art. 4. Any person may become a member by 

 giving his or her name to the Secretary. 



Art. 5. This association may, from time to 

 time, elect suitable persons as honorary mem- 

 bers. 



Art. 6. No member shall be entitled to the 

 floor more than tive minutes in the discussion of 

 any motion, lesolution or petition without the 

 consent of the association. 



Art. 7. All committees shall be elected by 

 plurality vote, except by special resolution. 



Art. 8. This constitution may be amended at 

 any annual meeting, by a two-thirds vote of all 

 the members in attendance. 



The usual formality of adopting the constitu- 

 tion as a whole was dispensed with. 



A committee of five was appointed to go around 

 the room and obtain signers to the constitution. 



Election of Officers. 



After the committee had gone around and 

 obtained names the association went into the 

 election of officers. 



Mr. King, of New York, nominated Mr. L. L. 

 Langstroth, of Oxford, Ohio, for the office of 

 President. There were no opposing candidates. 

 The liev. L. L. Langstroth was, upon ballot, 

 elected unanimously. 



Mr. Langstroth said that as a compliment he 

 would accept the position, but only on the con- 

 dition that none of the active dutii s of the oftice 

 devolve upon him, as his health would not allow 

 him to undertake them. The convention signi- 

 fied its unanimous consent. 



Balloting for Secretary was declared next in 

 order. Nominations were made and the ballots 

 taken as follows : D. L. Adair, of Kentucky ; H. 

 A. King, of New York ; W. E. Ladd, Newport, 

 Ky. ; H. W. Stevenson, of Cincinnati. The 

 Rev. H. A. King, of New York, was elected Sec- 

 retary on the first ballot. The ballots for each 

 candidate were not read. 



Vice Presidents. 



Vice Presidents were chosen as follows from 

 all the States represented : New York, the Rev. 

 E. Van Slyke ; Kentucky, II. Nesbit ; Missouri, 

 L. C. Waitc ; Iowa, Mrs. E. S. Tupper ; Wiscon- 

 sin, A. H. Ilarte ; Illinois, L. C. Francis ; Ontario, 

 Canada, the Rev. W. L. Clark ; New Jersey, E. 

 J. Peck ; Pennsylvania, Seth Hoagland ; Ohio, 

 A. Benedict ; Tennessee, Dr. T. B. Hamlin ; 

 Kansas, L. .1. Dallas ; Minnesota, A. D. Seward ; 

 Michigan, A. S. Moon ; Indiana, Dr. John F. 

 Wriglit Assistant Secretaries were next elected. 

 Tavo were to be chosen. The election was as 

 follows : D. L. Adair, of Kentucky, and L. C. 

 Waite of Missouri, 



The Treasurer was next chosen. Mr. N. C. 

 Mitchell, of Indiana, was elected. , 



The Association Organized. 



The Chairman announced the association 

 organized, and gave way to the President, Mr. 

 L. L. Langstroth, who suggested that the Vice 

 President from New York, the Rev. E. Van 

 Slyke, .should preside. 



Mr. Van Slyke took the chair, and announced 

 the convention ready for business. 



A Step for Union. 



]\Ir. Clark, the retiring temporary President, 

 offered the following resolution, which was 

 unanimously adopted : 



'■'■Resolved, That this association, when it ad- 

 journs, adjourn to meet at Cleveland, O., at 9 

 A. M., on the first Wednesday in December, 

 1871, at the same time and place as the North 

 American Bee Keepers' Association : when, pro- 

 vided the other organization shall instruct its 

 officers to do the same, the officers of this body 

 shall resign, with a view of there and then con- 

 solidating both associations into one." 



On motion of Mr. Peck, amended by Dr. Clark, 

 Mr. King, Mr. Peck and Mr. Otis were appointed 

 a committee to confer with a similar committee 

 appointed by the North American Bee Keepers' 

 Association, with a view to a union of that with 

 this organization, and report the same to this 

 association. 



On motion, adjourned till half-past seven 

 o'clock in the evening. 



Evening Session. 



The association met at half-past seven o'clock, 

 Vice President Van Slyke, of New York, in the " 

 chair. 



The following committee, to report an order of 

 business, was appointed : Messrs. Clarke, Peck, 

 Moon, Baldwin and Ladd. While the committee 

 was out, some one suggested as a matter for dis- 

 cussion the Italian bee. Several persons were 

 called upon, and all, with one consent, began to 

 make excuses. Mr. Waite, of St. Louis, Mis- 

 souri, was suggested. Mr. Waite is deaf and 

 had to be waited on by some one who went to 

 him. Dilv. Waite is a young, handsome, neatly 

 dressed man. He arose and set out to read an 

 essay on bee culture, written in a very attractive 

 style and abounding in humor, as well as in what 



