FuJytislit ireeJciy at US Afioli/g^an Street. 



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37tli Year. 



CHICAGO, ILL., DECEMBER 9, 1897. 



No. 49. 



Report of the Buffalo Coaventiou of the United 

 States Bee-Keepers' Union. 



BY DR. A. B. MASON. 



[Continued from page 758.] 



SECOND DAY, Aug. 25— Forenoon Session. 



The first on the program was the following by the Presi- 

 dent, George W. York : 



Two years ago we were just across Lake Erie, in tri- 

 umphant Toronto, surrounding which there flourish hosts of 

 our brethren — among the best beekeepers the golden sun and 

 silvery moon ever shone upon. 



But now we meet in beautiful Buffalo, fast becoming 

 known here as the "Conveution City." We of the West have 

 come all the long way to learn from the multitude of wise bee- 

 men of the East. And it is inspiring to find so many of them 

 here, who are ready to pour into our receptive (as well as 

 capacious) ears, all the most mystical mysteries of the hive, 

 and the success-compelling secrets that aid in securing the 

 mangnlficent crops of Nature's purest sweet through the faith- 

 ful help of the industrious bees. 



The pursuit which the United States Bee-Keepers' Union 

 represents, is one of the oldest known to man. Even in the 

 olden Bible times honey was a familiar and esteemed food. 

 While then they had not the present day innumerable con- 

 trivances (more or less helpful), with which to gather in the 

 " honey-showers," nevertheless they had it in great abundance, 

 for did not their goodly land How with honey — and milk '.' 



Mrs. L. Htirrison. 



11 . A.. I'ryal. 



Hon. EiKjene Seeor. 



The Prcsideiifs Annual A<ldrc§8. 



Fellow Bee-Keepers and Friends : — 



Another year has sped away since last we met in conven- 

 tion. Lovely Lincoln, of the " wild and woolly West," a year 

 ago, favored us with her large-hearted hospitality and most 

 genuine and unselfish generosity. 



I While bee-keeping was a deep study on the part of a few 



of the more thoughtful ones of the passing centuries since 

 honey was extracted from the rock, or the carcass of a lion, 

 it has remained for our Nineteenth Century civilization to 

 place the industry of bee-keeping upon an enduring basis — to 

 give to it a deserved permanency along with the other honored 

 branches of modern. Intelligent and progressive agriculture. 



