Sept. 11, 1902. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



561 



Convention Proceedings. | 



Report of the Texas State Convention, Held at 

 College Station, July 16 and 17, 1902. 



BY LOUIS SCHOLI,, SKC. 



{Continued from pa^e 567 ) 

 SECOND DAY. 



The meeting opened at 8:30 a.m., with the reception of 

 a number of new members, after which the committee on 

 resolutions made their report, and the following were 

 unanimously adopted : 



KKPORT OF COMMITTKK ON KKSOI.UTIONS. 



Resolved, That we tender our thanks to Pres. J. W. 

 Salver for the efficient manner in which he has discharged 

 his duties while in office during the year just closed. 



Resolved, That, 1st, in recognition of the services of 

 Prof. F. W. Mally in securing the experimental apiary at 

 the College, and in view of the great services rendered by 

 him in various ways to the beekeepers of Texas, we tender 

 him our warmest thanks and highest appreciation of his 

 work ; 2d, in view of the service rendered by Prof. Wilmon 

 Newell, in the establishment and equipment of the experi- 

 mental apiary, we tender him our thanks and full approval 

 of his work, and heartily recommend him to the bee-keepers 

 of Texas. 



WherE-^s, The Hon. W. O. Murray did, at the last ses- 

 sion of the Texas legislature, use his influence to secure an 

 appropriation for the establishment of an experimental 

 apiary at the A. it M. College of Texas ; and 



Whereas, The Hon. W. O. Murray did use his best ef- 

 forts, and did persistently defend the interests of the bee- 

 keeping industry in Texas ; and, owing to the fact that the 

 establishment of an apiary at A. ,!« M. College, making 

 possible the investigation of important problems in beecul- 

 ture. and offering to the students of the Agricultural Col- 

 lege a course of instruction in the same, is largely due to 

 his influence, be it 



Resolved, That this body extend to the Hon. W. (>. 

 Murray its hearty and sincere thanks for the valuable ser- 

 vices above mentioned. Be it further 



Resolved, That the Secretary of this Association be in- 

 structed to forward to the Hon. W. O. Murray a copy of 

 these resolutions, and they be spread upon the records of 

 the Association. F. J. R. Davenport, ] 



W. O. Victor, \ 



H. H. HvDB, I Committee. 



F. L. Aten. I 



DELEGATES TO THE NATIONAL AT DENVER. 



Following the adoption of these resolutions, the Asso- 

 ciation elected the following delegates to the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Convention, which convenes in Denver, Colo., 

 Sept. 3. 4 and 5, 1902: Udo Toepperwein, Louis H. Scholl, 

 W. O. V'ictor and H. H. Hyde. Alternate delegates were 

 elected as follows: L,. Stachelhausen, F. L. Aten, J. B. Sal- 

 yer, F. J. R. Davenport, and Mrs. C. R. West. 



A motion was then made relative to having special 

 badges prepared for the delegates to wear to Denver. It was 

 ascertained that the secretary had already ordered associa- 

 tion buttons, but which had not yet arrived ; it was decided 

 to have ribbon badges printed, to be used with the buttons, 

 and this combination could be used year after year by 

 delegates elected. 



PRES. SALVER'S ADDRESS. 



Pres. Salyer having arrived, he was requested to deliver 

 his annual address. He spoke on the importance of bee- 

 keepers getting together for organization, and of united 

 efforts in earnestly pushing forward bee-keeping until it 

 should occupy its due place as an important industry. Earn- 

 est organization counts for much towards success. He 

 made a direct appeal to every bee-keeper when he said, 

 "Organize and get together all the beekeepers in your 

 neighborhood." 



Pres. Salyer has been interested in Farmers' Institutes, 

 and has been impressed with their good work in making 



better farmcrn, better cattlemen, better truck-farmcrH. bet- 

 ter fruit-growers, and better men in all linen of agricultural 

 work. He argued that the same- thing could be done in the 

 case of beekeepers. He also calkd attention to the rapid 

 progress being made by the Texas l!ee Keepers' AHsociation, 

 and to its importance in developing this resource of the 

 State. He also discussed at length the benelits accruing to 

 its members, both educational and financial, through their 

 mutual support and co-operation. 



He also called the attention of the members to a clause 

 of the Association's constitution, which clause was adopted 

 at the previous annual meeting, which requires all annual 

 membership dues be paid in full at or before the time of 

 each annual meeting. Members should be prompt in send- 

 ing in their dues to the secretary in time, so that all 

 amounts can be sent to the (Jeneral Managerof the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Association at the appointed time, thus less- 

 ening the work of the secretary and preventing more or less 

 delay each year in keeping the accounts of the Association. 



Therefore an earnest request is made that all members 

 send in their annual dues at or before the time of the an- 

 nual meeting in July, which annual meeting is held in con- 

 nection with the Texas Farmers' Congress. 



The regular program was then resumed, and Mr. F. L. 

 Aten spoke on 



THE PRODUCTION OF EXTRACTED MONEY. 



Mr. Aten remarked that the subject had been gone over 

 so many times that he feared he could add but little. He 

 astonished some of his listeners by making the remark that 

 this year he had not produced any extracted honey at all, 

 but explained matters by stating that on account of the dry 

 season he had no honey, the crop being an absolute failure. 



He then related his methods of procedure in years when 

 a honey-flow is to be had, when he is a heavy producer of 

 extracted honey. 



He uses 10-frame hives, with plenty of super-room, 

 sometimes tiering up four or five stories high. He uses the 

 regular full-depth body for extracting-supers, and allows 

 the queen to go up in these as high as she desires. As the 

 bees fill the supers with honey she will be crowded below, 

 or to the regular brood-chamber. 



M. M. Baldridge, of Illinois, said that, as a matter of 

 course, honey could not be produced when there was no nec- 

 tar to be gathered, but he said that he believed that when 

 honey was to be had, rousing colonies and plenty of super- 

 room about covers the subject of producing extracted honey. 

 H. H. Hyde's most important requisites for the successful 

 production of large quantities of extracted honey are : A 

 good locality, good honey-flows, strong colonies secured by 

 the use of prolific queens, and plenty of empty combs. 



ANNUAL ASSOCIATION EXHIBIT. 



Under the headof new business the following was given 

 attention : 



H. H. Hyde spoke on the importance of having a bee- 

 keepers' exhibit at each annual meeting of the Association 

 at College Station, and that premiums should be offered, so 

 that the bee-keepers would make the best showing possible, 

 of what the bee-keepers are doing. He also mentioned the 

 good results that would come to the Association through 

 this plan. After a lengthy discussion it was decided that a 

 committee should be appointed to consist of such persons as 

 would give careful attention to working up the matter. 



Udo Toepperwein spoke relative to a bee-keepers' ex- 

 hibit at the San Antonio Fair, as Pres. Brown of the Fair 

 Association had requested that the bee-keepers make an 

 exhibit. Pres. Brown also asked that he be advised as to 

 the exhibits the bee-keepers would have at the Fair, and the 

 amount of space they would require, as the Fair Association 

 had signified their desire to do everything possible to help 

 the development of this industry within the State. 



The question of providing a suitable premium list for 

 use at fairs was then discussed. 



H. H. Hyde was appointed a committee of one to take 

 charge of and secure exhibits and premiums at the next 

 meeting of the Association at College Station, in 1903 ; he 

 was also authorized to correspond about and solicit prem- 

 iums therefor. 



Mr. Toepperwein and Secretary Scholl were appointed a 

 committee to co-operate with the management of the San 

 Antonio Fair Association, in adopting a suitable premium 

 list, and determining the amount of space that would be re- 

 quired by the bee-keepers' exhibits. 



A committee, consisting of those appointed later by the 

 executive committee, was also appointed for the purpose of 

 securing exhibits for the World's Fair at St. Louis in 1904, 



