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American 1$^^ Journal 



April 11. 1907 



to go out all over the country and in- 

 crease the membership. A large mem- 

 bership means a whole lot, and when this 

 committee goes before the Legislature 

 it will stand a better chance of get- 

 ting what it asks for. I agree with 

 Mr. Hilton, that if we send out these 

 three men, and they are backed up by a 

 large Association, they are sure to win. 



Mr. ijtone — I don't think anything 

 helped us to secure our Foul Brood Law 

 but the members that were on our roll 

 in the State of Illinois. I believe that 

 Illinois has more members than any 

 other State in the National; it is up in 

 the hundreds. 



Pres. Dadant — I wish to say that Mr. 

 Stone knows what he is speaking about 

 and I think it is through him that most 

 of those Illinois names have been got- 

 ten on the list. I hope that the mem- 

 bers will help add other members to the 

 National through the State associations. 

 Unity makes strength. 



Mr. France— While we are on the sub- 

 ject of financial affairs, I will make the 

 following statement, which is a little in 

 advance: Betwen Nov. i 190S, and Nov. 

 I, 1906, I received dues at 50 cents each, 

 from 832, making $416.00, and I have re- 

 ceived the dues of no at $1.00 each, 

 making $110.00. The resolution that we 

 come in a body was first presented to 

 the National Association by Mr. York at 

 the Philadelphia meeting. The first 

 State to take advantage was New York. 

 My own State (Wisconsin) immediate- 

 ly followed, until nearly all of the States 

 have taken advantage of it. Our ex- 

 penses this year have been a little more 

 than our total income, and you will see 

 where the expenses have been. On the 

 postal cards calling for reports, I gave 

 suggestions, wherein the National might 

 improve. Too many have looked to- 

 ward the Manager of the Association to 

 do the work and to make the improve- 

 ments. I cannot accomplish that alone; 

 it needs your assistance, and those crop 

 report postals with personal suggestions 

 have helped me in more ways than one. 

 I wish more of you would take advan- 

 tage of the Information Bureau. It is 

 worth more than it costs. I am glad 

 this freight-rate question has come up. 

 Then another question has come up: 

 Cannot the National market the honey? 

 I hope you will never ask the National 

 to sell your honey. It is too big a job. 

 But I do believe that all our State and 

 local organizations can do a great deal 

 in that line. Each bee-keeper ought to 

 sell his own products. This has finally 

 resulted in my getting up what I call 

 a "Seal Label" for the Association's 

 members. 



Mr. Muth— Referring back to the 

 committee on freight-rates, don't you 

 think it would be a good idea to have 

 the members write us suggestions? 



Pres. Dadant — This you can call for, 

 and let them understand it. Any sug- 

 gestions to the chairman of the commit- 

 tee will be communicated to the other 

 two members — any information in re- 

 gard to rates, honey and beeswax. 



The League Fund. 



"Has the National Bee-keepers' As- 

 siciation received the fund mentioned at 

 the last meeting, from the Honey Pro- 



ducers' League? If so, what is being 

 done with the money?" 



Mr. France — There was turned over 

 to me on May 30, 1906, the amount of 

 $1408.27. There was to be a committee 

 apointed to use it for the purpose for 

 which it was originally intended. The 

 Board of Directors were to appoint a 

 committee. I was notified as Treasurei 

 of the Association that I would be one 

 of that committee, and was asked to 

 suggest some others to work upon that 

 committee. I said, "Let the President 

 and Secretary of the League be the 

 other two. The Secretary is expected 

 to act conditionally, but the President, 

 Dr. Miller, declined to serve, and until 

 a third man is selected nothing can be 

 done. We want a committee that will 

 give it justice and satisfaction. I think, 

 however, that in the near future the 

 fund will begin to move in the direction 

 intended. It is not wasted, the fund is 

 lying there, and there are no commis- 

 sions on it. 



Something Historical. 



Dr. Bohrer- — I was at the first National 

 meeting of bee-keepers held in Indian- 

 apolis, in 1871. At that meeting we re- 

 ceived a telegram from Mr. King the 

 editor of a bee-paper, the name I do 

 not know. He was manufacturing and 

 selling a good many hives known as the 

 "American Bee-Hive." At that time the 

 ability and claims of Mr. Langstroth 

 were called in question, and we received 

 a telegram from Mr. King requesting us 

 to meet the bee-keepers in Cincinnati 

 the following February. We agreed to 

 meet them there. .A.nother association 

 was organized called the American, and 

 we concluded to meet one year from 

 that time in Cleveland and unite the 

 two. Mr. Quinby was elected president. 

 I was elected as the vice-president. Mr. 

 M. M. Baldridge and I were there. Mr. 

 Langstroth was at Cincinnati. And 

 speaking of the matter of pictures, we 

 have the photograph of Mr. Adam 

 Grimm. If any of the bee-keepers would 

 like to see it, I would like for Mr. 

 York to exhibit it, as he has it, 

 I think. I also thought I had given 

 him D. L. Adair's photograph, but I 

 think that possibly I have that at home, 

 and, if so, I will send it to Mr. York 

 and have that published, because Mr. 

 Adair, I think, perhaps, gave the first 

 idea of the honey-section so exten- 

 sively used among bee-keepers. He gave 

 me one of his hives and sent it to me. 

 I think there, perhaps, originated the 

 idea of the section. That is about as 

 much as I know about the first Asso- 

 ciation. In Cleveland it was known 

 as the American Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion. The first one was known as the 

 North American Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion. I think that the third meeting 

 was at Cincinnati. That is the early 

 history of this Association so far as I 

 learned it. 



P. D. Jones— I subscribed for the 

 American Bee Journal in Cleveland, 

 Ohio, in 1871, and have taken it ever 

 since. Captain Hetherington, of New 

 York, was also there. 



Mr. Coggshall— I have had the 

 American Bee Journal since 1861. It 

 was published in Washington then. I 

 have all the back numbers. 



Dr. Bohrer — Does anybody know the 

 name of the editor that published the 

 paper shortly before the American Bee 

 Journal was resumed? 



Mr. Jones — I can not tell you now 

 who published it, but I have all the 

 numbers at home, I can tell you when 

 I get home. 



Pres. Dadant — These are' reminis- 

 cences of our old members, and we are 

 glad to hear from them. 



Mr. York — I think it ought to be 

 made a matter of record that Mr. P. D. 

 Jones, of New York, and Dr. G. Bohrer, 

 of Kansas, who were present at the 

 first meetings of this Association, are 

 attending this meeting. 



National Office-Holders. 



"Is it true that some office-holders 

 of the National Association are abusing 

 the confidence of the membership for 

 purely personal gain? A charge of this 

 kind has been made against supply deal- 

 ers." 



Dr. Bohrer — I will inquire who the 

 officers are, except it be the President 

 himself. If they are swindling anybody 

 it has not hurt me. 



Mr. Muth — I should think that such 

 sorry questions should be thrown in the 

 wastebasket. 



Dr. Bohrer— I want to say this: We 

 ought to be pretty certain that it has 

 been abused, and if anyone knows of an 

 officer that has been abusing this con- 

 fidence, he ought to speak out. 

 (Continued next week.) 



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