May 23, 1907 



435 



American Hee Journal 



only fair to say that his yard is very 

 much protected by buildings, etc., and. 



with a contracted entrance, very little 

 wind blows directly into the hive. 



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Conventi43n 

 Proceedif ds 



Report of the 37th Annual Conven- 

 tion of the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, held in San An- 

 tonio, Tex., Nov. 8-10, '06 



IContlnned from page 4.7.) 



The Secretary read the report as fol- 

 lows: 



Report on Kksolutions. 



IVIicreas, The National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, in convention assembled, 

 has been royally received by the bee- 

 keepers of Texas and the citizens of 

 San Antonio, and have been shown great 

 favors; therefore, be it 



Resolved, That the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association extend its thanks 

 to the Texas Bee-Keepers' Assocation, 

 and the members of the Arrangement 

 Committee, Messrs. W. O. Victor, Udo 

 Toepperwein, Louis H. Scholl, F. L. 

 Aten, and W. H. Laws, for the kind 

 reception given to the members of the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Association ; for 

 the many favors shown them ; for the 

 splendid arrangements made; and for 

 the Mexican Banquet which they spread 

 so lavishly for us, the participation in 

 which will long be remembered as a 

 token of the generous hospitality of the 

 bee-keepers of Texas, which we recog- 

 nize as the hospitable and kind-hearted 

 spirit which the Texans have always 

 shown to the people coming from all 

 parts of the world, and for which the 

 people of this great State of Texas are 

 known. 



Resolved, That we thank Mr. Bryan 

 Callahan, the Mayor of San Antonio, 

 for kindly giving us the privilege of the 

 City Hall, at the front of which he joined 

 the Association in a picture, giving us a 

 lasting remembrance of San Antonio 

 and its whole-hearted Mayor. 



Resolved, That we extend our thanks 

 to the press of San Antonio, and es- 

 pecially to the Daily Express for send- 

 ing reporters to our meeting and giv- 

 ing the space of its paper so generously 

 to the interest of our Association. 



Resolved, That we thank the City of 

 San Antonio for its hospitality and the 

 free use of the Market Hall granted to 

 us ; that we thank the Business Men's 

 Club of San Antonio and the Traction 

 Company for kindly offering us a trol- 

 ley-car ride through the City of San 

 Antonio and its surroundings, showing 

 our members the sights of this ancient 

 and historic city. 



Resolved, That we thank the San 

 Antonio International Fair Association 

 for setting aside last Thursday as Na- 

 tional Bee-Keepers' Day, thus honoring 



the vocation of bee-keeping and bring- 

 ing our convention prominently before 

 the people of this State; That we thank 

 Messrs. Goggan Bros., for kindly lend- 

 ing, for the use at our hall, a fine piano 

 and organ; That we thank Mr. J. W. 

 A. Hansens for his beautiful piano en- 

 tertainments at the intervals between 

 our sessions; That we thank Judge 

 T. M. Paschal for his speech, and for 

 the kindness towards bee-keepers shown 

 by helping to invite us to this beautiful 

 city. 



Resolved, That we especially thank 

 our worthy President, Mr. C. P. Da- 

 dant, for his able and just presiding 

 over the meetings of our Association . 

 That we renew our thanks to the 

 General Manager of the Association, 

 Mr. N. E. France, for the efficient work 

 he has done in conducting the business 

 of the Association, and for the great 

 efforts he has made to further the in- 

 terests of the members of our Asso- 

 ciation. 



We also thank the Grand Central Ho- 

 tel for our entertainment. 



r. a. holekamp, 

 Jas. a. Stone, 

 C. C. Parsons, 

 Committee on Resolutions. 



Dr. Bohrer — I move that the Resolu- 

 tions be adopted as read. 



Mr. York — I second the motion. I 

 might say that as the President is very 

 modest, and his name is mentioned in 

 the resolutions, I will put the motion. It 

 is carried unanimously. 



Making Certain Members Ineligible 

 TO Office. 



Pres. Dadant — I have but little more 

 business to perform. The National Bee- 

 keepers' Association was organized a 

 great many years ago by bee-keepers 

 who were queen-breeders, dealers in 

 bee-keepers' supplies, and editors — the 

 men who were mostly interested in the 

 progress of this Association. The As- 

 sociation has grown from 40 to 50 to 

 several thousand ; the conditions are dif- 

 ferent, the feelings are different. We 

 find to-day that some members in the 

 East are dissatisfied with the conditions 

 as they are; they think that men inter- 

 ested in the sale of bee-supplies or the 

 publication of journals should not be 

 entrusted with the management of the 

 Association. I feel that it is well to give 

 all a chance to express themselves on 

 the subject. We are only about 125 

 here, and we can not dictate, but we 

 can, according to the Constitution, ask 

 the membership to express themselves 



and amend the Constitution if they 

 see fit. I have gone to the Committees 

 on Resolutions and on Amendments, and 

 wcpreparcd some joint resolutions. We 

 will propo^;e them to you only to present 

 these matters for vote. If they are ap- 

 proved by the whole membership they 

 will exclude bee-supply dealers, queen- 

 breeders and editors. I want to make 

 you all feel entirely at liberty to vote 

 on the subject, and I think it best to 

 announce that I have decided to de- 

 cline any further oflfer as President of 

 the Association, so that you can feel 

 that you are not voting against your 

 President when you act upon the mat- 

 ter. I wish to say that Mr. H. H. Root, 

 who is here, and his brother, E. R. 

 Root, arc entirely in accord with my 

 views. We will give the membership 

 a chance to amend the Constitution if 

 they so desire. 



A copy of the Resolutions prepared 

 by the Committee on Amendments were 

 read by Mr. J. Q. Smith, as follows : 



Rei'Okt on Amendment.*. 



Resolved, That the General Manager 

 be instructed to place before the mem- 

 bers of the National Association, the 

 following propositions to be voted upon 

 according to Section V., and Article 9, 

 of the Constitution of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, concerning amend- 

 ments, each proposition to be voted upon 

 separately : 



1st. Shall manufacturers, dealers, di- 

 rectly or indirectly interested in the 

 sale of bee-supplies, and patentees of 

 apiarian implements, be considered eli- 

 gible to office? 



2d. Shall queen-breeders, or import- 

 ers of queens for sale, be considered 

 eligible to office? 



3d. ' Shall apiarian editors, associate 

 or department editors, authors or pub- 

 lishers of works on bees, be considered 

 eligible to office? 



J. Q. Smith, 

 W. O. Victor, 



ROBT. A. HOLEKAMP, 



C. C. Parsons, 

 Jas. a. Stone, 

 Submitted by request. Committee. 



Pres. Dadant — You have heard the re- 

 port of the Committee, what will you 

 do with it? 



Dr. Bohrer — I object to the resolu- 

 tions in their present form. I want an- 

 other resolution offered, then vote 

 against the whole thing. It is, that all 

 men selling bees shall not hold office, 

 and any man that deals in bees and 

 honey shall not vote. It is not justice 

 to ourselves and our officers and I am 

 opposed to the whole thing. 



Pres. Dadant — I fear that Dr. Bohrer 

 does not understand. We are not ask- 

 ing you to vote, we are asking you to 

 permit the matter to go before the mem- 

 bers of the Association. We do not 

 anticipate that each one of these sec- 

 tions will be adopted, but I think two 

 of them, at least, will be adopted ; but 

 I want to give each of the members a 

 chance to vote. We want harmony, 

 and this is the only way to get har- 

 mony. We have things our way, and 

 the East is not satisfied ; give them a 

 chance, which they could not have with- 

 out an opportunity to vote on these 



