AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



567 



Report of the North American 

 Bee-Keepers' Convention. 



Reported for the " American Bee Journal " 

 BY K. F. HOLTEEMANN. 



The 24th annual meeting of the North 

 American Bee-Keepers' Association was 

 the most representative and largest 

 gathering of bee-keepers ever held on 

 the American continent, and met at the 

 Louisiana Hotel, in Chicago, Ills., on 

 Oct. 11, 1893. The President, Dr. C. 

 C. Miller, was in the chair. 



The convention was opened with 

 prayer by Mr. A. I. Root. 



Mr. George W. York, in a pleasant 

 manner, delivered the following appro- 

 priate 



Address of Welcome. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Oentlemen : — 

 It is with a sincere feeling of pleasure 

 that I am permitted to welcome to our 

 Western metropolis, and at present the 

 Mecca of the world, the grandest asso- 

 ciation of bee-keepers this continent has 

 ever known. As a representative and 

 resident of "Chicago, the Peerless," I 

 offer to you not only "the keys of the 

 city," that shall open the gates to all its 

 pleasures and wonders, but I also extend 

 to you a most hearty and cordial wel- 

 come. 



Many of those who are here before 

 me, have come from distant climes, and 

 are now indeed in a " far country," but 

 nevertheless remember that you are still 

 in your "blessed homeland," and that 

 the same God reigns here as in the sun- 

 rise East, in sun-crowned Canada, in the 

 sunset West, or in the sun-kissed South- 

 land. I trust that during your brief 

 sojourn within our borders, you may all 

 feel perfectly "at home;" and when 

 your conventional labors are ended, 

 your inclinations for sight-seeing are 

 fully gratified, and you return once 

 more to the loved ones around your 

 various hearthstones, permit me to ex- 

 press the hope that you may carry with 

 you memories that shall serve as an in- 



spiration in future days to nobler and 

 better living, both for Time and for 

 Eternity. 



I realize that it is no small thing to 

 welcome to our city the representatives 

 of so honored and ancient an industry 

 as bee-keeping ; for ever since bees and 

 honey were found in the ribbed carcass 

 of the lion in the time of Samson, until 

 the present hour, honey and its produc- 

 tion have been the delight and profit of 

 the sage as well as the peasant ; and 

 to-day I know, from my own experience 

 with men and women, that many of the 

 very best people in all the world are 

 devoted to the honorable pursuit of 

 apiculture. 



Bee-keepers of America, while the 

 horologe of time is striking the eleventh 

 hour of the Century, I bid you welcome 

 to Chicago — the eighth wonder of the 

 world. Welcome, also, to the untold 

 splendors and matchless magnificence of 

 the beautiful "White City," within 

 whose doors is the most marvelous col- 

 lection of the handiwork of mankind 

 that earth ever beheld. Yes, welcome 

 to all these, for all things are theirs who 

 believe. 



Welcome, then, ye bee-folks, welcome I 

 To our cities grand and free; 



May thy meeting prove as " blessed " 

 As thy little, busy bee. 



Geobge W. Yokk. 



Chicago, Ills., Oct. 10, 1893. 



After the welcome address. Dr. Miller 

 delivered 



The President's Annual Address. 



Dear Friends and Fellow Bee-Keepers : — 

 In looking over the published list of 

 names of those who were to be in at- 

 tendance at this convention, I could 

 count a quarter of a hundred with any 

 one of whom it would be a real pleasure 

 to spend a solid day in bee-talk. I have 

 no doubt the same thing is true of you. 

 The opportunity of meeting all these 

 and more, at one time and place, is a 

 " red letter " event. 



Now, what are we here for ? Not for 

 bee-talk alone. No mean part of our 

 enjoyment here, is the cordial greeting 

 and the hearty grasp of the hand. Some 

 of those present we have known for 

 years through the bee-journals without 

 ever having seen them. What a pleas- 

 ure to meet them face to face. Others, 

 of whom we may never have heard, on 

 acquaintance will be found well worthy 

 our friendship. Still others are old and 

 tried friends, who have a warm place in 

 our hearts, whom we now meet again for 



