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liist of Lady Members Present. 



Mrs. K. C. Aikin, Loveland, Colo. 



" J. Alpaugh, St. Thomas, Ont. 



" Dora Baldwin, Marion, Ind. 



" Emil Baxter. Nauvoo, Ills. 

 Miss Alice Ba.\ter, Nauvoo, Ills. 

 Mrs. M. G. Beals, Oto, Iowa. 

 Miss Mary L. Beck. Bethel, Ohio. 



" Dema Bennett, New Bedford, Ohio. 

 Mrs. Frank Benton, Washington, D. C. 

 Miss Zoe Benton, Washington,!). C. 

 Mrs. C. Blackmer. Lamont. Iowa. 



'• Mary Blanchard, Hilbert Junction,Wis. 



•■ Henry E. Bliss, W. Winfleld, N, Y. 



" Godfrey Brown, Beilerue, Iowa. 



" ,Dr, Brown, Londonderry, Ohio, 

 Miss Jessie Coe, Clarence. Iowa. 

 Mrs, H, L. Coggshall, W, Groton, N. Y. 



•' J. N. Conger, Wyoming, Ills. 



•• A. Coppiu, Wenona, Ills, 



'• Geo. Cressy, Hilbert, Wis, 



" H, D. Cutting. Tecumseh, Mich. 



'• Clara Uenman. Pittsford, Mich. 



" Jacob Dickmau, Defiance, Ohio. 

 Miss Barbara Dintelmann, Belleville, Ills, 



" Marcia A. Douglass, Shoreham, Vt. 



" Maggie A. Duvall, Spencerville, Md. 

 Mrs. Fred H, Fargo. Batavla, N, Y, 



•' M, O, Fisher, E, Liverpool, Ohio, 



" J, N, Heater, Columbus, Nebr. 



" Alice E, Helter, Di.xon, Ills, 



" George E, Hilton, Fremont, Mich. 



" H, S. Huggett, Fulton, Mo. 

 Miss Sarah Joslin, Cincinnati, Ohio, 

 Mrs, N, A, Knapp, Rochester, Ohio. 



" Ward Lamkin. Goodyear's, N. Y, 



" H, H, Lawrence, Columbia City, Ind. 



" L, P, Lyman, Downer's Grove, Ills, 



" Dr, A. B, Mason, Toledo, Ohio. 



'' Dr. C, C. Miller, Marengo, Ills, 



" Dr, Jesse Oreu, Mt. Auburn, Iowa, 

 Miss Caroline E, Pendleton, Portland, Me, 



" E, H, Pierson, Kellerville, Ills. 



'• Anna Rischer, Belleville, Ills. 

 Mrs, Sallie E. Sherman, Salado, Te.x, 



" A. A. Simpson, Swarts, Pa, 



" Elva Smith, Pitts ford, Mich, 



" J, F, Spaulding, Charles Citj-, Iowa. 



'• L, A, spencer, Addison, Vt, 



•' C. Stainiager, Tipton, Iowa, 



" N. L, Stow, S, Evanston, Ills. 



" E. H, Stewart, Niagara Falls South, Ont, 



" R. L. Taylor. Lapeer, Mich, 



" M. Louise Thomas, New York, N. Y. 



*' B. J. Thompson, Waverly, Wis. 

 Miss Maria Thompson, Waverly. Wis, 



" Emma Wilson, Marengo, Ills. 

 Mrs. J. W, Yocom, Williamsville, Ills, 



'■ George W, York, Chicago, Ills. 



liist of Honorary Members Present. 



Dr, C, V, Riley, Washington, D. C, 



J. W. Pender, West Maitland, Australia. 



Dr, H, W. Wiley, Washington, D, C, 



List of Ex-Presidents Present- 

 Prof, A, J. Cook, Agricultural College, Mich, 

 H. D, Cutting, Tecumseh, Mich, 

 Hon, Eugene Secor, Forest City, Iowa. 

 Thomas G, Newman, Chicago, Ills. 

 Dr, A, B, Mason, Auburndale, Ohio. 

 Dr, C, C, Miller, Marengo, Ills, 

 Hon. R. L. Taylor, Lapeer, Mich. 



List of Life Members Present. 



H. D. Cutting, Tecumseh, Mich, 

 C, P, Dadant Hamilton, Ills, 

 A, N. Draper. Upper Alton, Ills, 

 Mrs, L. Harrison, Peoria, Ills. 

 Dr, C, C, Miller, Marengo, Ills, 

 Chas, F, Muth, Cincinnati, Ohio, 

 Thomas G. Newman, Chicago, Ills, 

 A. I, Root, Medina, Ohio, 

 Ernest R, Root, Medina, Ohio, 

 Eugene Secor, Forest City, Iowa, 



List of Deleg'ates Present. 



W, R. Graham, of Greenville, Tex,, from the 

 North Texas Bee-Keepers' Association. 



W. G, Larrabee, of Larrabee's Point, Vt., 

 from the Vermont State Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, 



E, S. Lovesy, of Salt Lake City, Utah, from 

 Salt Lake County Bee-Keepers' Association. 



Henry N. Patterson, of Humboldt, Nebr,, 

 from the Nebraska State Bee- Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, 



C. Theilmann, of Thellmanton, Minn,, from 

 the Minnesota State Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, 



Mrs, M, Louise Thomas, from the Philadel- 

 phia Bee-Keepers' Association, 



After recess, Prof. Cook, of Agricul- 

 tural College, Mich., read the following 

 essay, entitled, 



Apiculture at Our Experiment Stations 



Bee-keeping has merits that very few, 

 even of bee-keepers themselves, rightly 

 appreciate. It not only gathers up a 

 most wholesome and nutritious article 

 of food, which would otherwise go 

 wholly to waste, so far as man is con- 

 cerned, but it confers an added benefit, 

 that is so great and far-reaching that it 

 is very difficult even to compute it. 



There is nothing more certain than 

 that the productiveness of very many of 

 our fruits and vegetables — and those the 

 most valuable — is often tremendously 

 increased by bees, in the important work 

 of pollenizing the flowers. True, other 

 insects aid in this valuable service, but 

 in our Northern land, so many of our 

 insects are killed by the rigors of winter, 

 that in early spring, when most of our 



