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crowding in, and he found his eyes dim 

 with tears. He threw away the paper, 

 and decided that his talk should be in- 

 formal. He gave many interesting ac- 

 counts of bee-keeping in Europe, all of 

 which showed that the bee-keeping 

 across the waters was far behind the 

 times as compared with that of this 

 country. 



On motion of Mr. Newman, it was 

 voted to pay W. Z. Hutchinson $20 for 

 his services as reporter. 



The committee appointed to meet the 

 committee from the State Agricultural 

 Board, reported as follows : 



Your committee appointed to meet the 

 committee from the State Board of Agri- 

 culture, would report that they favor an 

 appropriation of at least $1,000 for the 

 purpose of making a creditable display 

 of apiarian products and implements. 



They also desire this Association to 

 formulate plans for an exhibition, and 

 to state for what purposes the money is 

 required before the appropriation is 

 made. Thomas G. Newman, ) 



J. H. Larrabee, >■ Com. 

 J. A. Green, j 



A report of the committee on Apicul- 

 tural Experiments was made as follows : 



Your committee on Apicultural Ex- 

 periments would submit the following : 



Whereas, By the Hatch Act, which 

 establishes and equips an Experiment 

 Station in every State and Territory, 

 and appropriates $15,000 annually to 

 each Station, to be used exclusively to 

 further research and experiments in the 

 industrial pursuits ; and 



Whereas, The pursuit of bee-keeping 

 offers a grand field for such research 

 and experiments ; for upon the work of 

 the bees and other insects depends the 

 cross-fertilization of the flowers and the 

 consequent production of fruits and 

 vegetables in the greatest abundance, 

 and of the most perfect kind ; and 



Whereas, Quite often foul brood and 

 other diseases have decimated the bees 

 in certain localities, and a short crop of 

 fruits and vegetables have been the re- 

 sult, because the pollen masses were not 

 carried from flower to flower by these 

 "marriage priests" to fertilize them; 

 and 



Whereas, It is the appropriate work 

 of the Experiment Station to make 

 thorough and minute examinations of 

 such microbes as attack the bees, and 

 leave disease and death in their trails, 

 and to give information which will aid 

 bee-keepers to prevent or cure such dis- 

 eases ; and 



Whereas, Those in charge of the 

 Experiment Stations cannot be expected 

 to know what is transpiring in the dif- 

 ferent apiaries of the State of Illinois, 

 only as such things are brought to their 

 notice by apiarists. It is therefore ad- 

 visable to have a good bee-keeper ap- 

 pointed, at a moderate salary, to keep a 

 sharp look-out for such matters, and 

 present them to the proper authorities 

 at the Experiment Station, as well as 

 the Illinois University — so as to be able 

 to take advantage of the wisdom of the 

 professors in these institutions, and also 

 to serve the interests of the pursuit of 

 bee-keeping ; therefore, be it 



Resolved, By the Illinois State Bee- 

 Keepers' Association in convention as- 

 sembled at Chicago this 19th day of 

 October, 1892, that we commend the 

 foregoing facts to the consideration of 

 those having the United States appro- 

 priation of $15,000 in charge, in the 

 State of Illinois, and ask that they ap- 

 point , a bee- 

 keeper of ability and experience, accept- 

 able to this association, to studiously 

 watch for, and present to them such 

 matters as should receive the attention 

 of the Director of the Experiment Sta- 

 tion and the professors of the University 

 of Illinois. Thos. G. Newman, ) 



Mrs. L. Harrison, [• Com. 



Geo. Poindexter, ) 



The foregoing was passed unani- 

 mously, and Mr. J. A. Green selected to 

 represent the interests of Illinois bee- 

 keepers. 



Mr. Larrabee presented the following 

 resolution, which was unanimously 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That we, the Illinois Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, do thank the Man- 

 agers of the Commercial Hotel for the 

 courteous treatment received, and many 

 favors extended to us during this meet- 

 ing. 



The convention then adjourned to 

 meet in Springfield, Ills., at the call of 

 the Executive Board. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Reporter. 



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