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Tlie motion was warmly secoiidefl, and 

 there beins; no other nominath)n, Mr. M. 

 L. Dinihip moved tliat I'resklent Moon be 

 anthorized to cast the unanimous vote of 

 tlie Association. 



Tlie motion prevailed, and tlie tellers 

 announced the result of tlie ballot. On 

 nudum the tSecretary was instructed to 

 notify Mr. Langstroth of his election. 



On motion of Mr. W. F. Clarke, the 

 Constitution was ameiuled so as to pro- 

 vide for ihree additional Vice-Presidents, 

 making the number five instead of two. 



The following officers were unanimously 

 ■elected : 



Vice Presidents— Win. F. Clarke, Out. ; 

 Dr. T. H. Hamlin, Tenn. ; Robert Bick- 

 ford, N. Y. ; Elisha Gallup, Iowa ; A. F. 

 Moon, Mich. 



Secretary— M. M. Baldridge.St. Charles, 

 Ills. 



Treasurer— N. C. Mitchell, indianapo- 

 li.s, Ind. 



The tollowinc resolution was adopted : 

 — Ke.soi-ved, That the Executive Com- 

 mittee be instructed to publish the pro- 

 ceedings of this Association in pamphlet 

 form at the earliest practicable day, pro- 

 vided the funds will warrant, and that the 

 Secretary forward a copy to each member 

 as soon as published. 



The following were admitted as honor- 

 ary members : 



Samuel Wagner.editor of the American 

 Bee Journai,, Washington, D. C. ; M. 

 Quinhy, author of " Mysteries of Bee- 

 Keeping," St. Johnsville, New York ; E. 

 S. Tupper, Brighton, Iowa : Rev. .John 

 Dzierzon, Karlsmarket, Lower Silesia, 

 lierniany : A. Schmidt, editor of the 

 "Bieneri-Zeitung," Eichsladt, Germany ; 

 L. Gerster, inventor of the Wax-Extractor, 

 Berne, Switzerland ; T. W. Woodbury, 

 Mount Radford, Exeter, England ; Major 

 Von Hruschka, Germany, inventor of 

 Mel-Extractor. 



As the Rev. L. L. Langstroth was not 

 present, he was notified of his election as 

 President, and accepted it, adding that he 

 hoped "that the interests of practical and 

 scientific bee-keeping may be greatly 

 advanced " by the organization. 



The topics discussed were : Manage- 

 ment of an apiary ; diseases of bees ; 

 Italian and Egyptian bees ; swarming and 

 increase by division ; queen-rearing ; bee- 

 pasturage ; transferring bees ; marketing 

 noney ; comb foundation, etc. 



The Convention ad.iourned to meet in 

 Cleveland, O., oi) Wednesday, Dee. 6, 

 1871, at 9 a.m. 



Aiuericaii Bee-Keepers' Association. 



The Cincinnati "Gazette" remarks as 

 follows : 



" Various States of the Union, either 

 singly or two or three of them united, 

 have formed bee-keepers' associations,but 

 hitherto no national association has ex- 

 isted in this country. The impetus given 

 to bee-culture liy the discoveries of Iluber, 

 the distinguished Geneva apiarist, at the 

 ■close of the last century, has sent hun- 

 dreds into that pursuit. The progress of 

 skill and knowledge in it has not lagged 

 ■behind the advance made by science and 

 skill in other departments of knowledge 

 and industry since the blind Huber died. 

 The necessity of associated action and 

 effort for the benefit of bee-culture has 

 been widely felt and that feeling has been 

 manifested "in forming numerous local 

 associations. 



" About a year ago, two of these associa- 

 tion^, at nearly the same time, conceived 

 the idea of issuing a call for a convention 

 to form a national organization. One of 

 them was the Michigan, the other the 

 Northeastern Bee-Keepers' Association. 

 The North American Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, organized at Indianapolis last 



December, and the American Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association, organized here, are the 

 results of calls issued by the above local 

 bodies respectively, viz : the Michigan 

 and the Northeastern. Between these 

 associations there has been smue con- 

 troversy—with but little, if any, ill feeling 

 —as to the claiui of priority in issuing the 

 call for the National Convention. 



"TbeConvenlion called by the Michigan 

 Association met in Deeenihcr last; that 

 called by the Northcasleni Association is 

 the one in session now in this city. Both 

 associations have the same man, the Rev. 

 L. L. Langstroth, of Oxford, O., for Presi- 

 dent. Many members of the Association 

 formed yestenlay are members of the 

 North American formed at Indianapolis. 

 Mr. Langstroth, of tlie former body, in re- 

 tiring from the active duties of the chair 

 last evening, called to officiate as Chair- 

 man of the American, the IJev. Mr. Van 

 Slyke, of the Northeastern Association. 

 The union of the two National Associa- 

 tions at their next meeting, which, for 

 both, is at tlie same time and place, is a 

 moral certainty." 



About 1.50 delegates from various States 

 assembled in Convention at 1 p.m., and an 

 organization was effected by electing Rev. 

 Wm. F. Clarke, of Toronto, Chairman. 



Gen. D. L. Adair, of Kentucky, moved 

 to adopt a C'liislitution, which he pre- 

 sented, and make this Convention an 

 Association, to be known as the Ameri- 

 can Bee-Keepers' Association. 



This was objected to as needless, since 

 we have already a North American Bee- 

 Keepers' Association. Mr. H. A. King, 

 of New York, favored Gen. Adair's motion. 

 This would bo the first step toward uniting 

 the North American. Association and the 

 one proposed to organize liere. 



Dr, Bolirer. of Indiana, a delegate to the 

 Convention that met at Indianapolis, Dec. 

 21, 1870, spoke in favor of maintaining 

 good feeling. He desired tliat there should 

 be but one Association, i. e., the North 

 American or the American, as should be 

 agreed. 



Mr. R. C. Otis, of Wisconsin, moved, as 

 an amendment to Gen. Adair's motion, to 

 appoint a committee to negotiate for 

 union with a like committee of the North 

 American Bee-Keepers' Association. 



Mr. H. A. King, of New York, moved to 

 amend the amendmeirt, that the Conven- 

 tion should first organize by adopting a 

 Constitution, and then propose a union. 



By carrying the previous question, the 

 debate was cut off. 



Mr. King's amendment to Mr. Otis' 

 amendment was adopted. 



The " American " Society organized by 

 adopting a Constitution similar to the 

 "North American," adopted at Indian- 

 apolis, and elected the Rev. L. L. Langs- 

 troth President, Rev. H. A. King, Secre- 

 tary, Gen. D. L. Adair, and L. C. Waite 

 Assistant Secretaries, N. C. Mitchell, 

 Treasurer, and 1.5 Vice-Presidents. 



The Rev. L. L. Langstroth took the 

 chair, but being feeble, be called the Rev. 

 E. Van Slyke, Vice-President for New 

 York, to preside. 



Rev. W. F. Clarke, the retiring tem- 

 porary President, offered the following 

 resolution, which was unanimously 

 adopted : 



" Resolved, That this Association, 

 when it adjourns, adjourn to meet at 

 Cleveland, O., at '■> a.m., on the first Wed- 

 nesday in December, 1871, at the same 

 time and place as the North American 

 Bee-Keepers' Association ; when, pro- 

 vided tbeother organization shall instruct 

 its officers to do the same, the officers of 

 this body sliall resign, with a view of there 



and then consolidating both associations 

 into one." 



On motion of Mr. Peck, amended by Mr. 

 Clarke, Mr. King, Mr. Peck and Mr. Otis 

 were appointed a committee to confer 

 with a similar commiltee appointed by 

 the North American Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, with a view to a union of tliat 

 with this organization, and report the 

 same to this Association. 



The topics discus.sed were : Winter 

 management of bees; artificial swarming; 

 prevention of natural swarniiiig ; Italian 

 bees vs. hybrids and black bees ; hin- 

 drances to bee-culture ; drones ; honey- 

 plants ; introducing queens; extracted 

 honey, etc. 



Mr. E. Gallup read an essay entitled, 

 "Snccessful bee-keeping in a nut-shell." 



The following were made honorary 

 members : T. W. Woodbury, Mount Rad- 

 ford, England ; F. W. Vogel, Lekman- 

 sliofel, I'russia ; Rev. Geor;ie Kleine, 

 Luethorst, Prussia : Andreas Schmidt, 

 Eichstadt, Bavaria ; Rev. John Dzierzon, 

 Carlsmarkt, Silesia ; Baron A. aiul Baro- 

 ness L. Von Berlepsch, Munich, Bavaria ; 

 Prof. C. T. E. Von Siebold, Munich, 

 Bavaria ; Maj. F. Von Ilruschka, Dolo, 

 Italy; Dr. A. Dubini. Milan, Italy; Vis- 

 count De Saliceto, Milan Italv ; A. S. 

 Packard, Salem, Mass. ; C. V. Reily, St. 

 Louis, Mo. 



Statistics : 1'20 bee-keepers reported 

 that they owned .5,051 colonies of bees ; 

 and the honey produced amounted to 

 S3,U65 pounds, and the average price it 

 sold at, was about 30 cents per pound. 

 Beeswax,l,04G pounds- 4,612colonies were 

 in movable frame hives, and 439 in box- 

 hives. 



Tlie Rev. L. L. Langstroth was the re- 

 cipient of an expression of the gratitude 

 of bee-kee)iers (in the shape of a well- 

 filled purse), and, by unanimous vote, he 

 was accorded the special privilege of 

 speaking when, and as long as he chose 

 to do so, on any subject. He solved many 

 knotty questions, and often " poured oil 

 on the troubled waters." 



This Association adjourned to meet 

 with the North American at Cleveland, 

 O., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 1871, at 9 a.m. 



The Two Associations Consolidated. 



Pursuant to adjournment of both, the 

 " American " and " North American " Bee- 

 Keeners' Associations met in joint session 

 at Temperance Hall in Cleveland, 0., at 

 10 a.m., on Dec. 6, 1871. The President of 

 both societies, the Rev. L. L Langstroth, 

 being absent on account of illness, Vice- 

 President W. F. Clarke called the meeting 

 to order, and, by unanimous vote, both 

 associations were dissolved for the pur- 

 pose of consolidation. 



Moses Quinby was elected temporary 

 chairman, and Rev. H. A. King temporary 

 secretary. 



By vote, all the officers of the dissolved 

 associations present, were created a com- 

 mittee to present a constitution for perma- 

 nent organization. This committee were: 

 Rev. W. F. Clarke, Dr. G. Bohrer, A. F. 

 Moon, Dr. T. B. Hamlin, S. Hoagland, 

 Aaron Benedict, L. C. Waite, Gen. D. L. 

 Adair, and N.C.Mitchell. The coniniittee 

 reported a Constitution, which was then 

 unanimously adopted. 



The following were elected a committee 

 on honorary members : Messrs. Root, 

 Moon and Bohrer. Their report was 

 adopted. It read thus : 



" Such persons as were made honorary 

 members of both the North American 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, held at Indiana- 

 polis, and the American Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, at Cincinnati, be and they 

 are hereby declared honorary members of 

 this Society." 



