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35th Year, 



CHICAGO, ILL., SEPT. 19, 1895. 



No. 38. 



Report of the Proceedings 



OF THE 



Twenty-Sixth Annual Convention 



OF THE 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association, 



HELD AT 



TORONTO, Out., Sept. 4, 5 and 6, 1895. 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON, SEC. 



The convention was called to order at 8 p.m., Sept. 4, 

 1895, with Pres. Holtermann in the chair. The meeting was 

 then opened with prayer by Geo. W. York. 



The reading of the minutes of the last meeting was called 

 for, but the Secretary explained that it was impossible, as no 

 report of the proceedings had been published. 



Mr. York — It has not been published because ex-Secretary 

 Benton failed to send in the report. Perhaps it would be well 



President A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



to decide now as to what shall be done in the future. So far 



f,s this year is concerned, I will make a report in pamphlet 

 orm, and give to each member a copy free of charge. If you 

 wish a report of last year's proceedings published with it in 

 the same pamphlet, I will furnish it If I am paid for re-setting 



that part of the report that has already been printed in the 

 American Bee Journal. Of course, I must also be paid the 

 .$20 that was voted to me last year for printing the report. 

 This is with the understanding, of course, that the balance of 

 the report can be secured from Mr. Benton. 



The proposition to furnish this year's report free- of 

 charge was accepted, but it was thought best to defer action 

 in regard to last year's report until Mr. Benton had been 

 heard. 



An Auditing Committee was then appointed by the Presi- 



Vice-President Wm. McEvoy, Woodbum, Out. 



dent, consisting of Wm. Couse, of Streetsville, Ont., D. W. 

 Heise, of Bethesda, Ont., and Geo. W. York, of Chicago, 111. 



Report of tlie Freight Committee. 



The committee appointed last year at St. Joseph, to see 

 what could be done in securing a better classification of freight 

 rates, reported as follows : 



Mr. President : — It is perhaps unnecessary that I should 

 make any report for the committee appointed at the St. 

 Joseph meeting, consisting of Messrs. Dadant, Whitcomb and 

 myself, to try to secure more favorable rates on some of the 

 things that the railroads carry for bee-keepers. The result of 

 our efforts has already been given in the bee-journals. But 

 that there may be no semblance of discourtesy to the Associa- 

 tion that appointed us, I herewith present a brief report. 



A full consultation was very pleasantly conducted 

 through the mail by the members of the committee, and we 

 had no difficulty in agreeing upon the items upon which we 

 desired lower rates from the railroads, and I must here confess 

 that in this regard I was the most ignorant one of the com- 

 mittee, and depended largely on information from the other 

 members, and especially from my friend J. T. Calvert. 



The Western Classification Committee kindly permitted 



