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ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPHRS' ASSOCIATION 



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only grasp the fact that bee-keeping 

 in conjunction with a farm, of that 

 description would practically place 

 him in the position of a gentleman 

 during the years that he would be 

 making a fortune, we would perhaps 

 be able to develop bee-keeping as a 

 business to a much greater extent 

 than we have developed it. I hope 

 the results of meetings of this kind 

 will be to spread abroad the idea of 

 bee-keeping as a business, as a legiti- 

 mate business, a clean and dignified 

 business, a business as legitimate and 

 refined as any business in the mer- 

 cantile class or in the manufacturing 

 class. There is no doubt about that. 



E. Davison (Kansas) — We have 

 been hearing from various states; I 

 suppose it would be well to hear from 

 Kansas. It has been about two weeks 

 since I left my home; I ^ave been 

 v.-andering around over the country a 

 good bit between here and my State, 

 and I think, that I have learned a les- 

 son. I have seen a great many things 

 that I didn't know anything about. I 

 have seen the vessels on the Lakes, 

 and seen the men handling them, and 

 I have been in some of the manufac- 

 turing establishments, watching the 

 men at work there. I didn't know 

 anything about any of those things, 

 and I said to the people that were 

 with me, "I don't know a thing about 

 this, but I know something about bees 

 because I have made it a study." 

 This thing has impressed itself upon 

 my mind, that for a person to be suc- 

 cessful in any thing he has to be a 

 specialist. A person to be successful 

 in the bee-business has to make it a 

 study. There are a great many peo- 

 ple who would like to engage in the 

 business, and I know a few that en- 

 gaged in it that have not informed 

 themselves. Now, the thing for any 

 person' to do that is going to engage 

 in it — I suppose it would be proper to 

 talk to beginners or those thinking of 

 going into it — the first thing for any 

 person to do is to get all the reading 

 matter they can. I wouldn't advise 

 them to read everything, but to read 

 after the masters. We have got mas- 

 ters in the bee-business; they are the 

 kind of men to read after, and I would 

 advise them to read something of that 

 kind first, and then get the bee^ and 

 go to practicing, just as a doctor 

 would read medicine and then go to 



practicing, or anything else. I know 

 a person can make a living out of 

 bees, but the first thing you have to 

 do is to get a location. You may 

 understand your business ever so 

 well, but unless you have a location 

 you will make a failure of it, or a par- 

 tial failure. Your location must be 

 right; and then get all the bees you 

 can handle, and any person can make 

 a little out o-f the bee-business. 



Mr. France moved, seconded bj' Mr. 

 Wright, that the President appoint 

 committees on rules, resolutions, and 

 nominations. (Carried.) 



COMMITTEE ON RULES. 



Pres. York appointed as the Com- 

 mittee on Rules Messrs. Grant (Ver- 

 mont), West (New York) and Stone 

 (Illinois). 



Pres. York stated that he would ap- 

 point the other committees later. 



The convention then adjourned, to 

 meet at 1:30 p. m. 



FIRST DAY— AFTERNOON SESSION 



COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS. 

 At 1:30 p. m. Pres. York called the 

 convention to order, and appointed 

 as the Committee on Resolutions 

 Messrs. O. L. Hershiser (New York) 

 chairman, E. L. Hofmann (Minnesota) 

 and J. L. Byer (Canada). 



REPORT OF COAI'MITTEE ON 

 RULES. 

 Mr. West presented the report of 

 the Committee on Rules as follows: 



1. Paid up members only should take 

 part in discussions unless called upon by 

 the President cr voice of the convention. 



2. Once speaking on the same subject 

 only, except by request of the President 

 or voice of the convention. 



3. The president shall be judge of the 

 time to be spent in speaking by any 

 member. 



4. The convention will be controlled 

 by Roberts' Rules of Order. 



(Signed) J. E. CRANE, 



N. D. WEST, 

 J. A. STONE. 



Committee. 



On motion of Mr. Cyrenius, second- 

 ed by Mr. Davenport, the report of 

 the Committee on Rules was feceived 

 and adopted. 



Pres. York called on Mr. J. L. Byer 

 of Mount Joy, Ontario, to read his 

 paper, entitled, "Extracted Honey — 

 From Nectar to Market." 



Mr. Byer — I assure you it was with 

 a great deal of diffidence I consented 



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