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ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. 



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According to that resolution I wDuld 

 -name one from each State as the 

 Committee on Nominations; but this 

 same resolution, it seems to me, 

 should be passed before that Commit- 

 tee is appointed, to authorize the ap- 

 pointment. There will be the four 

 offices to ifill, President, Vice Presi- 

 dent, Secretary and Treasurer, and 

 three Directors. Do you wish to have 

 a motion to follow the same lines as 

 at the last convention? It seemed to 

 work all right; at least, I heard no ob- 

 jection to it. 



Mr. Davenport moved, seconded by 

 Mr. Musgrove, that the resolution 

 adopted at the last national conven- 

 tion be re-enacted at this convention. 



!Mr. ^France — I might just drop this 

 word at this time. In the nominations 

 which I have called for, the large per- 

 centage of those who replied said m 

 effect, "I am not acquainted with the 

 various members so as to vote under- 

 standingly on the nomination, and if 

 you know who is the proper one, vote 

 for me." I wouldn't say that the nom- 

 ination in that way was a blank,- but I 

 do think tliis way of taking a repre- 

 sentative from every state here to 

 form a Nominating Committee to dis- 

 cuss for and against the merits of 

 candidates is the ideal way of getting 

 a nomination. 



President York — We are doing this 

 in addition to what the constitution 

 provides for, so it is not at all a 

 wrong method. 



The president put the motion, 

 which, on a vote having been taken, 

 was declared carried. 



The President named the following 

 as the Committee on Nominations: 



J. E. Crane, Vermont, chairman. 



J. H. M. Cook, New Jersey. 



Allen Latham, Connecticut. 



James A; Stone, Illinois. 



Charles H. Weber, Ohio. 



E. Davison, Kansas. , 



J. A. Smith, Iowa. 



E. Li. Hoffmann, Minnesota. 



B. M. Gates, Massachusetts. 



Jacob Huffman, Wisconsin. 



James S. Fowler, New Hampshire. 



E^ A. Dittrich, Indiana. 



Morley Pettit, Ontario. 



Wm. A. Selser, Pennsylvania. 



R. B. Ross, Jr., Quebec. 



Charles Stewart, New York. 



Dr. E. F. Phillips, D. C. 



POISONING MICE IN HIVE. 



"How can I poison the dear mice 

 that get into the hives in winter?" 



J. E. Crane — ^A mixture of one part 

 arsenic, one part flour, and one part 

 sugar, I find verj^ effective. It is laid 

 in on top of the inside cover, not in 

 where the bees are. 



HUOKLEHERRY BLOOM. ; 



"Is huckleberry bloom nectar pro- 

 ducing?" 



Mr. Latham — It is. I have proved 

 it for years. In Massachusetts it is 

 one of the best honey plants. 



Mr. Hershiser — What is the color 

 of the honey? 



Mr. Latham — iDark amber. 



Mr. iHtershiser — 'What is the quality? 



Mr. Latham — ^Very good; mild fla- 

 vor. 



BEESi AS A SUPtPORT. 



"Take one year with another, how 

 many colonies will support a man 

 comfortably?" 



O. M. Smith — It depends upon the 

 man, how much it costs to support 

 him, and _ the location, and the 

 strength of the colonies. 



SUCCBSIS WITH BEES. 



"What qualities should a person 

 possess to be successful with bees?" 



Mr. Snyder — Grit, grace and cor 

 hesion. 



Mr. Oliver (New York) ' — Sobriety 

 and industrj-. 



HOINEY-EKE'W FOR WINTER 

 STORES. 



"There appear to be conditions un- 

 der which it is safe to depend on 

 honey- dew for winter stores for bees. 

 "WTiat are those conditions?" 



Mr. Hershiser — ^The condition that I 

 think is necessary to . place depend- 

 ence upon honey-dew is that it be 

 gathered early in the season, and 

 when the hive is comparatively full of 

 brood a,nd a heavy flow of honey, so 

 that the bees use the good honey out 

 of the hive first during the winter, 

 and the honey-dew is left till later in 

 the season. 



Mr. Byer — It depends on the quality 

 of the honey-dew, some will ferment 

 after it is sealed over. 



Mr. West — iSome years ago when 



