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SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



agreeable service; his prompt attention 

 to correspondence; the satisfactory ad- 

 justment of all complaints; the proper 

 caging and mailing of queens, which 

 make tedious and sometimes long jour- 

 neys through the mails; and his deter- 

 mination to stay with the business 

 through adverse as well as through 

 prosperous seasons. It is a combination 

 of all these little details that go to 

 make success, and it must not be for- 

 gotten that many long and weary hours 

 must be put in at queen-rearing that 

 are unknown to the producer of honey. 



Since the keeping of out-apiaries for 

 honey has become so practicable and 

 popular, the advantage to the honey- 

 producer exceeds that of the queen- 

 breeder. Hundreds of colonies of bees 

 can be run for honey, s-ystematized into 

 out-apiaries, and be made more profit- 

 able to their owner than if he were to 

 devote the same amount of labor to 

 the production- of queens, and, neces- 

 sarily, to a fewer number of colonies. 



In the foregoing no mention has been 

 made of the progress of modern or ex- 

 pert queen-rearing, for it is possible to 

 rear queens at a greater profit now than 

 m former years; but to figure the dif- 

 ference in the profits of queen-rearing 

 and honey-production — just when and 

 how this is to be done, I do not know 

 where to begin, for so much depends 

 upon conditions, the locality, and the 

 man, that it would be mere guess-work. 



We sometimes know of men who have 

 produced 30,000, or 50,000, or 75.ooo, and 

 occasionally a man that produces 100,- 



000 pounds, of honey, in a single sea- 

 son, which when sold would bring the 

 modest little sum of $3,000 to $10,000, 



1 dare say there are none of our lead- 

 mg queen-breeders who realize half this 

 amount from the sale of queens, not 

 counting the fact that every apiary run 

 for queens is weakened — if not ruined — 

 by the excessive sale of this product. 

 All colonies run for honey are easily 

 kept in a normal, thrifty condition, 

 while queen - rearing yards have fre- 

 quently to be fed. 



We now leave this subject to our 

 brother bee-keepers of this Association, 

 who may weigh the matter with their 

 own minds, and render a verdict ac- 

 cording to their judgment. 



W. H. Laws. 



Pres. Dadant — The matter is open for 

 discussion now. I think the rearing of 



queens in the South is of great import- 

 ance. 



W. H. Laws — I wish to say that this 

 matter is of but little importance to the 

 honey-producer. I will also say that I 

 have made a few figures. I think that 

 these people have spent on an average 

 of $40 to $50, and, figuring it up, it 

 seems about $40 per hour while we are 

 in session, and I want to call your at- 

 tention to the fact that a Mexican Sup- 

 per, has been prepared for bur members. 



Mr. France — I assure you that this is 

 a part of the program that the North- 

 ern people appreciate, and in order to 

 make everything satisfactory, Mr. Toep- 

 perwein says that it will be wise to go 

 soon. The distance to this first-class 

 Mexican supper is a little too far to 

 walk, so we are advised to take the car. 

 Mr. Toepperwein will go with the first 

 section, and Mr. Laws with the second. 



The meeting then adjourned until 8 

 p.m., and all attended the Mexican sup- 

 per, given at the " Original Mexican 

 Restaurant.'' 



SECOND DAY— Evening Session. 



The meeting was called to order • at 

 8 :30 by Pres. C. P. Dadant. The first half 

 hour was spent in listening to an address 

 by Judge T. M. Paschal, who went to 

 Los Angeles in 1903 to help bring the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Association to 

 San Antonio, his subject being, "The 

 Bee-Keeping Resources of Texas." 



Pres. Dadant — There was to have 

 been a paper read at this time by Dr. 

 E. F. Phillips, of Washington, D. C., on 

 "What Science May do for Bee-Keep- 

 ing," but as he has not arrived yet we 

 will proceed with other business. The 

 subject for the evening is the report of 

 the Resolutions Committee on freight- 

 rates. We will hear from the Secretary. 



Repobt OS Fbeight-Rates. 



We, the Committee on Resolutions, 

 recommend that the following resolu- 

 tion be passed by the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, in convention as- 

 sembled : 



Resolved, That a committee of three 

 be appointed by the President, of which 

 the General Manager shall be one and 

 be its chairman, for the purpose of se- 

 curing more favorable freight-rates on 

 the products of the apiary, namely: 

 honey, bees, and beeswax; That the 

 Board of Directors be requested to pass 

 a resolution authorizing and directing 



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