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the same yard, but the mating ground 

 is in a separate place. 



Will Atchley — I have had the same 

 complaints come from a party, that I 

 think he refers to, and I visited the 

 same place and I found what Mr. Laws 

 says is true. 



A Member — I want to say that Dr. 

 Bohrer is talking from what he knows, 

 but that party was not from Texas. It 

 has been asked that the National As- 

 sociation should look after the queen- 

 breeders, and know that bee-keepers are 

 getting stock true to name; that the 

 Association appoint a committee to in- 

 vestigate this matter. There are some 

 who are doing everything that is pos- 

 sible to breed true to name; we send to 

 them and their bees are true to name 

 when we get them; they are not satis- 

 factory, and I think many times it has 

 been in getting tested queens that have 

 been hurt in transportation. Would it 

 look reasonable that if you should buy 

 a fresh-milk cow and ship her from 

 home down to Texas, without any care, 

 would you expect her to continue a nice 

 fresh cow when she arrived? Would 

 you expect this of a nice tested queen? 

 Yet it is not the fault of the queen- 

 breeder? I believe that some of us 

 are inclined to criticise queen-breeders 

 that are doing r'ght, and need uphold- 

 ing in what they are doing. We should 

 know that a man is shipping from an 

 infected yard; those things ought to be 

 investigated. 



Dr. Bohrer — I want to explain in re- 

 gard to the mater of queens being in- 

 jured through the mail. I have not 

 found much abuse in that particular. 

 I purchased a queen from a Texas 

 queen-breeder, and she was one of the 

 best that I ever saw. 



Most Profitable Race of Bees. 



"What is the most profitable race of 

 bees for both comb and extracted 

 honey?" 



Mr. Stone— I think the Italian bee is 

 the 'most profitable. 



Mr. France-— My observation from 

 the State of Wisconsin says the Italian 

 bee. 



Mr. Victor— Yes, I think the Italian 

 bee is the most profitable. 



W. H. Laws— I would like to ask 

 Mr. France if it is the improved or the 

 3-banded Italian he prefers. 



Mr. France— I favor the 3-banded 



Italians for their honey-gathering quali- 

 ties. 



Pres. Dadant — In Europe there are 

 some countries where they criticise the 

 Italian bees. I had the opportunity of 

 investigating bee-culture and the Italian 

 bee. The man who writes a book is 

 very careful of his statements. Now, I 

 took 12 of the leading works of Eu- 

 rope and America, two German, one 

 Swiss, one Italian, one English, one 

 Irish and two French, and I think one 

 or two American. Everyone said that 

 the Italians were more industrious. I 

 believe that this is as jood as can be 

 given. 



Mr. Stone — I would like to introduce 

 the golden Italian, especially where I 

 have any black blood in my colonies. 

 You get good hybrids when you get 

 the 3-banded bees. 



Mr. Anderson — I stand up for the 

 Carniolans, although I have not reared 

 many. I have been using Italians prin- 

 cipally until this year. I get more 

 honey from the Garniolans. 



Wm. Atchley — For 10 years I pre- 

 ferred the 3-banded improved Italians, 

 but for the last 5 years the Carniolans 

 have proven themselves superior to the 

 Italians in my country. 



THIED DAY— FiKST Session. 



After the members had asembled, 

 they were requested to go to the City 

 Hall, where a group photograph was 

 taken. Then at 10 o'clock, a. m., the 

 meeting was called to order by Pres. 

 Dadant. The Committee on Amend- 

 ments appointed last year was called 

 upon to make a report. 



Pres. Dadant — Mr. Holekamp was a 

 member of the committee to divide the 

 membership into districts in the differ- 

 ent States. 



Mr. Holekamp — I studied about this 

 matter and found that the work which 

 I had in mind for the directors was so 

 great that it will be very difficult to 

 find men who will undertake the work. 

 Therefore, I think it best not to make 

 any recommendations. I withdraw the 

 proposition. 



Pres. Dadant — ^You have heard the 

 report of the committee. Under the 

 conditions I think it will be well to ac- 

 cept this and discharge the committee. 



On motion the report was accepted, 

 and the committee discharged. 



The Committee on Exhibits then re- 

 ported as follows: 





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