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SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



proved by the whole membership they 

 will exclude bee-supply dealers, queen- 

 breeders and editors. I want to make 

 you all feel entirely at liberty to vote 

 on the subject, and I think it best to 

 announce that I have decided to de- 

 cline any further offer as President of 

 the Association, so that you can feel 

 that you are not voting against your 

 President when you act upon the mat- 

 ter. I wish to say that Mr. H. H. Root, 

 who is here, and his brother, E. R. 

 Root, are entirely in accord with my 

 .views. We will give the membership 

 a chance to amend the Constitution if 

 they so desire. 



A copy of the Resolutions prepared 

 by the Committee on Amendments were 

 read by Mr. J. Q. Smith, as follows: 



Report on Amendments. 



Resolved, That the General Manager 

 be instructed to place before the mem- 

 bers of the National Association, the 

 following propositions to be voted upon 

 according to Section V., and Article 9, 

 of the Constitution of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, concerning amend- 

 ments, each proposition to be voted upon 

 separately : 



1st. Shall manufacturers, dealers, di- 

 rectly or indirectly interested in the 

 sale of bee-supplies, and patentees of 

 apiarian implements, be considered eli- 

 gible to office? 



2d. Shall queen-breeders, or import- 

 ers of queens for sale, be considered 

 eligible to office? 



3d. Shall apiarian editors, associate 

 or department editors, authors or pub- 

 lishers of works on bees, be considered 

 eligible to office? 



J. Q. Smith, 

 W. O. Victor, 



ROBT. A. HOLEKAMP, 



C. C. Parsons, 

 Jas. a. Stone, 

 Submitted by request. Committee. 



Pres. Dadant — You have heard the re- 

 port of the Committee, what will you 

 do with it? 



Dr. Bohrer — I object to the resolu- 

 tions in their present form. I want an- 

 other resolution offered, then vote 

 against the whole thing. It is, that all 

 men selling bees shall not hold office, 

 and 'any man that deals in bees and 

 honey shall not vote. It is not justice 

 to ourselves and our officers and I am 

 opposed to the whole thing. 



Pres. Dadant — I fear that Dr. Bohrer 



does not understand. We are not ask- 

 ing you to vote, we are asking you to 

 permit the matter to go before the mem- 

 bers of the Association. We do not 

 anticipate that each one of these sec- 

 tions will be adopted, but I think two 

 of them, at least, will be adopted; but 

 I want to give each of the members a 

 chance to vote. We want harmony, 

 and this is the only way to get har- 

 mony. We have things our way, and 

 the East is not satisfied; give them a 

 chance, which they could not have with- 

 out an opportunity to vote on these 

 resolutions. It takes a notice of 45 

 days, in order to act upon this next 

 year; and then leave jt to their fairness 

 as to what shall be done. 



Mr. Holekamp — If I ever have been 

 sorry since I am a member I am sorry 

 now. It seems there is a great dissat- 

 isfaction in the East about nothing. If 

 we exclude these men we will be left. 

 Now, I am in the Association and get 

 letters from our members "in Missouri. 

 All of our members either have a few 

 dollars worth of supplies or honey to 

 sell, or they are queen-breeders, and 

 if these resolutions would be passed I 

 would recommend our Association to 

 withdraw from the National, because if 

 we lose all of those men, who are acting 

 under the head of dealers, they will pay 

 Httle attention to our Association, and 

 those who do the work will be left out. 

 If these -resolutions should pass I would 

 withdraw. 



Pres. Dadant— I will call on Dr. Phil- 

 lips to state to us what he thinks about 

 the matter. 



Dr. Phillips — What I have to say is 

 not to be considered my attitude in the 

 matter. I have attended meetings in 

 several of the Eastern States. Perhaps 

 those who are present do not know that 

 in several parts of the East resolutions 

 have been passed to withdraw from the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Association, on 

 the ground that the body is controlled 

 by the bee-supply dealers, editors, etc. 

 This dissatisfaction is manifested by 

 the withdrawal of several State asso- 

 ciations' in a body from the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, so there is no 

 doubt of it. Now, in order that this 

 division may have an opportunity to 

 express themselves, they should be al- 

 lowed to vote upon these propositions. 

 Especially, to be explicit in this thing, 

 the New York Association withdrew in 

 December, last year, from the National 



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