ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS ASSOCIATION 



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-OF THB- 



Sixteenth Annual Session 



-OF THE- 



Chicago-NorthweMern Bee-Keepers' Associafion 



Held in the Bush Temple of Music, Chicago, Hit 



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WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, DEC. 5 and 6, 1906 



The sixteenth annual meeting of the 

 Chicago-Northwestern Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation was held in Chicago Dec. 5 and 

 6, 1906, with President George W. York 

 in the chair. 



The convention was called to order 

 at 10:30 a. m., and R. L. Taylor, of 

 Michigan offered the following prayer: 



Our Heavenly Father, we thank Thee 

 for the blessings which Thou hast given 

 us to enjoy. We thank Thee that Thou 

 hast preserved our lives for another 

 year; that Thou hast given us a good 

 measure of health and strength. We 

 thank Thee for all the wonderful bless- 

 ings which Thou hast showered upon 

 us. And now we pray Thy blessing upon 

 us as we are met together to discuss one 

 of the subjects which Thou hast given 

 us to employ our thoughts and our la- 

 bors. We pray that Thou wilt bless 

 us as an association; that Thou wilt 

 direct us aright; that Thou wilt keep 

 us from wrong; that Thou wilt culti- 

 vate among us a friendly, brotherly 

 feeling. We pray Thee to guide us in 

 all our doings while we are here to- 

 gether at these sessions; that Thou wilt 

 direct our thoughts; that Thou wilt en- 

 able us to walk aright^ and we pray 

 that Thou wilt continue to be with us 

 during our lives; that Thou wilt bless 

 us and keep us from wrong and make 

 us like Thy Son, Jesus Christ, in whose 

 name we ask it. Amen. 



As usual at the opening of the session 

 of this convention, the President intro- 

 duced all present by calling their names 



and requesting them to rise, so that 

 all might the more easily become known. 



The minutes of the previous meeting 

 were read and approved. 



The Treasurer read his report, show- 

 ing a balance on hand of $22.88. 



On motion, the chairman was directed 

 to appoint a committee of three to 

 audit the Treasurer's books, and Messrs. 

 Kimmey, Chapman and Wheeler were 

 appointed. 



Pres. York — We will now have a re- 

 cess for a few minutes for the payment 

 of dues. 



After the call to order again, the 

 question-box was taken up, as follows : 



Experience with Caucasian Bees. 



"Will any person having Caucasian 

 bees give his experience?" 



E. T. Abbott — A man sent me a queen, 

 and she died on the hive before we got 

 her in. 



A. A. Clarke — I have had some little 

 experience, perhaps not worth mention- 

 ing, but as I did not hear anybody else 

 reply I thought I would speak. I had 

 2 Caucasian queens the past season, and 

 I have bred nearly 300 queens from 

 them and probably sent out 150 of those 

 queens to different States, on their own 

 merits. I could not recommend them, 

 because I had not had any experience 

 with them; but I found out that they 

 were excessive swarmers, and not bet- 

 ter honey-gatherers than a very poor 

 Italian. It would probably be safe to 

 say that they showed great tendency to 



