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SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



and just before I left home an order 

 for 10,000. 



And let me say as a word of ex- 

 planation I use the same thing as a 

 letterhead. The question came up 

 yesterday will that be changed. My 

 intention is that it will not be changed 

 near future. 



Mr. Holterman introduced the fol- 

 would advise doing that in the very 

 lowing resolution: Moved by Mr. 

 to keep this design, except an elec- 

 tion might change the names of some 

 of the officials in the letter-head; but 

 the label itself remains the same, to- 

 gether with your registered number. 



Mr. Hershisher: I would like to ask 

 why it is that you particularize New 

 York as a state that has furnished 

 so many members a^d so much dues? 



Mr. France: Because in former 

 years it was one of the great support- 

 ing States of our Association and part 

 have declined. Some carried the im- 

 will come in. If it is not next year, I 

 so long as the Organization see fit 

 pression that the State had all declined, 

 •which is not true. I want to say that 

 there was a large portion of the State 

 of New York which stayed with us, 

 and the balance are coming back to us. 

 (Applause). 



Mr. Hershisher: I am of the opinion 

 that the v<»ry best thing this Associa- 

 tion could do to get New York bacK 

 is to go right into the heart of the 

 enemy's country with the Convention. 

 For instance go to Syracuse next year, 

 or some other city that is centrally lo- 

 cated, and see how many members 

 R. F. Holterman and seconded by Mr. 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, and Resolved, that 

 the members of the National Bee- 

 Keepers Association, in Convention 

 assembled at Harrisburg, Pa., feel that 

 owing to the very many duties of their 

 present Secretary, Mr. J. A. Green, 

 and his inability to attend to these 

 duties properly, this position should 

 not be forced upon him for another 

 year. That we take this action with 

 regret, realizing that if other duties 

 •would permit, Mr. Green would make 

 an able and capable Secretary. 



It is further resolved that whilst 

 we would in no way seek to dictate 

 to any member how to vote, in view 

 of all the circumstances, we would 

 recommend that at the coming elec- 

 tions Mr. O. Li. Hershisher of Buffalo, 

 N. Y., receive the undivided support 

 of the Association. 



Mr. York called attention to the 



fact that while he had no objection 

 to the motion In itself, that this was 

 establishing a precedent contrary to 

 the prescribed form of nominations. 



The discussion on this motion was 

 participated in by Messrs. Pressler, 

 Moe, Holterman, York, Selser, Hilton 

 and Hershisher, after which the motion 

 was put and carried, with but two 

 dissenting votes. 



Some little discussion took place as 

 to the advisability of electing the 

 officers at the Annual Convention 

 instead of in the manner at present 

 followed, but it was pointed out that 

 this would mean a change in the 

 Constitution of which a year's notice 

 would be required, and that even then 

 it was not thought that this would be 

 a solution of the diffi'Culties which were 

 found to exist at present. 



Mr. Hilton announced the Commit- 

 tee on Resolutions as follows: Rev. 

 H. W. Bendon, Prof. H.-A. Surface and 

 Mr. W. A. Selser 



Committee on Exhibits: Messrs. W. 

 Z. Hutchinson, O. L. Hershisher and 

 H. E. Darby. 



Mr. Hilton called on Dr. Phillips to 

 present his paper 



Dr. Phillips: Mr. Chairman and 

 Members: Mr. Cleaver spoke yester- 

 day about a series of letters which he 

 had from officers of the Association. 

 I would like to ask if I got the same 

 series. Evidently there was an awak- 

 ening or something about the time 

 those letters were written, and Mr. 

 Cleaver and I got three letters apiece 

 asking for papers. Owing to the 

 lateness of the day I did not feel I 

 could afford to prepare a paper which 

 would be worthy a presentation at the 

 Annual Convention of the National 

 Association, but I replied to these 

 Jetters that I already had prepared 

 a paper entitled "The Production and 

 Care of Extracted Honey," and if de- 

 sired I would read a portion of that 

 paper at this time. As some of you 

 know, Mr. France collected a series 

 of samples of honey to be used at 

 the St. Louis Exposition. He very 

 kindly turned these samples over to 

 the Bureau of Entomology through me 

 and they were in turn sent to the 

 Bureau of Chemistry, and I think the 

 samples of honey and the analyses 

 which were .made would constitute 

 the .most complete series of analyses 

 which has ever been made of Ameri- 

 can honeys. Several things came up 

 during this analytical work which 





