li.LIXdkS STATE I'.EE-KEEl'EItS' ASSOCIATION 



Chicago- nortbiDCStern Bee-Keeper$' il$$ociation 



Proceedings 



OF TH E 



Annual Convention Held December 2 and 3, 1908, 



AT 



Chicago. Illinois. 



Tl'c Istli jiiiiu;il (■•i!i \'i'ii! i' 111 iif lii,' 

 I 'hicnii'i-Ni irtliw rst: I'll I'.i i - ]<> •■■iit-rs' 



.VssiK-iutiou \\,(s iirlil .11 till- i'.ri.ux^ 

 JI')USf, (Mlk-;i:-;ii. I )c(.-i'iiil kT ll'l aipl :',<], 

 i:mis. It was i-nllod tn nnU-r at 10::50 

 ;i. III., l^oc-cmli'T 2il, Avitli the President, 

 l\li'. ('!(■( iri^i' w. Yiii'k, in tlie chair. 



I'ri-siilcnt Yoiiv: The t-onventiiin 

 whl bo (i]u'iie(l wilii in-ayi'i' by the 

 ]iastor cif the Ilaviiisw nnd (Chicagu) 

 .Ai-tiindist Cliuivh. lli.v. J)!-, n. J. 

 \\'.\ck(.ilT. 



Dr. \\'\c-k(in: then cilTi'fi(i thi^ I'liUnxv- 

 iii.u' in'Mxcr: "« nir ilcax riily l-'alh.cr, 

 we rejoice tliat \\c ha\<- aunlhcr jirivi- 



>'Av <if comin 



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about our mutual inlcrc.'^t.-;: ami as 

 we conic from i'm and near to .i;athcr 

 in lliis jiUu-c, we prax' that Tliou 

 wouhist )jc xvith us and be, in our 

 Counsels, foi- somehow" or other we 

 b. Iie\e the moiX: we kn(.iw about God, 

 the more we know abotit the creatures 

 he has made. He!]) us, we pray Thee, 

 to Kct in .s.ucli sympathetic relation 

 Willi all the affairs of our calling that 

 wiicre we cannot understand we shall 

 hiivo a strange intuition to help us 

 solve our perplexing problems. We 

 beg to thank Thee for the .great in- 

 terest thou hast put in Nature. AVe 

 come to rejoice that when otu' hearts 

 are right, when they are in tune with 

 the great manifold wtirkings of God 

 and Xaturo', we can see His footsteps, 

 we can trace His own Divine intellect 

 even in the intellect of a bee. Do 

 Thou bless us together today; bless 

 the chairman; bless all tlie reports 



th.ii shall he aiade; li!.>>. w- |ra\". 

 ai! of tis as \\.' bring our prol.il.jms lo- 

 ge'thef t'l laik about the difhculli'S of" 

 our high ealiing: and so ina.\' \\e -A'i 

 liaelc to our iioiues fe(-]iiig tlial our 

 x'isit to this gr<:'at city has Tieen on,- 

 of great i"iro(it. And bless us ii; ,all 

 liiat \\f tr.\- to do. aiiil ull : iiiai'-l.".' bring 

 us to that jilace at List A\hei-,. \\c shall 

 l<iiow all trulli, wilei'e .ail |ii-oliienis 

 slial! See th:-ii- final solution in tin- 

 light of another worhl, Ihrougli .]esns 

 ("hrist our Lord. Amen." 



I'resideiit ^'orl<: We lia\e i-onie 

 to anotliei' session of Ihe ('lliea>;o- 

 XortliWestern r.ee-Ke,.|i( rs' .\ssocia- 



tion. an<l I think, judging from the 

 number that are here, we have the 

 largest atteiKlauee of an.\- ojM.iung ses- 

 sion we ha\i; e\er had. I should not 

 be se,rj.ri.^i-d i|' \\ e' would liave tliis 

 room crowded before the ehising ses- 

 sion tomorrow afternoon. I Ihinlc ] er- 

 liaps most of \-ou undi'i'stand that we 

 do not have a set program in these 

 con\entions. We Ic-t the liei'-keejiers 

 make the program l)y asking uuestions. 

 I will ajipoint ]Mr. Arnd to ]iass the 

 slips for (luestions, and to usher and 

 wait on the people. 



While we are doing that, it W'udd 

 be nice if we c-ould know" \vho is h.ere, 

 and I am sure >oii will be ghid at the' 

 outset to "know who is who.'" \Ve 

 have bee-kceiiers here from Kajisas. 

 frorui various jitirts of this State, from 

 AVisconsin. and one from X'ictoria, 

 Tiritish Columbia. 



President York: Tlie Secretary will 



