ILLINOIS STATE BEE KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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In the column for Directors one man 

 who is now a Director and whose term 

 does not expire for some time had 108 

 votes, more, by fifteen votes, than any- 

 body else got. That is all lost. True, 

 we all think a great deal of Mr. Doo- 

 little, but he is ailready a Director, 

 and why 108 throwing away votes? 

 Some way our members should know 

 a little better what they are doing 

 when they are voting. 



Mr. Holekamp — Mr. Chairman, the 

 Board of Directors are now elected by 

 vote of the Association. "We have in 

 Missouri about between 135 and 150 

 members. I know that there are very 

 few amongst them who know for 

 whom to vote; at least, they write to 

 me and send me their postal cards 

 ajid ask me to flU them out because 

 they don't know who to vote for. I 

 have brought this before the Associa- 

 tion before, and if any change is to be 

 made in the election of Directors I 

 believe it would be better to have the 

 Association in the different states that 

 have 100 or 150 or 180 members en- 

 titled to elect one Director. The 

 Associations kno-w their own people, 

 while we at larg^ know — those who 

 have been at this Convention — for 

 whom we wish to vote. Those Direc- 

 tors should hold a meeting at the An- 

 nual Convention and those Directors 

 would be expected to be here and deal 



. with such matters as would be of im- 

 portance. As it is" fto-day, the Board 

 Off Directors is 'only elected as an 



• honorary body; they have nothing to 



1 do. 



Mr. Pressler — Abolish them then. 



Mr. Holekamp — No. I believe it 

 would be well for the Association to 

 elect them because there is a good 

 'deal of work for them. There are 

 states which have no bee laws. I 

 have bee-keepers in other states who 

 apply to me for membership in the 

 Missouri Assoidiation because there 

 are no associations in those other 

 states. There is a good deal of work 

 that can be done; if we had a Board 

 of Directors who would meet at the 

 Annual Convention, then much more 

 work could be done than in a large 

 meeting, and I believe we oould 

 accomplish something which at pres- 

 ent we cannot succeed in doing. Un- 

 less all the states have foul brood 

 laws It will be impossible for us to 

 . get rid of the disease. Illinois has a 

 law which is not effective; Iowa has 



no' law; Arkansas has none; Kansas 

 I understaind has a law; but all these 

 different states ought to be worked 

 up; we ought to try to get Associa- 

 tions there which would go hand in 

 hand with us, and we should get uni- 

 form laws so that we could get rid 

 of this disease which comes to us 

 again when we get rid of it in our 

 own states. 



Speaking of Iowa, right along the 

 border of Missouri there is consider- 

 able disease I understand. How^ can 

 we prevent the affected bees coming 

 over our border? We have a fine of 

 $25 on the importation of diseased 

 colonies of bees or the appliance con- 

 taining the germs of the disease in 

 our state, but -it is hard to enforce. 

 What we need is an apiary law in 

 every State and Inspectors in every 

 State so that we can get rid of this 

 disease. I believe if we had the Dir- 

 ectors elected by the different State 

 Associations they would feel more 

 interested ' and' we could accomplish 

 more. 



Mr. Muth — I have listened to what 

 Mr. France has said about spending 

 money for advertising. That one ef- 

 fort cannot bring results even if it 

 cost five or six hundred dollars. You 

 have got $1,500. Why don't you spend 

 it all in advertising? Do it all at once 

 or in succession until you have got it 

 spent, and see TV'hat money you will 

 make. One swallow doesn't make a 

 summer, and we learn by the papers 

 that one advertisement won't make 

 results. You have got to advertise 

 and advertise. 



The President called upon the Com- 

 mittee on Resolutions to present its 

 report. 



The Committee on Resolutions pre- 

 sented the following report: 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON 

 RESOLUTIONS. 



We have met again, in one of the 

 largest conventions that the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Association has ever 

 held, and it would seem very appro- 

 priate for us to express our thanks to 

 the Officers of the Association who 

 have worked hard to make our meet- 

 ings what they are, and also to the 

 management of the Hotel for the 

 accommoiatlons that we have en- 

 joyed. 



Therefore, be it Resolved, That the 

 thank® of the Association be extended 



