ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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C. P. DADANT, President. 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



NINETEENTH ANNUAL SESSION 



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Illinois State Bee-Keepers' ilssociation 



November 18 and 19. 1909. 



AT THE STATE HOUSE 



Mortidng Session, Nov. 18, 1909. 



Meeting was called to order by the 

 First Vice-President, A. L. Kildow, at 

 10 o'clock. Prayer was offered by Greo. 

 W. York, of Chicago. Reading of -min- 

 utes of last meeting was dispensed 

 with. 



The Secretary's report was read as 

 follows: 



ISBCRETARY'S REPORT. 



Although the past season has been a 

 record-breaker as to failure in the 

 honey crop, our Association has gone 

 the other way, for our membership 

 this year was the largest on record. 



The Association was organized in 

 February, 1891, with only 15 charter 

 members, as follows: 



