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ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



73. 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THB 



ANNUAL CONVENTION 



OF THE 



Chicago- nortbipcstcrn Bee- Keepers' ilssociatioit 



Held at Chicago, Illinois, December 1 and 2, 1909. 



The opening session was held, 

 Wednesday, December 1, 1909, at the 

 Briggs House, at 10:30 a. m.. President 

 George W. York, of Chicago, occupying 

 the chair, and Mr. IH'. F. Moore, the 

 Secretary, acting as such. 



President York called the meeting 

 to order, then the following invocation 

 was offered by Rev. Rufus Judson 

 Wyckoff, pastor of the Ravenswood 

 (Ohicago) Methodist E?piscopal church: 



Prayer by Dr. Wyckoff. 



It is fitting, our Heavenly Father, 

 that we recognize, in the opening hour 

 of this, our session. Thee, our Creator. 

 We were made in Thy own image. 

 Thou hast created us, and hast put us 

 in this world, so full of mystery; so 

 full of power; so full of beauty, and 

 hast given unto us the faculties with 

 which we may overcome t!he things of 

 this iworld. All through the centuries 

 we have been finding out the secret 

 mysteries and powers of the life that 

 surrounds us, and we pray that in this 

 beautiful and delicate field in which 

 Tlhou hast placed us, and tlhe work 

 to which Thou hast called us, we may 

 approach our oinsolved problems with- 

 out fear, and with, the feeling that 

 God is always here. 



We thank Thee that Thou art in 

 nature; in the vast ocean; in the flap- 

 ping of tttie bee's wings, as well as in 

 the movement of the angel's wings. 



and that Thou hast placed us here 

 to carry out the high ideals of the 

 Master, and thus to attain the best, the 

 truest, and t!he (highest manhood. 



We pray that our life may be so 

 molded, day by day and hour by hour, 

 that we may reflect Thy image. 



Bless us together, as brothers in one 

 common, beautiful calling, and bless 

 us in all our deliberations here in thi» 

 convention assembled; and bless those 

 who, through patient years of study 

 and effort, have learned so much of 

 this Ihigh calling. 



Bless us as we exchange thoughts- 

 one with another, and learn the se- 

 crets and mysteries of the lives of the 

 .bees over which Thou hast placed us, 

 and make us devout in all our work. 

 Bless us as we together sit during tftie 

 (hours of this convention, and may we 

 go home feeling we are the better for 

 having come together, and have gained 

 the knowledge which we. are seeking; 

 and finally give us an abundance en- 

 trance into Thy Kingdom, when the 

 task of life on earth has been com- 

 pleted^ Amen. 



President York — The Secretary has 

 prepared a short program; he has not 

 all the papers -in, but sufficient to open 

 this morning's session. Usually, at 

 these meetings, one of the first things 

 is the Introduction of those present. 

 It seems to me, as I look over this com- 

 pany, there are more here whom I have 



