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Mr. Goddard — I second that. 

 The President — I will read article 9 

 of the Constitution, "This Constitu- 

 tion may be amended by a majority 

 vote of all the members voting pro- 

 viding' such proposed amendment 

 shall be approved by a majority vote 

 of the members present at the last 

 Annual Meeting of the Association, 

 and copies of the the proposed amend- 

 ment printed or written shall have 

 been mailed to each member by the 

 General Manager at least 45 days be- 

 fore the Annual Election." 



I think we are in line to take the 

 action that Mr. York has suggested, 

 and it would be perfectly proper for 

 us to do so at this time. 



Mr. York's motion was put to the 

 meeting and carried. 



Mr, York — I would suggest this 

 Committee be appointed by the Pres- 

 ident before we adjourn today so that 

 . they can make their report tomorrow. 

 The President — I will endeavor to 

 take the matter up by States and 

 make this appointment before we ad- 

 journ this afternoon. In doing that I 

 will call the "Vice-President to the 

 chair, because it will take me some 

 little time. 



The Vice-President, Mr. York, in 

 the chair. 



The Vice-President — Is there any- 

 thing else in the President's address 

 we wish to discuss? 



Mr. France — There are others val- 

 uable ideas advanced and one is upon 

 the subject of bee diseases, and in 

 making out the program, which is not 

 yet printed, tomorrow forenoon will 

 be devoted' to bee diseases, and the 

 President's suggestions will come in 

 line at that time. I like somewhat of 

 a system. Let us have the talk on 

 bee diseases altogether tomorrow 

 forenoon rather than to take up a 

 part of ihis suggestions at this after- 

 noon's meeting. 



The Vice-President — If there is noth- 

 ing else, the next topic on the pro- 

 grann is "Shaking Energy Into Bees," 

 by George Williams, of Redkey, In- 

 diana. 



At the requeifet of Mr. France, Dr. 

 PMUips, of Washington, read the paper 

 as follows: 



When the truth of a generally ac- 

 cepted orthodox proposition in poli- 

 tics, morality — ^or even bee culture — ■ 

 is questioned, a class of critics whom 

 Samantiha described as being "Sot in 



their ways," hasten to try and prove 

 the critic a fool, crank, or heretic, be- 

 cause 'he has the courage to intimate 

 that the old ways were wrong, and a 

 new one is right. 



History is full of such instances, 

 where the heretics were in the rigfhit, 

 and their heresies eventually sup- 

 planted the old orthodox ideas. 



Galileo was condemned and made to 

 suffer because he chose to find fault 

 with and differ from the previously 

 accepted teachings in the Sciences. 

 But he was right, and 'his critics were 

 wrong. 



Christ Himself was condemned and 

 crucified because His teachings were 

 new and different from the accepted 

 beliefs of the Jews. That His teach- 

 ings and theories were the truth, is 

 now universally accepted, and His 

 judges now appear as narrow-minded 

 men, who allowed their prejudices to 

 overrule the truth. 



I use these instances, and could re- 

 call scores of similar ones, to illus- 

 trate the fact that all divergencies 

 from, the beaten track of orthodox be- 

 lief are first met by opposition, but if 

 they have the element of truth, they 

 are eventually accepted. 



These examples, ■which show us 

 that we may be wrong when we fully 

 believe ourselves to be right, give me 

 the courage to advance an idea tlhat 

 until recently was new to most of you, 

 and which I believe to contain much 

 that is good for us to know and prac- 

 tice. It is not yet fully understood 

 and analyzed, and I shall term It, for 

 lack of a better name, "Shaking bees 

 to induce honey-gathering energy." 

 You may include under this term, if 

 you please, every disturbaince of the 

 hive that causes the bees to fill them- 

 selves with honey and set up the 

 "glad buzz" we hear when a swarm is 

 entering a hive. 



Now, most people are in the busi- ' 

 ness for the revenue and incidental 

 pleasure — therefore, they nre Demo- 

 crats or Republicans — ^I hardly know 

 the difference nowadays. As for my- 

 self, I suppose I am a Prohi — ^not in 

 the sense to prohibit the other fellow 

 from getting his share of honey, but 

 to prohibit the bees from loafing, and 

 to keep them all at work all the flow. 



When Brother Hutchinson and I ex- i 

 changed views in this matter a year 

 ago, ihe agreed with me that it was 

 something entirely original as far as 



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