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Jiot always be able to do so publicly, 

 and if the question is read before the 

 society, somebody may be able to 

 answer it to our entire satisfaction. 

 To make it the head and shoulders of 

 an Association such as this, I don't 

 believe in that, nor do I believe in 

 any kind of grand-stand performance. 

 I don't believe in a man getting up 

 and giving a lecture upon any sub- 

 ject. '^ 



Mr. France — In .regard to the lack 

 of advertisement of this and some of 

 our other meetings, I want to say it 

 is not expected that the manager has 

 that in charge, and' this deficiency this 

 year, and the lacl^ of attendance and 

 lack of program is because the Sec- 

 retary's work has not been done. At 

 the last moment, long after it ought 

 to have been all done and advertised, 

 I outline a few topics, and it has 

 been in that brief 'way conducted. I 

 think this committee from the differ- 

 ent States in meeting today has rec- 

 ommended names for the incoming 

 Secretary, who will look after that 

 part of_ii' 



Now, in regard to the Annual Re- 

 ports, to the other members they may 

 not be of very much imiwrtance, but 

 I will own that I value the different 

 books in my library at very much less 

 than I value these Annual Reports. 

 For but a few pennies you can put 

 in a bound volume that will go into 

 your library, several numbers of the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Association Re- 

 ports. This volume I have here is 

 from 1903 to 1908, including all the 

 pages of advertisements. The whole 

 thing is in a bound volume, and only 

 cost me 50 cents. There are back 

 numbers of nearly all those years in 

 my care today. I don't want to see 

 them thrown away; I believe they are 

 worth something, and to the members 

 who want them — they are in paper 

 form — if you will make known that 

 you want them, I will put the different 

 numbers together in form, and you 

 can get a binder at your own place to 

 put them in shape for you at little 

 expense. 



The President — Is there anything 

 further for the good of the order? 



Dr. Bohrer — Unless, there is some 

 important business, I would like to say 

 that the most of us have to leave for 

 long distances shortly, and I would 

 like to see us adjourn for a couple of 

 hours before train time, so that we can 



become acquainted with each other 

 and associate together. 



Mr. York — There is a matter that 

 should have been attended to when I 

 made the report of the Committee on 

 Nominations, but it was so near lunch 

 time we didn't want to stop. I wish 

 to move, along the line of making 

 nominations, that the President ap- 

 point a committee of three, of which 

 he shall be a member, to put that re- 

 port into such form that it may go 

 before the members as an amendment 

 to our Constitution, so that another 

 year we can do the same thing we 

 have done today. 



Mr. Poppleton seconded the motion. 



The President put the motion, 

 which, on a vote having been taken, 

 was declared carried. 



The President appointed as the 

 committee, Messrs. York arid France, 

 and the President. 



The President — Inasmuch as we 

 are having the matter of closing in 

 hand, perhaps we had better take up 

 a couple of resolutions which we must 

 not forget to act upon before we 

 leave. 



Resolved, That we vote the thanks 

 of the National Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion to the City Council for the use 

 of their meeting hall. 



Resolved, That we express our 

 most hearty congratulations to the 

 local committee and to the Young 

 Men's Christian Association for their 

 consideration. 



Mr. Goddard moved, seconded in 

 many places, that the resolutions as 

 read be adopted. 



The President put the motion, 

 which, on a rising vote having been 

 taken, was declared carried. 



Dr. Phillips — ^I spoke this morning 

 a little about the work of getting a 

 distrilxution of the two bee diseases 

 in the United States. I shall appre- 

 ciate it very much if the members 

 here present will help us out next 

 year by sending us samples from lo- 

 calities where we have not yet got 

 them, and also sending us the names 

 of the bee-keepers. We need that 

 information; we have National lists 

 we want to get into the hands of the 

 people. "We want to get circulars 

 and tilings of that kind into their 

 hands, and we need the help of every 

 one that can give us any. 



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