The committee on the same reported as follows, which was adopted as
amended:
_Resolved_, That on or before the 15th day of May, July, September and
October, the Secretary be instructed to send out a return postal card
to each of the members of the association, requiring reports as follows:
1st. The number of colonies.
2nd. The prospect of a honey crop.
3rd. The amount of honey gathered to date.
4th. Honey gathered No. 1 or not.
It shall be the duty of the Secretary to send the above report each
month to the bee-papers for publication.
C. BECKER, }
J. Q. SMITH, } _Com._
A. N. DRAPER, }
The committee for the same reported (and the report was adopted)
favoring an experimental station to be conducted by a person to be
named by the State Bee-Keepers’ Association.
I will say here that the meetings in session in the State House failed
to get the required number--250--to secure their return one-third
rate. It was promised by the passenger agency, and when they found
we were all going to meet at the same time, they raised the required
number from 100 to 250. On account of their acts, the various societies
“resoluted.”
Resolutions of greeting were drawn by a committee for the purpose,
and adopted, sending greetings to the State Grange and to the State
Horticultural Society. The committee was composed of Messrs. Black,
Beall and Smith.
The election of officers for 1894 resulted as follows:
President--Hon. J. M. Hambaugh, of Spring.
Vice-Presidents--1st, C. P. Dadant, of Hamilton; 2nd, J. Q. Smith,
of Lincoln; 3rd, S. N. Black, of Clayton; 4th, Mrs. L. Harrison, of
Peoria; and 5th, Chas. Hertel, of Freeburg.
Secretary--Jas. A. Stone, of Bradfordton.
Treasurer--A. N. Draper, of Upper Alton.
Mr. Robbins offered a resolution of thanks (which was adopted) to the
Legislative Committee for their conscientious performance of the
duties intrusted to them. On motion, it was voted that each member
of the association be requested to send a copy of the resolution of
this society, relative to adulteration, to their various members of
Congress, with the solicitation of their assistance in having it
enacted into law.
Resolutions of greeting were sent to and received from the State
Horticultural Society, and the State Grange, all in session in the
State House at the same time.
Mr. C. P. Dadant read an essay at the evening meeting of the
Horticultural Society, on “The Importance of Bees in Horticulture,”
which was received with the best of feeling among the horticulturists,
many of whom are also bee-keepers.
A resolution was reported as follows, and adopted:
_Resolved_, That the Illinois State Bee-Keepers’ Association desire
to return their sincere thanks to the Hon. E. L. Merritt, Chairman
McKinley, and others in the House, and Senator Dunlap and others in the
Senate, for their valuable services in obtaining the appropriation for
the honey display at the World’s Fair.
The resolution of greeting from the State Horticultural Society was as
follows:
To our fellow co-laborers, the members of the Illinois Bee-Keepers’
Association:
BRETHREN:--Feeling that our interests are identical, although we each
aim to accomplish the same end by different means, you by extracting
the sweets from our blossoms; we (while you are deriving benefits from
the mixing of the pollen to fertilize and make our trees and plants
fruitful) expecting to derive our reward from the sale of the beautiful
fruit; we desire to extend to you the right hand of fellowship, and
wish you success in your effort to extend the production of honey;
and notwithstanding the fact that your bees may get their heads
together and plot for the eating of our grapes and other fruits, yet we
still have faith in the utility of the little bee as a helper to the
fruit-grower, and admire her industrious and business habits.