. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Jan. IS, 1903. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 37. Report of the Ontario Bee-Keepers' Convention, Held at Barre, Ont., Canada, Dec. 16,17 and 18, 1902. REPORTED BV MORLBY PBTTIT. The annual convention of the Ontario Bee-Keepers' Association was held in the Court House, in Barre, Ont., Dec. 1^, 17 and 18, 1902. Pres. J. D. Evans called the meeting to order at 2 , and Mr. J. K. Darling offered prayer. Sec. Wm. Couse read the minutes of the last annual meeting, which were approved. Pres. J. D. Evans then read his address, as follows : THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRE
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Jan. IS, 1903. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 37. Report of the Ontario Bee-Keepers' Convention, Held at Barre, Ont., Canada, Dec. 16,17 and 18, 1902. REPORTED BV MORLBY PBTTIT. The annual convention of the Ontario Bee-Keepers' Association was held in the Court House, in Barre, Ont., Dec. 1^, 17 and 18, 1902. Pres. J. D. Evans called the meeting to order at 2 , and Mr. J. K. Darling offered prayer. Sec. Wm. Couse read the minutes of the last annual meeting, which were approved. Pres. J. D. Evans then read his address, as follows : THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. I am glad to greet you again, to renew our friendship, and exchange our experiences. While the past year was not a record-breaker in the yield of honey, still the yield was fair, and quality and price good. One of the lessons we have learned is, there is never a good crop in all parts of Ontario in one year, and any api- arist who has a large crop of honey should make inquiries as to the honey-yield in the whole Province before jumping to the conclusion that it is abundant and going to be cheap ; the importance or correct information on this point, and the influence of the Association in keeping up fair prices, was well illustrated in the disaster that befell the attempt of certain commission men in Toronto to break the honey market last fall; and in this connection I wish to say that the thanks of the Association is due Mr. Byer for his prompt and energetic action in the case. I am much disappointed in the slow increase in our membership. Early in the year the executive prepared a circular showing the usefulness of the Association to bee- keepers, and had it mailed, at considerable expense, to about 7000 bee-keepers in Ontario. I regret to say that the in- crease in membership did not justify the expense. It seems amazing to me that any bee-keeper should be so blind to his own interests as to stand aloof from so useful a society. 1 was surprised at receiving only six appli
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