. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ESTABLI5HEC ; OLDEST BEE-PAPER Fulylialiod WeeUly, at ^1,00 x>er aimuin Sample Copy sent on App//cnf/on. 36th Year. CHICAGO, ILL., DECEMBER 10, 1896. No. Proceedings of the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Convention Held in Chicago, Nov. 18 and 19, 1896. BY A SPECIAL BEPOKTEK. The Chicago meeting of the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association was held Nov. 18 and 19, in the pleasant club- room of the Briggs House, northeast corner of Randolph Street and Fifth Avenue. The first session began at 11 , on the 18th, with Pres. Dr. C. C. Miller in t
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ESTABLI5HEC ; OLDEST BEE-PAPER Fulylialiod WeeUly, at ^1,00 x>er aimuin Sample Copy sent on App//cnf/on. 36th Year. CHICAGO, ILL., DECEMBER 10, 1896. No. Proceedings of the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Convention Held in Chicago, Nov. 18 and 19, 1896. BY A SPECIAL BEPOKTEK. The Chicago meeting of the Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Association was held Nov. 18 and 19, in the pleasant club- room of the Briggs House, northeast corner of Randolph Street and Fifth Avenue. The first session began at 11 , on the 18th, with Pres. Dr. C. C. Miller in the chair, and was opened with prayer by George W. York. Pres. Dr. Miller—I am not sure whether we can do any- thing better fcr the start than to have just a short report from each one. I have been greatly surprised to find the dif- ference in short distances. For instance, within about 20 miles, the season is quite different from what it has been with me, and we may learn something from that; at any rate, we will be interested in knowing about the results. So let one after another give a short report of the number of colonies he has, what he started with in the spring, and what the crop of honey has been. Like all the other bee-keepers' meetings we have had in Chicago, we have no program. You"have slips on which to write questions for discussion, and the members are a "committee of the whole " on program, and I doubt whether there is any better way. We have always found good work come from that. We will now begin in order. Mr. Chapmam—Living in Chicago in a stone and brick locality, mainly, I think I have done very well. I had one colony which swarmed once and produced 52 pounds of white clover comb honey, but where they got it is a mystery to me. A few vacant lots near us have a little white clover, but my bees went away for a short period, about Sf^ miles from our house. Mr. Baldrldge—I had 14 colonies, I think, in the spring, and 18 now ; and my average
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