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,
A. N. Draper, Com.
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.”