Excerpt from Sessional Papers, Vol. 40: Fourth Session of Eleventh Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Part 6-Session 1908

As the most of you are aware, Mr. Smith, our President, who has been absent from the Province for some time, has found it impossible to be present and preside at this meeting, and as First vice-president it is my duty to preside in his absence.

The past year has been filled with many worrying conditions for the bee keeper. The winter and spring caused the greatest loss of bees known for many years, in some cases whole yards were wiped out. This was followed by a very light crop giving an aggregate of not more than one-third of the amount of honey produced two years ago. This has been the means of cans ing a sharp advance in the price, and thus the silver lining appears in the darkest hour. It now remains for bee-keepers to give a little more attention and thought to the food value of honey, so that we may at least for some time to come, reap a fair reward for our labor in supplying the most whole some and nutritious sweet known to man.

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