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THE UEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



queen. It would not do to wait 21 

 days, for all the brood to hatch, as 

 then the honey flow might be ended. 



HOW RElvIABLE CROP REPORTS MAY AID 

 THE BEE-KEEPER. 



Over at the Ontario convention, the 

 President, Mr. J. D. Evans, pointed out 

 that one of the lessons we have learn- 

 ed is that there is never a good crop in 

 all parts of Ontario in any one year; 

 and any apiarist who has a large crop 

 of honey should make inquiries as to 

 the honey yield in the whole Province 

 before coming to the conclusion that it 

 is abundant, and going to be cheap. 

 The importance of 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 com- 

 mission men in Toronto to break the 

 honey market last fall. In this connec- 

 tion he invited the thanks of the Asso- 

 ciation to Mr. Byer, of Markham, for 

 his prompt and energetic action in the 

 case. 



The Canadian Bee Journal, the or- 

 gan of the Association, publishes crop 

 reports and so keeps the members in- 

 formed. The trouble lies with men 

 who think to save money by staying 

 out of the Association, and not taking 

 the Journal. 



The directors of the Association 

 have done good work by sending in 

 estimates of the amount of honey in 

 their several districts, but care should 

 be taken not to let reports be gathered 

 only from best bee-keepers. They 

 should not only show the total amount 

 of honey, but the relative aggregate 

 as compared with former years; and, 

 as far as possible, with the probable 

 demand. 



In a paper on Marlvet or Crop Re- 

 ports Mr. J. L. Byer warned bee- 

 keepers against allowing exaggerated 

 or misleading reports of their crops 



to get into the news columns of the 

 daily and weekly press. A racy item 

 stating that such a bee-keeper has so 

 many tons of honey, while perhaps not 

 \'ery much exaggerated, will cause a 

 general impression that honey is very 

 plentiful, and ought to be exceedingly 

 cheap. 



Then we should be careful what re- 

 ports we send to dealers. While they 

 need to know the probable output be- 

 fore they can undertake to handle our 

 honey, it is not only suicide but fratri- 

 cide for the man who happens to have 

 a good crop to boast of it to all the 

 dealers he knows. As one member 

 shrewdly represented it, we should 

 not enlarge on the fact of a good crop 

 nor conceal a failure. 



RESUI<TS OF THE ELECTION. 



In the election for General Manager, 

 GIO votes were cast, of which N. E. 

 France received 489; E. T. Abbott, 117; 

 scattering, 4. Mr. France has thereby 

 been declared elected. 



The whole number of votes cast for 

 directors was 567, of which G. M. Doo- 

 little received 364; W. F. Marks, 262; 

 Thos. G. Newman, 249; Udo Toepper- 

 wein, 149; Wm. A. Selser, 105; Wm. 

 McEvoy, 106; G. W. VanGundy, 74. 

 The rest of the votes were scattered 

 among 120 members, no one of them 

 receiving more than 32 votes. Mr. 

 Doolittle, having received a majority 

 vote, has been declared elected as a 

 Director. No other candidate for Di- 

 rector having received a majority vote. 

 as required by the constitution, no 

 other is elected. The constitution says 

 that the Directors' term of ofCice shall 

 be "foiu" years, or until their succes- 

 sors shall be elected and qualified." 

 Thus Mr. Marks and Mr. Newman re- 

 tain their offices, at least for tlie pres- 

 ent. 



Considerable dissatisfaction and sur- 

 prise have been expressed because the 



