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Along; each side of eitlier box or crate, 

 even with the top ei1,<4e, sliould he nailed 

 a hoard, say one inch lliick, three or fonr 

 inches wide and ahont a foot lonj^er than 

 the lenj^th of box or crate, to serve as 

 handles by which two men (one at either 

 end) can carry it. 



We wonld have each crate or box con- 

 tain about 200 pounds of honey. Of 

 course 100 pounds each would do, but we 

 think that the larj^er amount would be 

 handled more safely, as it would be too 

 heavy to tund)le around or to be easily 

 overturned. 



We have prepared cond) honey for 

 shipjiing as above described, and none 

 was found broken after jj;oinjf hundreds 

 of miles. 



We once received a shi])ment of about 

 2,000 pounds, sent to us from Minnesota 

 in the ordinary 24 pnimd shi])])in,s.;-cases, 

 each one being handled separately. The 

 residt was iliat at least a third of the 

 honey was entirely broken out of the sec- 

 tions. And such a mess to clean up! 

 Well, we don't want another like it for 

 love 01 tnoney. It was also a great loss 

 to the shijiper. 



With proper care in preparation, comb 

 honey can be shipped safely almost an}' 

 distance. 



When on ni}- way to Los Angeles, I, 

 in company with Messrs. France ami 

 Niver, called upon Mr, Burnett for a few- 

 minutes, and he was quite emphatic in 

 his statement that the manufactures did 

 not make the cleats thick enough in the 

 no-drip shipping cases. As now made, if 

 several sections leak ver^' much the honey 

 is deep enough to reach the bottoms of 

 the sections, and the very object of the 

 no-drip is defeated. He says the .strips 

 ought to be at least one-fourth of an inch 

 thick, and three-eighths would be better. 

 Another thing: The strips of wood .should 

 be thoroughly fastened in place. If they 

 slip around out of place, it is wor.se than 

 though no cleats had been used. 



COXSTITUTIONAL A.VIENDMENTS. 



Some That Are to Re Voted Upon at the Next 

 Annual Election of the Association. 



Last July some of the members of ihe 

 Board of Directors, b}' means of corres- 



jwudonce, settled n])on a .set of amend- 

 ments that they believed ought to be 

 made in the constitution of the National 

 As.sociation. The.se amendments were 

 then laid before the whole body of Di- 

 rectors and before the Executive Commit- 

 tee, and were ajiproved by a majority of 

 each body. Then the amendments were 

 published in the bee journals and criti- 

 cisms asked for. At Los Angeles a com- 

 mittee of five was apjjointed on amend- 

 ments, and these amendments and the 

 criticisnis were laid before them. Mem- 

 bers of the convention were .specially in- 

 vited to go before the committee and 

 make any suggestions or criticisms that 

 they desired, someof whom availed them- 

 selves of this privilege. A few minor 

 changes were made in the amendments 

 as propose<l by the men who originall}' 

 drafted them, and they were then read to 

 the convention, and turned over to the 

 Secretary for him to pass on to the Gen- 

 eral Manager, who will send them out 

 next December for the members to vote 

 upon. The amendments as they now 

 read, and as they will be voted upon, are 

 as follows; — 



ARTICLE III.— Membership. 



Sec. I. — To be amended to read as fol- 

 lows: 



Sec. I. — Any person who is interested 

 in bee-keeping and in accord with the 

 purpose and aim of this A.ssociation, may 

 become a member by the payment of one 

 dollar annually to the General Manager 

 or Secretary; and said membership shall 

 expire at the end of one )'ear from the 

 time of said payment, except as provided 

 in Sec. 10 of Article V of this Constitu- 

 tion. Any person ma}' become an Hon- 

 orary Member by a two-thirds vote of all 

 the members present at any annual meet- 

 ing of this Association. No member who 

 is in arrears for dues, as shown by the 

 books of the General Manager, shall be 

 eligible to any office in this Association; 

 if such disqualification occur during the 

 term of any officer, the office shall at 

 once become vacant. 



Sec. 2. — To be amended to read as fol- 

 lows: 



Sec. 2. — Whenever a local beekeepers' 

 association shall decide to unite with this 



