THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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Program for the 

 National. 



In tlic June issue 

 of the American Bee 

 Journal, and in the 

 June 15th issue of 

 Gleanings appeared a 

 list of proposed sub- 

 jects for the National 

 program, and a re- 

 quest for suggestions 

 from the members. I 

 have received a few- 

 such suggestions, but 

 not enough. The pro- 

 posed program above 

 mentioned was as 

 follows 



1. President's ad- 

 dress. 



2. General Alan- 

 ager's report. 



3. Secretary's report. 



4. How can a national campaign be 

 conducted against foul brood? 



5. How to get State foul brood laws ? 



6. Shall the National be one separate 

 association or an aggregation of smaller 

 ones? 



7. Is a national advertising campaign 

 for selling honey practical? 



8. A national campaign for develop- 

 ing markets and selling the honey crop. 



9. The new constitution and by- 

 laws. 



10. Developing the home market. 



11. A mail order honey trade; how 

 conducted. 



12. Question bo.x. 



These have been proposed since : 



1. What can the National do along 

 co-operative lines ? 



2. The advantage of apiary inspec- 

 tion under the supervision of the State 

 Entomologist. 



o. The Agricultural College and ap'- 

 aculture. 



4. The disease situation in Ohio. 



The Aspinwall Non-Swarming Hive. 



5. The possibi^ties of Texas bee- 

 keeping. 



6. The State Entomologist and apia- 

 culture. 



Send in your suggestions. We want 

 full program published in the August 

 tirst bee-papers. Hurry, hurry, hurry. 



Retrospective and Prospective. 



Today, Feb. 17th, is the (5nth anni- 

 versary of my birthday, and on such 

 occasions we are allowed to indulge in 

 reveries over the past and of hopes for 

 the future. From a bee keeping stand- 

 point, I have no hesitation in saying 

 that the most satisfactory feature that 

 I can recall is the raising of bee cul- 

 ture from an auxiliary, or subsidiar}', 

 pursuit to the dignity of an independ- 

 ent profession or calling. When I 

 began publishing the Review, almost 

 a quarter of a century ago, almost 

 everybody was advised to "keep bees." 

 Farmers, merchants, broken-down law- 

 yers and preachers, and invalids were 

 told to keep a feiv bees. If anybody 

 proposed to make a sole business of 



