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problem very easily. The Review is 

 willing to do its part towards bringing 

 such a delegation together. Does the 

 plan meet with response? 



The New Constitution. 



When a business outgrows its quar- 

 ters, it is generally unsatisfactory to 

 try and hx over the old building. As 

 a rule a move to new and adequate 

 quarters is desirable. The same is true 

 of its business system. Many businesses 

 get along all right with a certain meth- 

 od while small, but have to have a 

 complete change of system when they 

 grow larger. 



Such a condition now confronts the 

 National Bee Keepers" Association. Its 

 present constitution and laws are inad- 

 equate. It has outgrown its house, so 

 to speak. It requires a new system. 

 This is a compliment to the old officers 

 who have brought the National to a 

 point where such a change is necessary. 

 Personally I can claim none of this 

 credit, as I have held office but one 

 year, but Manager France and Presi- 

 dent York are deserving of full credit. 



At the convention this question of a 

 new constitution was brought up, and 

 fully discussed, both in the committee 



room and by the convention as a whole. 

 No one questions its need, and when 

 the new constitution was proposed it 

 was adopted with practically no opjx)- 

 sition. In fact the only discussion th;it 

 occurred was on certain sections, many 

 of them going through without a dis- 

 senting vote. 



Briefly the new constitution provides 

 for a National Association with branch- 

 es all over the United States and Can- 

 ada. Each branch will elect a delegate 

 to attend the National Convention, and 

 these delegates will make and change 

 the laws. The National Conventions 

 then will be conventions of delegates 

 instead of individual members as at 

 present. In this way a powerful or- 

 ganization can l)e built up, and all the 

 local associations assisted. Meml)ership 

 in a liranch means membership in the 

 National. 



This constitution will be placed be- 

 fore the members in printed form in 

 November, and we shall be surprised 

 if it is not adopted. It is the most 

 important thing that has come before 

 the National members in \ears, and 

 should receive the attention of every 

 member. Be sure and vote on it, one 

 wav or the other. 



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Something About Bee-Hives. 



After advising the use of ten-frame 

 hives, and warning against the desire 

 to invent a new bee-hive, Mr. E. D. 

 Townsend gives in the American Bee- 

 Journal this excellent advice to bee- 

 keepers : 



It's the man, not the hive, that pro- 

 duces tons of honev, amniallv. "You 



cannot know too much about your 

 business" is as true today as ever. If 

 you are not getting good, fair crops of 

 honey — as good, or better than your 

 neighbor, who is in close proximity to 

 you — do not lay it to your hives or lo- 

 cation. In other words, use your 

 brains ; they will help you out, take my 

 word for it. Don't invent a new hive, 

 for it won't help you any. 



