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THE BEE-KEEPERS REVl 



being made public. I believe that Mr. New- 

 man is the only one that has shown "malig- 

 nity," "spite" and "chagrin." 



I was not in the least disappointed at the 

 result of the vote last January by the Na- 

 tional Union, and several can testify that the 

 result was as I predicted, and to Mr. New- 

 man justly belongs the credit, if such a 

 course as he pursued may be called a credit 

 to any one. 



I know this is getting rather lengthy, and 

 the subject is distasteful to me, but I must 

 notice some things in Mr. Newman's last 

 paragraph. He says, " I have made a report 

 every year, just in the same way exactly." 

 If you have the second report you'll find a 

 much more complete report of expenditures 

 than the last, or in fact, in any that I have 

 preserved, although others may be even 

 more complete. 



If, as Mr. Newman says, the report "has 

 been the report of the General Manager, not 

 report of the Advisory Board," and the ex- 

 pense of publishing such reports has been 

 defrayed from the fuids of the treasury of 

 the Union, it has not been done by any 

 authority outside of the General Manager, 

 for the constitution requires but three 

 things of him, namely, to act as " secretary 

 and treasurer," to send out " blank ballots," 

 and to receive the one dollar entrance fee of 

 members. No report is required of him, nor 

 of the Board. 



The constitution provides that "the funds 

 of this Union shall be used for any purposes 

 in the interests of the pursuit of bee culture, 

 when such are approved by the Advisory 

 Board." Now who has been using the funds 

 of the Union (dare I say dishonestly?) with- 

 out any authority whatever, if the expense of 

 these reports, "criticism" and all, have 

 been paid from the treasury? 



Again we learn (?) through the General 

 Manager that "that board is only advisory 

 to determine what cases shall be defended. 

 (See the constitution.)" Well, I "see the 

 constitution" says, " the officers shall con- 

 stitute an Advisory Board, which shall de- 

 termine what course shall be taken by this 

 Union upon any matter presented to it for 

 action." The italics are mine. No one but 

 the Advisory Board has any power, except 

 in the three matters before indicated, and 

 still the General Manager would have us be- 

 lieve that he alone " rules the roost." " The 

 manager is General Manager," and "it's no 

 use your kicking." " Hand over your dol- 



lars and I'll spend them just as I see fit " 

 SBems to be the thought I get from reading 

 between the lines, and 1 think when the 

 "creature gets to be greater than the cre- 

 ator " it's time for the creator to bring the 

 creature to time. 



If your readers could see what comes to 

 me unsolicited in letters from those who 

 send their dollar membership fee for the U. 

 S. B. K. U., in regard to this matter, you'd 

 be amazed at the unanimity of sentiment 

 against the course pursued by the General 

 Manager. 



Now, Mr. Editor, I may have spoken too 

 plainly, but you know I'm not given to " go- 

 ing round the bush," and I can prove the 

 truthfulness of all my statements, I believe, 

 or I'd not make them, and every bit is said 

 with the kindest of feelings towards my old- 

 time friend Newman, and "with malice 

 towards none, with charity for all." 



Sta. B, Toledo, 0. August 2, 1897. 



Rapid Filling of Sections ; Drawn Combs 

 Behind in the Race. 



WM. CKAIG. 



Friend H. — I want to tell you how quickly 

 I had twenty-one sections (■i^:ixi^^) filled 

 and sealed over. I used starters of founda- 

 tion iS inches long by l^o inches wide. I 

 use the Heddon old style supers, and they 

 hold twenty-eight sections. I put this super 

 of sections on the hive on the Md day of July 

 and took it off on the Gth witti the sections 

 all completed except the front row ot seven 

 sections, which was almost ready to seal 

 over. 



The hive that I put this super on had al- 

 ready two supers on it; one was about seven- 

 eighths full and the other about half full. 

 Instead of raising both supers as I usually 

 do, I only raised the top one and put the 

 empty one in between the ujiper and lower 

 supers. The only reason I can give for the 

 front row of sections not being completed as 

 soon as the rest is that I raise the front of 

 all my hives about one inch high from the 

 bottom board. 



I have failed so far to get drawn combs 

 completed as soon as these starters of found- 

 ation. 



Luce, Mich. July 2G, 1897. 



[This is the most rapid tilling and sealing 

 I ever heard of. I one year had several col- 



