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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 23, 1903. 



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AssocUtion Notes 





Exhibits of Bee-Supplies at the coming Los Angeles conven- 

 tion is called for by a reader in San Bernardino Co., Calif. He thinks 

 it would be a good idea to have the manufacturers bring samples of 

 their hives, etc., so that bee-lteepers can compare them. 



That Car-Load of Bee-Keepers for the Los Angeles conven- 

 tion expects to leave Chicago on Wednesday evening, Aug. 14. Will 

 those who expect to 'be in that company please let us know by 

 Aug. 1, if possible, so that we can make all arrangements here with 

 the railroad company, such as securing berths, and anything else that 

 may be necessary to arrange for in advance? Of course, if it is im- 

 possible to let us know as early as Aug. 1, do so as soon as possible 

 after that date. We want to have as many bee-keepers from the East 

 to start in that special car as can possibly arrange to be here at the 

 time mentioned. The round-trip fare from Chicago to Los Angeles is 

 $50; the berth $6\ and the trip to the Grand Canyon, where it is ex- 

 pected to spend Sunday, is $6.50 more. By all going in one car the 

 railroad company will allow the bee-keepers to take the same car to 

 the Grand Canyon and sleep in it, and then afterward go on in it 

 to Los Angeles. 



In case any bee-keepers east of Chicago should purchase round- 

 trip tickets, be sure to get them over the Santa Fe road from Chicago, 

 as that is the route over which the car-load of bee-keepers will go. 



We wish that 40 or 50 bee-keepers near Chicago and east of here 

 could arrange to go in that special car. We would then have a con- 

 tinuous convention for several days. It will be a great trip. 



Amendments to the National's Constitution. — The following 

 amendments to the Constitution of the National Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion have been approved by a majority of the Board of Directors and 

 of the Executive Committee, but in advance of laying them before the 

 coming convention at Los Angeles, it is desired that all shall have an 

 opportunity to criticise and suggest, hence their publication. Sugges- 

 tions and criticisms may be sent to Pres. W. Z. Hutchinson, of Flint, 

 Mich., who will lay them before the committee having the matter in 

 charge : 



ARTICLE III.— Membership. 



Section 1 to be amended to read as follows : 



Sec. 1. — Any person whp is Interested in bee-culture, and in accord 

 with the purpose and aim of this Association, may become a member 

 by the payment of $1.00 annually to the General Manager or Secretary ; 

 and said membership shall expire at the end of one year from the time 

 of said payment, except as provided in Section 10 of Article V of this 

 Constitution. No member who is in arrears for dues, as shown by the 

 books of the General Manager, shall be eligible to any oftice in this 

 Association; if such disciualiBcation occur during the term of any 

 officer, the olHce shall at once become vacant. 



Section 3 to be amended to read as follows: 



Sec. 2. — Whenever a local bee-keepers' association shall decide to 

 unite with this Association as a body, it will be received upon payment 

 by the local Secretary of 50 cents per member per annum. 



ARTICLE IV.— Officers. 



Section 1 to be amended to read as follows : 



Sec. 1. — The officers of this Association shall be a General Mana- 

 ger, a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary, whose terms of office 

 shall be for one year, and a board of twelve Directors, whose term of 

 office shall be four years, or until their successors shall be elected. 



Section 8 to be amended to read as follows: 



Sec. 3. — The President, Vice-President, Secretary, and General 

 Manager shall be elected by ballot during the month of December of 

 each year, by a plurality vote of the members, and assume the duties 

 of their respective offices on the lirst of January succeeding their 

 election. 



Section 4 to be amended to read as follows: 



Sec. 4 — The President, Vice-President, Secretary, and General 

 Manager, shall constitute the Executive Committee. 



Section 5 to be amended to read as follows : 



Sec. 5. — The Directors to succeed the three whose term of office 

 expires each year shall be elected by ballot during the month of De- 

 cember of each year by a plurality vote of the members. The three 

 candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected and 

 assume the duties of their office on the first of January succeeding 

 ■their election. The Board of Directors shall prescribe how all votes 

 ■of the members shall be taken, and said Board may also prescribe 

 ■equitable rules and regulations governing nominations for the several 

 offices. 



Article V. Section 3, to be amended to read as follows : 



Sec. 3. — Secretary — It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keej) a 



record of the proceedings of the annual meeting; to receive member- 

 ship fees; give a receipt for the same, and turn all moneys received 

 over to the treasurer of the Association, together with the names and 

 post-otfiee addresses of those who become members ; to make an an- 

 nual report of all moneys received and paid over by him, which report 

 shall be published with the annual report of the General Manager; 

 and to perform such other duties as may be required of him by the 

 Association ; and he shall receive such sum for his services as may be 

 granted him by the Directors. 



ARTICLE VII.— Vacancies. 



Amend by adding the following clause to the end thereof: 

 Any resignation of a member of the Board of Directors shall be 

 tendered to the Executive Committee ; any resignation of a member 

 of the Executive Committee shall be tendered to the Board of Direc- 

 tors. 



ARTICLE IX. — Amendments. 



This Constitution may be amended by a majority vote of all the 

 members voting, providing such proposed amendment has been 

 approved by a majority vote of the members present at the last annual 

 meeting of the Association, and copies of the proposed amendment, 

 printed or written, shall have been mailed to each member at least 45 

 days before the annual election. 



General Manager N. E. France reports the following, 

 which will be of interest to bee-keepers generally, but especially to 

 the members of the National Bee-Keepers' Association : 



Riverside, Calif., has an ordinance, now enforced, forbidding the 

 keeping of bees in certain parts of the city. Mr. France has written 

 the authorities and bee-keepers there concerning the matter. 



Another case is in a Michigan city where the ordinance is to take 

 effect Nov. 1. Mr. Hutchinson has promised to wait on the officials 

 of the city, and if possible make settlement. 



There are several other localities in trouble, all of which Mr. 

 France is helping. He is kept very busy in the work of the Associa- 

 tion, and is doing lots of good. 



Mrs. C. M. GRAT,of Los Angeles Co., Calif., writing us July 4, 

 had this to say : 



We have had rather too cool weather until this month, but hees 

 are now working in earnest on wild buckwheat, sage, etc., and we 

 hope to have good results in extracted honey. 



Southern California looks forward to a grand meeting of the 

 American bee-keepers next month, and from all reports they will be 

 tendered a royal welcome by those in and out of the fraternity. 



Mrs. C. M. Grat. 





Miscellaneous Items 





Dr. F. L. Peiro can now be found at Room 13, 53 Dearborn St., 

 Chicago; hours, 10 to 3, He wrote July 3 : " White mulberries com- 

 ing on. Bees rejoicing." 



G. M. Doolittle, of Onondaga Co., N. Y., writing us July 10, 

 said: , 



" Fearfully hot here. Bees doing very little. No basswood bloom 

 this year on account of late frost. Thousands of acres of buckwheat 

 sown, so we may get surplus later.'' 



Bee-Sting Remedy. — "There is no better remedy for a bee-sting 

 than the juice of roasted onion. Roast the onion in the ashes if pos- 

 sible and squeeze the juice out, hot as can be borne, on the affected 

 part. This simple remedy, applied in time, has been known to save 

 life." So says a newspaper item. 



He Hurt Himself.— Little Byron, 3 years old, came in from his 

 play crying and holding his foot. 



" What is the matter with my boy?" asked his mother. 

 " I hurt me on a bee," replied Byron, 



Those Strawberries, mentioned on page 430, have called out the 

 following explanation : 



Mr. Editor :— Your remarks about strawberries from here make 

 me feel as if sailing under false colors, for the majority of readers 

 might understand that the tine berries you speak of were raised by 

 myself. The only part I have in their production lies in the fact that 

 they are raised on my ground. Years ago 1 produced strawberries by 

 the acre, but I never could produce such berries as those I sent you. 

 That remained for my good brother-iD-law, GhordisStuU, who is a 

 genius in that direction, and seems to impart to his strawberries the 

 ambition to excel in size and quality anything previously accom- 

 plished. C. C. Miller. 



