M. 'l. \\IZAT1ON 



the 1 iin. \V. J. Hanna Mid: "The thing we molt keep in 

 constantly is that our co-operative associations are not only for the 



purpose of producing tin .nd in quantities, bir 



ncimg than as ours. We propose for the 

 superior article to get not only the price for it but the ere*! 

 prodiuin (.. -n that credit ir..in the penOQ consuming it 



\\ i must esn;. 1 . .. and pay for the best skill in marketing, and com- 

 mand the best skill in organization. Former attempt* ha%e fallen 

 .M owing to their failure to recognize that marketing and 

 :css methods are things rct|iiiring a training and cx|ortcnrc that 

 the grower . table addresses of a practical 



nature are given at the annual meetings of the Eastern and \Vetlcrn 

 Associations. 



The Ontario Beekeeper** Association. 







This Association was organized in 1880 and hat had a contin- 

 uous existence and gradual growth up to the present date It 

 of a central or^ n and a numher of County lice- 



Keepers' Associ.r in affiliation \\ith it Its purpose 



is <o advance the business of the keeping of bee* and the prodr 

 of hoiu-\ in Me. and its effort* have hcen -It- 



largely along educational lines. A three davs \nnual Convention 

 Id each year at the time of the Fruit. Flower and Honey Show 

 in Toronto in November. The sessions of this Convention are 

 ted to the discussion of practical methods of the management 

 of bees and the selling of the product. In addition to the Annual 

 vn. County Associations hold spring and fall meeting* and 

 an occasional apiary field day during the summer, t'p till the 

 appointment of the Provincial Apiarist in ioxv). no very serious 

 effort was made to extend the operations of the Association, and 

 at that time there were something like 300 member* and nine 

 Count v affiliated societies. As one of the duties of the Provincial 

 Ani.v ist in the organization of beekeepers, the number 



of Count \ A-i^x-iation* has been increased until there are. at thr 

 of writ \ffiliated Societies, and the total i*ail m 



ineinln-rxhiM ranidlv. havinp 



donhled within the la<t vcar. The Assnciatkv 

 in securing legislation for the prevention of the adiilter 

 hoiu M prevent the spravinp of fniit trees while in full 



th poison which would be injurious the 



important legislation which has hern secured bv this Aswia- 

 s the Ontario Foul Brood vbicb an annual vote of 



