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consist of a General ManaRer and six Directors, whose term 

 of office shall be for one year, or until their successors are 

 elected and qualified ; and the Director, aside from the Gen- 

 eral Manager, receiving the largest number of votes shall be 

 chairman of the Board of Directors. Those who are now 

 officers of the National Bee Keepers' Union shall constitute 

 the Board of Directors of this Association until their succes- 

 sors are elected and qualified. 



ARTICLE v.— Election op Officers. 



Section 1. — The President, Vice-President, and Secretary 

 shall be elected by ballot by a majority of the members pres- 

 ent at each annual meeting of the Association, and shall con- 

 stitute the Executive Commiitee. 



Sec. 2. — The General Manager and the Board of Direc- 

 tors shall be elected by ballot during the month of December 

 of each year by a majority of the members voting; blank 

 ballots for this purpose, with a full list of the membership, 

 shall be mailed to each member by the General Manager ; and 

 said ballots shall be returned to a committee of two members, 

 who shall be appointed by the Executive Committee, whose 

 names and postoffice address shall be sent to the General Man- 

 ager by said Executive Comrnittee on or before the I5th of 

 the November preceding the election. Said committee of two 

 shall count the ballots and certify the result to the General 

 Manager during the first week in January. 



ARTICLE VI.— Duties of Opficebs. 



J Sec. 1. — PrestdeMS— It shall be the duty of the President 

 to preside at the annual meeting of the Association ; to de- 

 liver an address at the next annual m>^eting after being 

 elected, on some subject of interest to bee-keepers, and to per- 

 form such other duties as may devolve upon the presiding 

 officer. 



Sec. 2. — Vlce-Presi&oii — In the absence of the President 

 the Vice-President shall perform the duties of President. 

 r~ Sec. 3. — Secretary — It shall be the duty of the Secretary 

 to keep a record of the proceedings of the annual meeting ; to 

 receive membership fee< ; to furnish the General Manager 

 with the names and postoffice address of those who become 

 members at the annual meeting ; to pay to the Treasurer of 

 the Association all moneys left in his hands after paying the 

 expenses of the annual meeting ; 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 by 

 the Board of Directors. 



Sec. 4. — General Manager — The General Manager shall 

 be Secretary of the Board of Directors, and shall keep a list 

 of the names of members with their postoffice address ; receive 

 membership fees, and be Treasurer of the Association. He 

 shall give a bond in such amount, and with such conditions as 

 may be required and approved by the Board of Directors, for 

 the faithful perforance of his duties, and perform such other 

 duties as may be required of him by the Board of Directors, or 

 by this Constitution. 



Sec. 5. — At the time of sending the ballots to the mem- 

 bers for the annual election of the Board of Directors, he shall 

 also send to each member a statement of the financial condi- 

 tion of the Association, and a report of the work done by said 

 Board of Directors. 



Sec. 6. — The Board of Directors shall pay the General 

 Manager such sum for his services as said Board may deem 

 proper, but not to exceed 2(1 per cent, of the receipts of the 

 Association. Said Board shall meet ai; such time and place as 

 it may decide upon. 



Sec. 7. — Board of Directors— The Board of Directors shall 

 determine what course shall be taken by the Association upon 

 any matter presented to it for consideration, that does not 

 conflict with this Constitution ; and cause such extra, but 

 equal, assessments to be made on each member as may be- 

 come necessary, giving the reason to each member why such 

 assessment is required ; provided that not more than one as- 

 sessment shall be made in any one fiscal year, and not to an 

 amount exceeding the annual membership fee, without a 

 majority vote of all the members of the Association. 



Skc. 8. — Any member refusing or neglecting to pay said 

 assessment as required by the Board of Directors shall forfeit 

 his membership, and his right to become a member of the 

 Association for one year after said assessment becomes due. 



ARTICLE VII.— Funds. 



CUD The funds of this Association maybe used for any pur- 

 pose that the Board of Directors may consider for the interest 

 of the members of the Association and in the interest of the 

 pursuit of bee-culture. 



ARTICLE VIII.— Vacancies. 



Any vacancy occurring In the Board of Directors may be 

 filled by the Executive Committee ; and any vacany occurring 

 In the Executive Committee shall be tilled by the Board of 

 Directors. 



ARTICLE IX.— Meetings. 



This Association shall hold annual meetings at such time 

 and place as shall be agreed upon by the Executive Committee. 



ARTICLE X.— Amendments. 



This Constitution may be altered or amended by a ma- 

 jority ;ote of alUthe members, provided notice of said altera- 

 tion or amendment has been given at a previous annual 

 meeting. 



[As the time is short, all who desire to make suggestions 

 on the above Constitution should do so at once. Do not send 

 them to us, but dire.:;t to Dr. Mason. He will then present all 

 criticisms before the convention at Lincoln, Nebr., Oct. 7 and 

 8. — Editor. 1 



conducted by 

 DR. O. O. JUn^LBR, A£AJREIfGO, ILL. 



LQuestlons may be mailed to the Bee Journal, or to Dr. Miller direct.^ 



A Number of <4ne§tion§ on Bees. 



P. H. D. sends the following questions, which, on account 

 of the number, are arranged with the answer immediately 

 following the question : 



FULL SHEETS OF FOUNDATION IN THE SECTIONS. 



1. What is the real value of full sheets of foundation in 

 sections? Some seem to put in full sheets because they want 

 the combs straight, others because they believe bees will draw 

 out the foundation faster and take to it sooner than they 

 would build new comb and take hold of new starters. 



Ans. — I don't know enough to answer the question just as 

 you put it. Both of the reasons that you give for preferring 

 sections filled with foundation are valid ones. I'm not so sure, 

 however, that such a great deal is gained in having sections 

 built straight, for you can get pretty straight work with mere 

 starters. But there's no question as to getting work started 

 all oversooner. And that's equivalent to saying "he sections 

 will be finished sooner. 



Another reason for preferring full sheets is, that you can 

 thus have your sections filled with all worker-comb. Probably 

 few would agree that a section of drone-comb looks as well as 

 one of worker, and one having worker-comb in the upper part 

 and drone-comb in the lower part looks worse still than one 

 all drone. For another reason it is quite important to keep 

 drone-comb out of sections — a reason that possibly some bee- 

 keepers of experience have not thought of. That reason Is, 

 that a queen is more likely to go up into a super and lay there 

 if there is drone-comb in the super, unless indeed she finds 

 plenty of drone-comb In the brood-nest. But you say, " If a 

 queen-excluder is used under the super, the queen cannot get 

 up." Very true, but the bees don't seem to know she can get 

 up, and I have more than once seen a few drone-cells in one 

 corner of a section left vacant awaiting the queen, when the 

 section would have been entirely finished if no drone-cells had 

 been present. 



Although I am not able to say just exactly what Is the 

 value of full sheets of foundation in sections, I may say that I 



