the ]a\v tliat is necessary to the wellfare of 

 our business ; for every honest bee-keeper 

 will lend a helpinji; hand, l)y sendinji for a 

 copy of the Petition, then having it signed 

 and returned. 



Every day. I receive orders for copies of 

 the Petition. I have already received some 

 returned and simied. Dr. D. G. Campbell, 

 of Kejtsbur;:, 111., has just returned one, 

 signed by seventy, headed by the names of 

 four physicians ! Who will beat tliat ? 

 Chas. Dadant. 



Hamilton, 111., Aug. 14, 1878. 



Constitution of National Society. 



As we shall need this, as amended, to 

 refer to at our next meeting, we will repro- 

 duce it, that all may be posted as to what it 

 requires : 



CONSTITUTION. 



ARTICLE 1— NAME. 



This organization shall be known as the 

 North American Bee-Keepers' Society, and 

 shall meet annually. 



ARTICLE 2— OBJECT. 



Its object shall be to promote the interests 

 of bee-culture. 



ARTICLE 3— OFFICERS. 



The officers of this Society shall be a 

 President, one Vice President from each 

 State. District, Territory or Province repre- 

 sented ; Secretary, Recording Secretarv. 

 Corresponding Secretary, and Tieasurer, 

 whose duties shall be those usually per- 

 formed by such officers. They shall be 

 elected by ballot, and hold their offices for 

 one year, or till their successors shall be 

 elected. 



ARTICLE 4— EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



The President, Secretaries' and Treasurer 

 shall constitute an Executive Committee. 



ARTICLE .5— MEMBERSHIP. 



Any person may become a member by 

 giving his or her name to the Secretary and 

 paying one dollar, excepting ladies, who 

 shall be admitted free of charge. 



ARTICLE 6— HONORARY MEMBERS. 



This Society may from time to time elect 

 suitable persons as honorary members. 



ARTICLE 7— SPEAKING. 



No member shall be entitled to the floor 

 more than five minutes in the discussion of 

 any motion, resolution or petition, without 

 consent of the Society. 



ARTICLE 8— COMMITTEES. 



All committees shall be elected by ballot, 

 by a plurality vote, except by special reso- 

 lution. 



ARTICLE 9— MEETINGS. 



Each annual meeting of this Socety shall 

 be held at such time and place as shall be 



designated by a majority vote at the pre- 

 ceeding regular annual meeting. 



ARTICLE 10— SPECIAL MEETINGS. 



A special meeting may be called by the 

 Executive Committee at any time on requi- 

 sition of five of the Vice Presidents. 



ARTICLE 11— AMENDMENTS. 



This constitution may be amended at any 

 annual meeting, by a two-thirds vote of all 

 the members in attendance. 



Adopted at meeting at Cleveland, Ohio, 

 Dec, 1871. 



CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. 



Article .5, amended as follows : Any per- 

 son may become a member by givintr his or 

 her name to the Secretary, and paying an 

 annual fee of one dollar, except ladies, who 

 shall be admitted free of charge. Adopted 

 Dec, 1873. 



SOCIETIES. 



Resolved, That the President of this So- 

 ciety be authorized in its name and behalf, 

 to address a circular to all the bee-keepers 

 of this Continent, urging the formation or 

 neighborhoos, county, state, territorial and 

 provincial associations, auxiliary to this So- 

 ciety. Adopted Dec, 1873. 



VICE PRESIDENTS AND SECRETARIES. 



Articles 3 and 10 amended, so that only 

 one Vice President and one Secretary are 

 required to be elected. Adopted Oct. 16, 



1877. 



For the American Bee Journal. 



Various Items. 



The honey season is over in this section. 

 Last season was one of the best we have 

 had for years, but I believe the present one 

 would have been far better but for the cold, 

 wet weather that continued till about the 

 10th of June. I had become completely 

 discouraged by t!ie 1st of June, and thought 

 1 would be very glad if my bees made 

 enough to winter on and give me enough for 

 the table. After the tenth of June, we 

 had a few pretty warm days, at intervals 

 which bees took advantage of, and gave me 

 about 2,000 pounds, besides laying up full 

 winter supplies. Very little swarming,— 

 not more than one colony in ten swarmed. 



QUEEN RAISING 



in such a season was of the greatest diffi- 

 culty and expense. But few of the brood 

 would hatch ; many of the queens were lost 

 in their " bridal tours," and when the hot 

 weatlier set in, many colonies were 

 ruined. 



EXCEPTIONS TO GENERAL RULES 



are of frequent occurrence, and I will relate 

 one that occurred with me this season : I 

 received an imported queen early in June, 

 and gave her to a queenless colony that I 

 knew would accept her, although she was 

 in a bad condition and hardly able to crawl. 

 They did accept her, but she died on the 



