1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



211 



Of Mr. .Tas. U. Harris, Iho neAvly 

 elected president of the National Boe- 

 Keepors' Association, tbe Bco-Keepers' 

 Review says be "is probabl.v as gooil a 

 parliamentarian as we have in our 

 ranks — perhaps the best." 



Reader, will yon not be so kind as 

 to assist lis to the extent of seeing 

 that all your bee-keeping acquaintances 

 have an opportunity to see a copy of 

 the American Bee-Keeper? If each of 

 our present subscribers should grant 

 this great favor, we would, doubtless, 

 I'eceive several thousand new subscrip- 

 tions, and would thereby be enabled to 

 dish up something extraordinary each 

 month. AVe are exceedingly anxious 

 to introduce several great improve- 

 ments and shall do so just as soon as 

 our subscription list will .justify the 

 additional expense. Let us all seek to 

 hasten the day. and thus secure the 

 best bee .iournal in the world, and at 

 a cost of but 50 cents a year. 



umns of the Irish Bee Journal well 

 spiced with the wit ciiaracteristic of 

 the Emerald Isle. The following ex- 

 tract is but one of many compliment- 

 ar.y notices which have recently been 

 paid the American Bee-Keeper by our 

 highly esteemed contemporary: 



Catching Wasps.— That jolly boy, 

 Editor Hill, has a fling at your sugges- 

 tion for catching wasps at the hives. 

 He thinks it would lead to a big boom 

 in beer. But you don't have 1,000 hives 

 to the square inch in Ireland, and that 

 is what H. E. H. has overlooked. (True, 

 We do not cater for American bee- 

 keepers. Small chance we should have 

 there with H. E. Hill in the Tield. It 

 would do us a lot of good, neve in Ire- 

 land, if we all read his American Bee- 

 Keeper eveiy month. Tell II. E. H. 

 that 2d. worth of beer will sultk-e for 

 10 hives. The "boom" is not immi- 

 nent.— Ed.) 



The attention of our readers who are 

 also members of the National Associa- 

 tion, is invited to the following appeal 

 from General Manager France. Can- 

 ada should be represented on the board, 

 and The Bee-Keeper would be pleased 

 to see Mr. McEvoy secure the merited 

 place: 



General Manager's Office, 

 Platteville, Wis., Nov. 5, 1903. 



To the Readers of the American Bee- 

 Keeper: 



As it will soon be time for National 

 Association members to vote for offi- 

 cers and amendments to the constitu- 

 tion, I wish to say to the members that 

 Canada has 00 members and many 

 more ready to join at their next annual 

 iLeeting. They haA'e no member on 

 the Boai'd of Directors, and should 

 have one. I shall vote for Mr. William 

 McEro.v to succeetl E. R. Root. 



He has done more for Canadian 

 members than any other member, and 

 has this season settled several cases 

 for us. N. E. France. 



The Irish Bee Journal has a depart- 

 ment hsaded "Bee Views," conducted 

 by "A. Spyglass," a writer whose abil- 

 ity combines practicability with whole- 

 some Lumnr.In fact, Sp.vglass is a dead 

 mate for Editor Digges. in this regard 

 and the two manage to keep the col- 



RATHER SAVAGE. 



The last issue of the American Bee- 

 Keeper has this statement: '"The Ja- 

 maica Times reproduced a dozen or so 

 items from the American Bee-Keeper, 

 one of which was credited. This is en- 

 couraging, and we desire to express our 

 appreciation of its crediting even one. 

 Jamaica is pi'ogressing." 



We are bowed down with sorrow 

 over this, and what is not sorrow is 

 contrition. We have stated once or 

 twice in our Bee-Keepers' Column that 

 we are indebted to our contemporaries 

 for much of the matter there used, and 

 we thought that sufficient; just as we 

 count it sufficient when our pars, are 

 made use of. We shall, however, see 

 hereafter that our friend is credited 

 severally and distinctly with anything 

 we extractim literat from his well ed- 

 ited columns. We never dreamt of 

 riling him or obscuring his glory. — Ja- 

 maica. Times. 



Thank you, brother; that's business 

 and in accordance with journalistic 

 propriety as recognized in the United 

 States. Calling to a point of oi'der 

 should not be construed to imply dis- 

 pleasure. No "riling" about it, in this 

 instance. 



SECTIONS. 



From present indications, a shortage 

 in the basswood supply to an extent 

 that would, preclude the possibility of 



