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THE AMERICAN 



THE MINNESOTA ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



The Minnesota Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, which was founded in 1888, 

 has made a new departure this year 

 by incorporating, with a membership 

 of fifty-one, under the educational 

 laws of the State of Minnesota. 



By the acceptance of its three dele- 

 gates to the meeting last month of 

 the Minnesota State Agricultural So- 

 ciety, it is recognized as the State 

 Association. 



With its new lease of life it has 

 adopted a new constitution and by- 

 laws, its objects now being the pro- 

 motion of scientific bee culture and 

 of the general interest of the bee- 

 keepers of the State of Minnesota 

 To assist the State authorities in the 

 enforcement of laws against the adul- 

 teration of honey and for the stamp- 

 ing out of foul brood and to co- 

 operate with the National Bee-K'eep- 

 ers' Association in the defence of its 

 members in their lawful rights. 



Article VII reads: 



Any member shall have the right to 

 vote by proxy on any subject and 

 at any general meeting, provided that 

 no member present shall vote more 

 than two proxies. 



The Association is affilliated with 

 the National Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, so that by payment of $1 an- 

 nually a bee-keeper may become a 

 member of both associations. 



Besides its annual meeting in De- 

 cember, it will in future hold a spring 

 meeting, and another during the Min- 

 nesota State Fair week, and the pro- 

 ceedings of each meeting will be pub- 

 lished by circular to the mem'bers. 



In future, "Co-operation" will be 

 the watchword of its policy. 



Subscriptions should be sent to the 

 secretary, Mr. Chas. Mondeng, 160 

 Newton Avenue, N. Minneapolis, or 

 to the treasurer, the Rev. J. Ridley. 

 Monticello, Minn. 



W. R. Ansell. 



BEE-KEEPER. March, 



TOTAL VALUE OF HONEY IM- 

 PORTED INTO THE UNITED 

 KINGDOM. 



For the Year 1906. 



£ 



January value 1,532 



February " 2,692 



March " 3,io6 



April " 2,965 



May " 6,028 



June " 5,213 



July " 3,821 



August " 2,106 



September " 1,112 



October " 3,215 



November " 1,320 



December " 787 



Total 33,897 



The total value of imports for the 

 year 1905 was ^34,763. — British Bee 

 Journal. 



REASONING FROM ANALOGY. 



C. W. DAYTON. 



1 THINK it was Goethe who said, 

 "From the thorough understand- 

 ing of the visible we are enabled 

 to acquire a knowledge of the invisi- 

 ble," or words which mean the same. 



Yes, an inspector can be removed 

 from office and a worse man instated. 

 But who is there who has the time to 

 spare to follow up and inquire into 

 their methods. It takes an expert to 

 discern faults in methods of doing 

 business besides experience in detect- 

 ing or uncovering. Dishonest acts 

 generally have to be literally "dug 

 out" with very little outside cropping 

 to show where the faults are buried. 

 It is a greater job than the inspecting 

 itself, and then they can easily be 

 "more than honest" when they dis- 

 cover a "hound" examining their 

 tracks. 



I have traced reporters and report- 

 ing editors for hvmdreds of miles, yes, 

 1 may say, thousands of miles, main- 



