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ening the more thoughtful among 

 the beemasters to a sense of their 

 duty and the necessity for immedi- 

 ate action and concentrated effort. 



Far too much time has been de- 

 voted to the discussion of pet theo- 

 ries and individual hobbies which 

 even were the}' solved to the en- 

 tire satisfaction of their origina- 

 tors would do but little towards 

 advancing the best interests of the 

 practical honey producers. 



What we most need is, better 

 and more sj^stematic and thorougli 

 methods of introducing our honey 

 to the masses whereby they may 

 become familiar with its value and 

 uses, and when once such methods 

 are established and put into prac- 

 tice, the difficulty is solved and the 

 questions of overstocking and a 

 glutted honey market will be no 

 longer "bugbears" or barriers to 

 the aspiring apiarist. 



We have but little sympathy 

 with the idea so often expressed 

 by some, that we should discourage 

 the broad and benevolent spirit of 

 love for our neighbor so prominent 

 in the lives and teachings of Moses 

 Quinby and L. L. Langstroth. 



We are free to state that the dif- 

 ficult}'- arises not from teaching api- 

 culture to our brother man, but in 

 neglecting to teach him the proper 

 course to pursue. 



When we debar others from the 

 same privileges that we love to en- 

 jo}' ourselves, we at once create a 

 dangerous monopoly and monopo- 

 lies are the curse of every country 

 and nation. 



There are and always will be two 

 classes of beekeepers. The one, 



the specialist, who devotes his time 

 and attention largely to this indus- 

 try as a means of support .; the 

 other those who keep but a few 

 colonies whereby they may furnish 

 their own tables with pure unadul- 

 terated sweets and indeed the best 

 sweets prepared by the Creator as 

 an article of food, or take it up as 

 a recreation or study. 



How to establish satisfactory' re- 

 lations between these two classes 

 and the consumers should at pres- 

 ent engage more of our attention 

 than any other subject. This can 

 only be accomplished by the plan 

 which for more than two years we 

 have kept prominent before our 

 readers. While individual effort 

 with abundant means will work 

 wonders we must have the united 

 effort of the entire beekeeping fra- 

 ternity. This, and this alone, will 

 produce the desired results. 



The beekeepers of New York 

 state are awake to this fact and 

 when, during their last convention 

 they made the Northeastern Bee- 

 keepers' Association a state asso- 

 ciation, elected a vice-president for 

 each county urging upon the 

 beekeepers the importance of form- 

 ing an association in their respec- 

 tive counties, and appointed dele- 

 gates who should represent the in- 

 terests of New York State at the 

 North American convention to be 

 held in Detroit next winter, they 

 struck the key note of success. 

 This must become universal and 

 when this example is followed by 

 every state and section of our coun- 

 try, and competent and practical 

 beemasters, who will represent the 



