THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



101 



" I've been there, I know how it 

 is." The fault is not riglitly laid at 

 the doors of the national conven- 

 tion. The responsibility rests with 

 the local societies. If the local so- 

 cieties would take the matter of 

 organization into their own hands, 

 and appoint delegates to the state 

 conventions, and the state conven- 

 tions should appoint their delegates 

 to meet in national conventions, 

 such a body would be a great rep- 

 resentative power with a work to ac- 

 complish, and it would do its duty. 

 I could never be induced to consent 

 to be governed by any irresponsible 

 body, such as any and all of our 

 conventions are, under the present 

 system of organization. 



The power rightly belongs to the 

 great mass of beekeepers, and any- 

 thing to command the respect of 

 intelligent beekeepers must come 

 from that source. A convention for 

 any purpose must necessarily be 

 representative in character to make 

 its acts binding. Otherwise its acts 

 can onl}^ be advisory. All the " re- 

 solves," of our conventions in the 

 past — and they have been numer- 

 ous — have been mere empty sound. 

 The sooner the beekeepers of this 

 country realize that no great work 

 can ever be accomplished without 

 thorongh organization, the better 

 it will be for their interest. I do 

 not wish to be understood as though 

 I stood in opposition to our social 

 gatherings called " Beekeepers 

 Conventions." With all their de- 

 lects they have been felt all over 

 the land, and I would not discour- 

 age them in the least. Let us have 

 them such as they are. 



I would like to suggest, however, 

 that these matters be brought up 

 before the local conventions that 

 are to meet in the future, and that 

 they take such action as they may 

 think best, and in my opinion a 

 great representative convention 

 will be the result. I would like to 

 see these matters more thoroughly 

 discussed in the bee periodicals, if 

 it can be done without " pitching 

 into" everybody and everything. 



It is a hobby of mine to see bee 

 culture elevated to the highest rank 

 among the industries of the 

 country. 



Christiansbu rg, Ky. 



WHAT ARE LANGS TROTH 

 FRAMES? 



By J. E. Poxi), JR. 



From repeated letters of inquiry 

 received by myself in regard to 

 Langstroth frames, and the differ- 

 ence if any there is between those 

 frames and the Gallup, Bingham, 

 Adair and others, I am led to be- 

 lieve that a vast amount of igno- 

 rance exists among beekeepers of 

 to-day relative to the matter. It 

 is not at all strange, however, 

 that such ignorance should exist, 

 for those beekeepers who have re- 

 cently taken up the business can 

 only judge by what they read, and 

 the names of Gallup, etc., have 

 been used in such a manner as to 

 lead any one, not fully posted, to 

 suppose that there was some real 



