1890. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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EDITORIAL, 



The Annual Convention of the 

 North American Bee Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will have become a thing of 

 the past when this number of the Bee 

 Keeper reaches its readers. We 

 hope this years' session will be of 

 more profit to bee keepers in general 

 than those of the past two or three 

 years, although we are at a loss to 

 know in what manner it can be so. 

 We cannot help comparing these 

 " conventions "' to a family pic-uic, 

 of no benetit to anyone but those who 

 attend, and the most even they can 

 say is that they " had a good time, " 

 and those members who do iiot attend 

 have the satisfaction of knowing that 

 they helped "pay the fiddler" and 

 can enjoy it second hand by hearing 



their frienas who did attend tell about 

 it. If tlic Nortli;\inericanBee Keepers' 

 Association was so organized that it 

 could be of l)enent to the bee keeping 

 industry in general we would be heart- 

 ily in favor of it, but we have never 

 yet heard of any lasting benefit de- 

 rived from it. On the contrary the 

 Bee Keepers' Ihiion has no " hobnob- 

 ing gatherings," but spends its reven- 

 ues in ways tluit bring good results 

 for all its members. 



Gleanings and the American Bee 

 Journal seem to be greatly "worked 

 up" about dishonest commission men, 

 and it is a good idea to remind bee 

 keepers that they can not be too care- 

 ful to whom they send their honey for 

 marketing. We will be glad to give 

 what information we can to any of 

 our readers who may inquire. 



The honey crop throughout the 

 country has been, so far as we can 

 learn, considerably above the average. 



In less than a month the nation 

 will elect a new President. Whether 

 it is Mr. Bryan or Mr. McKinley no 

 one at this time can positively tell. 

 Whichever it may be we hope he will 

 prove to be the wisest choice. Poli- 

 tics have been almost completely ig- 

 nored by the bee journals, and possi- 

 bly it is as well to do so, still the fu- 

 ture policy of this great nation is of 

 vital importance to every one of us 

 and we do not think it out of place if 

 any of us publishers wishes to air his 

 views. We notice in the August 

 number of tlie Southland Queen sev- 

 eral political illusions whichMSliow 

 clearlv that the Atchlevs are Ini'bhed 



