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THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



Noveviber 



The subject of the importation 

 of ^p?s i)orsa to was discussed at the 

 recent convention of the N. A. Bee 

 Keepers' Association, and a resolu- 

 tion was passed condemning the 

 action of the Erie Co. , N. Y. , Bee 

 Keepers' Association in recommend- 

 ing that the Government send an ex- 

 pedition, to India to secure some of 

 these giant bees for the purpose of 

 introducing them among the bee 

 keepers of this country. This resolu- 

 tion should never have been voted 

 down, and no doubt it was at the dic- 

 tation of the half dozen "wise men,' 

 i. e., Messrs. Root, York, Miller, Ma- 

 son , etc. , that it was, for these conven- 

 tion "war horses" usually run things 

 pretty much their own way when they 

 get together. There seems to be an 

 impression that Frank Benton would 

 compose the " expedition " that the 

 government would probably send, and 

 as he is at present very unpopular 

 with these gentlemen, such an idea 

 could not be entertained for a mo- 

 ment. However, the convention 

 meets at Buffalo next year, and no 

 doubt the Erie County and Ontario 

 County Associations will be so well 

 represented there that the action of 

 the Lincoln Convention will be re- 

 versed. By the way, it was the On- 

 tario Co. Association, not the Erie 

 Co. Association, we believe, that has 

 been agitating the importation ques- 

 tion. 



We will duplicate the prices on 

 hives and supplies offered by any 

 first class manufacturers — and in 

 many cases can do even better by you 

 than anyone else. 



Some of our brother Editors seem 

 to be somewhat worried because we 

 publish each month several pages of 

 general literar}^ matter not pertaining 

 to bee keeping and we know not why. 

 The Bee Keeper avexages each month 

 more pages of interesting reading 

 matter than any other bee paper or 

 magazine published, and more matter 

 pertaining strictly to bee keeping 

 than any other excepting Grieanings 

 and the American Bee Journal and 

 our readers seem to appreciate this 

 fact. 



We are in need of articles for pub- 

 lication at all times, especially cor- 

 respondence. Write us a letter de- 

 scribing 3'our experience the past 

 season. 



At the Lincoln Convention, by vote 

 of the members present, the name of 

 the Association will hereafter be The 

 United States Bee Keepers' Union. 

 We do not know whj^ the change of 

 name was made but probably for 

 some good reason. Heretofore the 

 Association has been of an internati- 

 onal American character and our Can- 

 adian friends were welcomed as mem- 

 bers and were entitled to all the privi- 

 leges of members who lived in the 

 States and received the same consid- 

 eration. Are Canadian bee keepers 

 debarred from becoming members 

 hereafter ? Even if they are not the 

 new name will not be agreeable to 

 them for onl}' a short time ago they 

 raised an objection to the name being 

 changed to " The American.' They 

 claimed that things coming from or 

 belonging to the V . S. were known as 

 American. 



