The National Association. 



It is desired by the Executive Com- 

 mittee to make the next meeting of this 

 Society, to be held in Chicago next fall, 

 the best that has ever been held. To 

 this end, the committee solicits the co- 

 operation of the most experienced 

 apiarists in America. Those who de- 

 sire to have points of interest discussed 

 should indicate them in this month, so 

 that the necessary arrangements may 

 be made to assign topics to leading 

 scientific and practical men, to intro- 

 duce by short but pithy papers or 

 speeches. Communications with sug- 

 gestions may be sent to any member of 

 the committee, Viz : Thomas G. New- 

 man ; Prof. J. Hasbrouck ; Dr. Emrich 

 Parmly or E. J. Oatman. 



The President is in receipt of the 



following communications : 



Chillicothe, Mo., April 1, 1879. 

 Friend Newman.— I find it will be im- 

 possible for me to attend to the interests of 

 the National Association in my State ; and 

 therefore must ask to be relieved. When 

 one man runs a dental practice, a County 

 Treasurer's office and an Apiary, and re- 

 sponds to the thousand-and-one little re- 

 quirements that continually come up in 

 business and social life, doing the work all 

 himself, he has but little leisure time. I 

 have hardly the time to take account of time 

 as it passes. 1 hope you can find some one 

 who can do more for the profession in Mis- 

 souri. J- W. Greene. 



Wilmington, N. C, April 7, 1879. 

 Thomas G. Newman, Esq., President N. 

 A. B. K. A., Chicago, 111. Dear Friend : 

 —I deeply regret to herewith tender my 

 resignation of Vice President, State of North 

 Carolina, bee-keepers' association, for rea- 

 sons explained to you last month. I would 

 respectfully suggestCapt. Frank M.Wooten, 

 of this county, to fill the vacancy. Capt. 

 Wooten is a gentleman and has a magnifi- 

 cent farm for bee culture; believes in all 

 the modern improvements; is well read up on 

 the subject, and will in my opinion reflect 

 credit upon the bee-keeping interests of 

 North Carolina. He of course reads the 

 American Bee Journal— the very best 

 bee paper in America. K. C. Taylor. 



New Orleans, La., April 15, 1879. 

 Mr. Thomas G. Newman, Dear Sir:— 

 As I have sold out my bees to Mr. Viallon, 

 and will leave shortly for California with a 

 view of locating there, I shall not be able to 

 act as Vice President for Louisiana, and 

 write this to suggest that you appoint Mr. 

 John M. Putnam, of New Orleans, in my 

 stead. Mr. Putnam has a large number of 

 oolonies near this city and will be a good 

 man for the place. Wm. H. Ware. 



And as it becomes the duty of the 

 President to fill all vacancies occurring 

 during the current year, he makes the 

 following appointments : 



We ai-e sorry Dr. Greene is so full of busi- 

 ness, and as we must excuse him we have 

 appointed Mr. P. P. Collier of Benton City, 

 Mo., as Vice-President for Missouri, to fill 

 the vacancy, who will attend to the interests 

 of bee-keepers in that State. 



As Mr. Taylor is compelled, against his 

 will, to discontinue bee-keeping, and on the 

 same account is obliged to decline the honor 

 and duties of Vice President of the 

 National Association for North Carolina, 

 we accept the resignation and appoint to 

 fill the vacancy, Capt. Frank M. Wooten, as 

 suggested. 



As Mr. Wm. H. Ware is leaving the State 

 of Louisiana, and resigns the office of Vice 

 President, we appoint Mr. John M. Putnam 

 to fill the vacancy as suggested. 



We hope these gentlemen will at once 

 assume their duties, and look after the 

 interests of the bee-keepers in their 

 respective States. 



Cook's Manual in Europe. 



It is exceecingly gratifying to notice the 

 very favorable notices which this excellent 

 work is receiving not only in America but 

 also in Europe. 



The British Bee Journal says of it : 



" Cook's new ' Manual of the Apiary,' just 

 published, comes with high encomiums from 

 America ; we have just received it, and cer- 

 tainly it appears to have cut the ground 

 from under future book makers, for some- 

 time to come." 



L'Abbe L. DuBois, at LaMalmaison Aisne, 

 France, on March 31, 1879, writes : "I have 

 read with a great deal of interest the copy of 

 Cook's Manual you sent me, and 1 intend to 

 publish extracts from it in the " Bulletin" 

 of the Society of Apiculture of the Depart- 

 ment of the Somme, so that our apiarists 

 may be aware of the value of this estimable 

 work. It is a credit to the author as well as 

 the publishers. I have never yet met with a 

 work, either French or foreign, which 1 like 

 so much." 



During the past year Prof. A. J. Cook has 

 re-published his "Manual of the Apiary." 

 This book, so esteemed, contains — besides 

 the description of the anatomy and physi- 

 ology of the honey bee, beautifully illus- 

 trated, the products and races of the bees, 

 honey plants— the instructions for the dif- 

 ferent operations performed in the hives. 

 All agree that it is the work of a Master, 

 and is of real value. — UApiculteur, Paris. 



