PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE W. T FALCONER MANPG CO 



VOL. VII, 



JfVNUflRY, 1897. 



NO. (. 



Era of Intrigue in Apiculture. 



BY IP-TODATE. 



Although detesting all such things, 

 I, like a great majority of the bee 

 keepers, have made it a practice for 

 the sake of harmony, to all')W frauds 

 and deception practiced in the name 

 of the bee keepers of this country to 

 pass unnoticed. But I believe the' 

 time has coirfe when silence has ceased 

 to be a virtue. What right have a 

 feio self apj)ointed dictators, usually edi- 

 tors and some of their favorite contrib- 

 utors who have sung each others prais- 

 es until blinded by their own conceit, 

 they are determined to rule or ruin ? 

 What right, I say, have they to meet 

 and in the name of the bee keepers of 

 the United States pass upon any ques- 

 tion effecting the interests or express- 

 ing in any way the sentiments of the 

 vast number of bee keepers of this 

 country ? Such proceedings are an 

 insult, an imposition and a fraud ur) 

 the bee keepers of this or any othei 

 country. The attempt of that self- 

 convicted fraud, the l^[orth American 

 Bee KeeppTfs' Association, to fool the 

 bee keepers by changing its name, is 

 an old trick tbat has been resorted to 

 before, and is resorted to time and 

 again by every fraud to deceive the un- 



wary and the public. Is the United 

 Slates Bee Keepers' Union a better 

 name than the National Bee Keepers' 

 Union ? Not much. Are not the mem- 

 bers of the National Bee Keepers' 

 Union just as capable of adopting a 

 new constitution as the U. S. Bee 

 Keepers' Union ? Certainly. If the 

 North American Bee Keepers' Assoc'n 

 wanted to join the National why did 

 they not disband and do so ? Ah ! but 

 in this case they could not control it, 

 and that would not answer their pur- 

 pose. It is a clear case of " walk into 

 my parlor." They are trying by in- 

 trigue and stealth what they could not 

 get any other way. Members of the 

 National should think twice before 

 they jump into this trap. But even 

 should a majority be misled into it, 

 undoubtedly the scheme can be defeat- 

 ed througli a permanent injunction 

 from the courts. Instead of seeking 

 to promote a feeling of brotherly love 

 and organization among bee keepers 

 they proceed to stir up hatred and dis- 

 organization. General Manager New- 

 man, not taking readily to their scheme, 

 has fallen under their displeasure and 

 the usual methods to misrepresent, 

 discredit and depose him are already 

 manifesting themselves. According 



