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to be derived from the affiliation. I 



can see how every individual who at- 

 tends the North American can be 

 greatly benefitted, but I confess I do 

 not see where the benefit is to aeerue to 

 those who are only "affiliated" and 

 never attend any of the meetings. It 

 seems to me that it ought to be possi- 

 ble to identify the interest of all lo- 

 cal societies more closely than they 

 are at present with that of the Na- 

 tional. I do not known just how this 

 can be done, but I want to suggest a 

 plan by which I think it could be 

 brought about at our next meeting in 

 October. I should like very much to 

 see this the largest meeting that was 

 ever held in the interests of Apicul- 

 ture on this Continent. This can be 

 done with very little effort, if we all 

 set about it in the right way. I 

 would suggest, first, that every county 

 in the V. S . where there is a suffi- 

 cient number of bee-keepers, organize 

 at once a local society. Let each 

 member pay in a fee of 50c, and then 

 proceed to elect a delegate to the 

 North American, and equip him with 

 money to pay his expenses, including 

 the §1 for the annual membership 

 fee. Discuss thoroughly what you 

 would like to have him present to the 

 N. A., and send him out instructed to 

 vote every time for the thing that 

 comes the nearest representing what 

 the local societies desires. As part 

 pay for the benefit this delegate will 

 derive personally from attending the 

 N. A., he should be required to write 

 up fully the entire trip and the doings 

 of the N. A, and present this to the 

 next meeting of the local society. Our 

 Canadian friends should do this in 

 every province in Canada. In this 



way we could secure a very large at- 

 tendance and create sufficient enthusi- 

 asm to put the N. A. in a way to be 

 a power in the land. What say you? 

 What county or providence will be 

 the first to respond to this proposition? 



I am making local arrangement- for 

 a big crowd and a good time gener- 

 ally. The commercial club of the 

 city has come to the front and ten- 

 dered me the use of their rooms in 

 which to hold our meeting, and they 

 are doing all they can to help secure 

 reduced rates on the railroads. Just 

 as soon as the matter of rates is set- 

 tled, it will be published, but I trust 

 no one will wait for this before mak- 

 ing up his or her mind to come. The 

 Commercial Club has one of the finest 

 rooms in the city, centrally located, 

 and uear to good hotels which have 

 made me liberal rates for one meet- 

 ing. We have been promised papers 

 from some of the leading bee-keepers 

 of the world. Mr. Benton is working 

 hard to prepare a good program, one 

 that will be both entertaining and 

 profitable. Dr. Miller and a host of 

 others who are a whole convention in 

 themselves will be here, and the meet- 

 ing cannot fail to be beneficial to all 

 who may attend. If you have but 

 one colony, come and learn how to 

 care for more. 



Friend Stilson has struck the right 

 key in the last Nebraska Bee-Keeper. 

 He says, "Let's make up a carload or 

 more and start from Lincoln." That's 

 the way to talk. Come on with your 

 carloads, and this city of the ''wild 

 and wooley west" will try and do her 

 part. I have received a number of 

 letters and cards from those who ex- 

 pect to be here, but still there is room 



