30 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



SELECTED ARTICLES 



AND EDITORIAL COMMENTS 



National Association and Report. 



Under this heading, President York gives in the American Bee 

 Journal, so good a summing up of the situation that 1 feel that I 

 can do no better than to reproduce the article here in whole. Of 

 course all readers now know that new constitution has passed, and 

 just as soon as a meeting of the directors can be held, full plans 

 for the coming year will be announced. Lentil that time there is 

 really nothing more that can be told you. The article by President 

 York is as follows : 



''We have received a copy of the 42d Annual Report of the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Association, which includes, besides the pro- 

 ceedings of the convention held at Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 30 and 

 31, 1911, a complete list of the membership, the treasurer's report, 

 and copies of both the old and the new constitution. It has also 

 about 25 pages of advertising at the back. In all, there are lii 

 pages besides the cover. The financial statement made by the 

 general manager and treasurer, N. E. France, shows a balance of 

 $604.16 on hand in the Honey-Producers' League fund, and $439.70 

 in the general fund of the association, but we learn privately that 

 there is not enough money in this general fund to pay all the 

 expenses to the end of this year. 



"It may be just possible that before this num1)er of the .Itncrican 

 Bee Joiinial goes to press, we will have a report of the election of 

 officers held last month (Novemljer), and also the vote on the new 

 constitution. All, of course, will be interested to know whether or 

 not the new constitution is approved, for it would mean quite a 

 change in the way the National Association is to be conducted in 

 the future. 



"If the new constitution is voted into elTect, there will be 5 

 directors instead of 12, and the annual meeting will be mainly execu- 

 tive, those attending l)eing delegates elected by the local branches 

 or associations. Then those delegates who attend the annual meet- 

 ing will elect the officers and directors of the association. This Avill 

 make a thoroughly representative body, and it would seem that 

 more business can be done at the annual meetings than heretofore, 

 for every delegate will be sent with authority to carry out the 

 wishes of the local branch or association so far as possible. 



