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After all, we believe that the average American and Canadian 

 is pretty well satisfied with the Langstroth frame, also, if there is 

 any country where every size and shape imaginable have been tried 

 out, this is certainly that country. 



Weighing Barrels of Honey. 



According to Gleanings in Bee Culture, A. 15. ^^larchant. of Flor- 

 ida, weighs his barrels of honey by using a pair of steel-yards 

 att?ached to the end of a long pole, which is used as a lever for 

 lifting the barrel. A pair of grab-hooks are used, which catch each 

 end of the barrel, and these hooks are hooked onto the steel-yard. 

 The scheme is nothing more or less than fastening a long pole on 

 a support so that it can be used as a lever, and attaching the steel- 

 yards to the end of the pole. 



Just why northern bee-keepers suffer competition in the New 

 York markets from Florida honey is explained when we remember 

 that the freight rate from that territory to New York is only thirty- 

 eight cents per hundred pounds. 



That California Association. ^ 



Editor York in the American Bee Journal goes after those Cali- 

 fornians because of their withdrawal from the "National."' To me 

 their action, instead of being a discouragement, is one of the best 

 proofs possible that there was need of a change in the National 

 laws. Please note that the action taken was based on the fact that 

 they did not feel they had received returns in the past from their 

 investment, and not because of any present action. True the raise 

 in membership fee, no doubt, had some Ijearing, in that it brought 

 the matter up for action. 



Just the same it will l)e interesting to those California bee-men 

 to know that in spite of their action I am receiving individual mem- 

 berships, and these are being placed in other National Branches, 

 outside your state, and thus you are losing and will lose the support 

 of many members who would otherwise be with you. If any State 

 believes that by simply refusing to adopt the National Constitution 

 they can thus kill the acti\ity of tlie National in their State, they 

 are sadly mistaken. No, the National w^ants the sui)port of the local 

 Associations, but if it can't ha\-e it then it Avill go calmly to work 

 and organize their National members in that State, and thus estab- 

 lish a competitive organization. It isn't a question of wdiether the 

 National will be represented in }-our State, boys, it is sim])ly a 

 question whether the National will have the support of your Asso- 

 ciation without taking such steps. The plans of the National are 

 meeting with approval, and it is only a question of a short time 

 when National Branches will be flourishing all over the United 

 States and Canada. 



