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give. Suffice it to say, he showed that the bee-keeper of tlie future 

 must l)e educated in various lines bearing on bees and bee-keeping. 

 The following- paragraph is the gist of at least a portion of the 

 paper : 



''The habits of the honey-bee belong to Entomology ; the study 

 of its anatomy requires Microscopy; the cure of its diseases depends 

 upon a knowledge of Bacteriology. Wq nnist learn Botany to study 

 honey-plants ; Chemistry for the scientihc com]:)arison of honey with 

 other sweets, or of beeswax with other fatty sul)stances, and the 

 detection of adulterations in either line. If we would succeed we 

 should also ha^■e son.ie knowledge of M cchaiiics to handle our imple- 

 ments, make our hives, and pack our crop; and of Commerce to sell 

 our products." 



BENEFITS OF THE NATIONAT- ASSOCIATTOX TO ISEI':- l<.V:i:i'l-,KS. 



Secretary E. B. Tyrrell, of the National Association, sent a very 

 interesting paper on the above subject. He recounted \\ liat the Na- 

 tit^nal has striven to do for its members during li)]'3, and wliat it 

 would soon be in a position to do in the way of handling the hone\' 

 crops, and also in the co-operative purchase of ^i:)ee-supplies in car- 

 load lots. He described in detail several plans for making the Na- 

 tional of unusual advantage to its membership. While up to this 

 time it has not done wonders, under the new constitution. }et it is 

 rapidly getting into a position where it will be a great hclj) in many 

 ways for the advancement of the bee-keeping industry. 



WEATHER CONDITION AND NECT.VR SFC'KIlTION . 



Mr. S. King Clover spoke on "\\'eather Conditions h'avorable for 

 the Secretion of Xectar in the IMoom." 



The officers elected for the ensuing year are as follows : Presi- 

 dent, Dr. A. E. lUuxlick, of Sunnyside ; \-ice-president, Lee (i. Sim- 

 mons, of Ellensl)urg; secretary, J. B. Ramage, of Xorth Yakima, and 

 treasurer, Rol)t. Cissna, of North Yakima. 



The printed i)rogram contained this brief notice for the second 

 day: '"Banquet at l'?:00 noon." It was indeed a "l)anqnet." The 

 wives of the bee-keepers had provided all the good thin.gs to eat 

 they could think of. and ])laced it on tables arranged right in the 

 room in the court-house where the meeting was held. Of all the 

 things, to temi)t one's palate, those good Washington women surely 

 had a great abundance. There must ha\e been se\cral baskctsful 

 left over, even after all had eaten to the full. It was indeed a very 

 enjoyable occasion, and might well be duplicated in many other 

 places where bee-keepers' conventions are held. Of course it is a 

 lot of work for the women folks, but those Washington women 

 seemed to enjoy it just as much as did the men folks. 



