258 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



Tlie I\iitional is now strong enough in numbers to establish one 

 central honey distributing- warehouse. The need for such a distrib- 

 iting center has been felt for a long time by < ^reat majority of 

 large product ^ The sentiment of the membersnip should be ex- 

 pressed to the directors. Write them what you think about it. 

 When extract ^ honey brings six to eight cents to the producer 

 and goes to thv„ _o'''=umer at 20c to 30c, 1 a margin of profit 



that will go a long way toward keeping up a National distributing 

 warehouse. Branches can be established as the National grows. If 

 the membership win sigiiify their approval, the directors will take 

 it up and work out plans for such a distributing enterprise. 



The Canadian Bcc Journal has sold out to the Canadian Horti- 

 culturist, Peterboro, Ontario, the official organ of the Ontario Bee- 

 keepers' Association. Although no official notice has been received 

 to that efifect, it is supposed that all unexpired subscriptions to the 

 Canadian Bcc Journal will be filled with the Horticulturist instead 

 The Horticulturist seems to be a very live periodical pertaining to 

 that line, and a special edition is published for the Bee-keeper, part 

 bees and part pertaining to horticulture. In securing the Horticul- 

 turist, one not only secures the report of the Ontario Association, 

 but gets much pertaining to bee-keeping and horticulture. Thus 

 another Association has its official organ. Success to the Ontario 

 Horticulturist and Bee-keeper. 



"The Present" and "In Prospect." 



When reading the -May Rkview were you not encouraged with 

 the work the National is doing? Are you not proud of the Review 

 as it is? And being proud of it, do you not see clearly that we can 

 reasonably expect to grow into something much larger and stronger 

 in the next ten or twenty years? 



With the growth of the honey can business and glass packages 

 we can continue to get better prices for the members. The two 

 page ad. of the Michigan Association points a way to all the state 

 associations to do themselves and the National much good. One 

 thousand copies are being sent to iMichigan bee-keepers not now 

 taking the iReviEW or belonging to the iMichigan Association. The 

 National's whole work in a membership way is to build the local 

 associations up into large bodies. 



A single state association cannot afl:"ord to remain outside any 

 longer, as it costs the local nothing to come in. and the benefits 

 such as Michigan is getting and others are soon to get. will be very 

 much appreciated. 



