THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



Later. — Just as we go to press we have received a letter in 

 dorsing- the plan. We will publish it in our next issue. 



The plan outlined above by Editor Root is the same as is prac- 

 ticed by the New York Society of Bee-Keepers, which is to arrange 

 a series of meetings so they come a day or two apart, just far enough 

 apart so those wanting to attend more than one m.eeting can do so ; 

 in fact it is a part of the program to have distinguished speakers 

 to make the circuit, all their meetings being scheduled for one week 

 or thereabouts. With a National schedule of this sort, meetings 

 would necessarily have to be further apart than a state series. W^e 

 have no doubt but what President Gates and Secretary Tyrrell, v/ith 

 the co-operation of the local Secretaries, can block out a series of 

 meetings that will bring results. This is one of the most valuable 

 suggestions of the season and should be given consideration. 



The Hopefulness of the Co-operative Movement. 



The statement is trite that farmers cannot hang together, that 

 individualism is so ingrained in their make-up that they \v\\\ not 

 co-operate. And it has been true but is becoming less true each 

 day, as they are proving it false in many instances despite the many 

 defunct co-operative enterprises. John Gratton, one of the board 

 members of the Colorado Farmers' Union, told me that he knew of 

 but one successful co-operative enterprise in Colorado and that was 

 the Colorado Honey Producers' Association, but he amended it 

 shortly after he had said it. But it is not surprising that co-opera- 

 t'on has not succeeded better. It will not succeed until it is needed 

 more. Necessity will make the movement grow. I like to be some- 

 what philosophical about it. We will get the fidly developed, easy 

 running, ball-bearing co-operative movement sometime after we need 

 it badly; not before we need it nor when we need it, but after we 

 have found out that we need it and have gone constructively to 

 work to establish the means necessary. Let us be patient and p'an 

 and not forget that it is surely coming. The National Association 

 or the bee-keepers will have charge of the distribution of the honey 

 crop to the consumers, and the consumer will be a party to the 

 movement. 



The comb honey situation in Indiana is going to change from 

 what most of the bee-keepers expected earlv in the season. 



The extreme hot weather in clover bloom blighted the clover, 

 and cuts the season in two. I am expecting h'gher prices to prevail 

 later, and already (Aug. 11), the market is stiffening perceptibly. 



T am advising our members to not be too hasty in throwing their 

 honey on the market. Geo. W. Wn.r iA>,rs. 



Sec. Indiana State Bee-Keepers" Assn. 



