400 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



the brcoks hum their soft and gleeful babblings as the sparkling 

 water drops race each other toward the distant sea. When the 

 fields and woodlands are flush with flowers, when the dewdrops 

 shine and glitter like diamonds in a bright springtime morning and 

 the bees hum gleeful soliquies as they go and come with their precious 

 loads of nectar, the hope of the bee-keeper is like a lover's dream, 

 fraught only with unspeakable gratitude, yet while we are often 

 shrouded with this lover's dream, danger is often lying- hidden and 

 lurking under the undercurrent of the brilliant canopy, and we are 

 not aware of when or how soon the storm will break into fur}^ and 

 he who is a great bee-master must be able at a moment's notice 

 to stem and turn the tide, for the bees will do all they can, never 

 fear, and will depend on you to do the rest. 



Brother bee-keepers, it is our duty as a body of bee-keepers to 

 join hands at this time in the furtherance of our cause, and to help 

 the Vv'eaker members of our organization, of whom I am sure we all 

 feel proud. Now let us join hands and co-operate one with another 

 to advance our cause, and extend it so as to incorporate the entire 

 state, doing all that we can now, looking forward to a brighter day 

 for the bee-men in the state of Texas. We have a new foul brood 

 law passed at our last legislature, which will greatly aid us in the 

 eradication of this dreaded scourge, where it now exists, and we are 

 hopeful to cope with it wherever it may make its appearance. W^e 

 are delighted at the co-operation that has been accorded our able 

 state entomologist. Prof. Wilmon Newell, by the bee-keepers in the 

 infested districts in an effort to stamp out this dreadful disease 

 among the bees. We are hopeful and anxious that this co-operation 

 will not only be as great as it has been, l)ut Avill grow greater, until 

 the disease will have disappeared from our midst. 



We are also gratified at the able support the bee-keepers of 

 Texas accorded their exhibit at the state fair last year. The co- 

 operation accorded the bee-keepers' exhibit at the state fair gave the 

 bee-keepers a great prestige as an organized body of men who are 

 caring for one line of our agricultural industry. The exhibit showed 

 to the world what honey really was, and what could be done with 

 bees, and the mysterious art of knowing their lives and habitat. 

 The thinking bee-keeper will see and know the gravity of this at a 

 glance. 



Now let us lay down any personal dififerences, if any exist, and 

 we know that bee-keepers have no personal differences, for they are 

 the biggest hearted fellows on earth — and get down to the great 

 matter of furthering our industry for the edification of the cause and 

 the greater aggrandizement of our Empire State of Texas. 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: B. M. 

 Caraway. Mathis, Tex., president; W. H. Laws, Beeville, Tex., vice- 

 president; W. C. Collier, Goliad, Tex., secretary-treasurer. 



