ISif.' 



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licfii: :iM(l now it is nl' ilic iitiiuist iniix'i l:iiu'<' 

 tliat Ik- tiikc t liiiiirs slow l\ . ;iii(l trivc N;il iiii- ;i 

 KOdil liiy: I'haiu'i'. aw ;iy from hiisini'ss ami lis 

 atlciitiaiil cares. We cMimkI to liini a lillle 

 "• falhi'ily ailvii'f *■ over llic piinlcil pafic ami 

 \vt' pit'siimt' he will areopt il. even if the tables 

 are tm-iie<1 w itii respeet \o riMationsliip. 



\\'el!. we have also heeii iiriziiiLr thcin. as soon 

 as they reaeh New Orleans hy the Soiitheni 

 I'aeitie. ffoiii Califoniia. to taUe the boat ami 

 run over to Kloi'ida. ami inaUe a short sojoiiiii 

 thi'fe. This tii(\v liave partially consented to 

 do. Now. tiiere ai'e donltlless l)ee-l<e(>pei's. both 

 at New Orleans and in Florida, w l\o would liUe 

 to meet lliem. or. |ierliai>s. would b(> irlad to 

 have them call on them at their homes. If any 

 of our bo(>-Ueepiiifr friends in tlie vicinities 

 named desire to take advantasieof this ojipor- 

 tunity. write A. I. Root at X(>w Orleans, care of 

 ,1. W." Winder. .")T<". :\IaKa/.ine St. Mr. Winder is 

 an old bee-Uei'pinir friend of oiu's, and we take 

 tile litierty of iiavinji tlie correspondence reach 

 him via iiis name. They may iiot reach New 

 Orleans before tlie middle of February, and 

 hence you may not get an immediate reply to 

 your letters. 



Now. you need not tell him any tiling about 

 it. but we have been working a little scheme. 

 They would say it would be impossible for 

 them to go to Cuba : but if w(> could once get 

 them to Florida, we are then in liopes of coaxing 

 ttiem to go down to the '"gem '' of the West In- 

 ilies. and take a look at bee-kee])ing in its ex- 

 tensive projiortions in that fa\'ored clime. Mi. 

 and Mrs. Moot an' not expected to reach home 

 before the first of March: but the weather will 

 still be quite cold at that time, and we hope 

 they may be prevailed on to remain until some 

 time in April. They have been skylarking 

 around the country so fast that we have ?iot 

 been able to follow them noi' to give them any 

 fatherly advice as readily as we might have 

 wished! We are sure that Gleanings will 

 reach them at the earliest possible moment, 

 for it goes everv where. 



TIIK ONUAKIO BEE - KEEPERS' ASSOriATION 

 SEVERS ITS CONNECTION WITH TlIE 



Noirrn American. 

 The following is a copy of the report of the 

 committee appointed by the Ontai'io Bee-keep- 

 ers' Association, to consider the advisability of 

 again alliliating with the N. A. I>. K. A.: said 

 report being subsequently adopted in conven- 

 tion: 



TO THE PUESIDENT AND MEMBEHS OF THE ONTA- 

 JUO BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. 



Yuur coiiiniittee to whom was referred tlie rela- 

 tion of Canadian boe-keei>eistothe North Ameiicun 

 Bee-keeiiers' Association lieff leav(! to lepoi't : 



Tliat the North Anieiican Bee-kee|jers' Associa- 

 tion (as its name implies) was oi-ifriiially founded on 

 an international basis, the United Stati's and Cana- 

 da being- parties toand partners in (lie orjfanization. 

 Fur upward of twenty years, and until a veiy 

 recent period, this international character lias been 

 maintained, notwitlistanding- tlie manifestation of 

 a disposition on the part of some United Stati-s liee- 

 keepers to rejtrard and speak of it as a national 

 institution. This feel in tr took detinite and formal 

 sliape at the annual meeting- lield at Keokuk, Iowa, 

 last }-ear, when a projiosal to inr-orporate tlie asso- 

 ciation under tlie State laws of Illinois was made 

 and ag-reed to. 



Tlie delegates from this association, pre.sent at 

 that meeting, met tlie proposal with earnest reinoii- 

 sti-!iiice, emi>lia1ic protest, and firm oiipositioii; but 

 in spite of their efforts a cf)ni!iiittee was appointed 

 to incorporate tlie body, with headquarters 'it 

 Chicago. One of your delegates was named as a 

 memljer of that committee; hut from what subse- 

 quent l.v transpired he was led to believe that those 

 with whom he was as.sociated cared little for his 

 opinion on the subject. Moreover, we liave reasons 

 for believing that the official report of the Keokuk 



meeting, in tlie niallrr of llir |iiolcsls made liy 

 .\nni- rcpnvciilalivcs llicrc, i> largclj eliioai'terl/.ed 

 Uy t\ mi iipii. ■'Sill mi ; that coniniiinir,-il ions snii |)y 

 tluiii to two leading liee-p:ipcrs in t Ije l' lilted Slates, 

 diseii-^siiig the Mil).ie<t. were mil inibl islieil, a iid Ilia I 

 the gie;il mass of liee-keepe|-s wllliin the jiiiisilir- 

 I ion of I lie association were denied I lie informal Ion 

 nei-essary to a full and proper coiisideiat ion of t he 

 nuitter. and of the means of ari-i\lng at a discreet 

 and .just derision as to the etlect ot incoipoiation If 

 i-aiiied out as proposed. A few weeks ago it was 

 amioniii-ed In l]w Ainrriain Drr Jiiuiniil that incor- 

 poration had been elVeeterl. No paillculars were 

 thenghen. ,Vt the aiinnal ineeling held a month 

 ago In Albany, N. ^■.. the report of the Incoipora- 

 tioii Commlllee (which repoil had never been sub- 

 mitted 1o yoin- repi-esent alive on the comiiilttee. 

 and who was present at the meeting) was presented 

 and adopted. In bie\ily and iiiiivitr i\ is an olliclal 

 (■iiii<isll>-. No infoi inalion Is \-onchsafed as to the 

 tei-ms and conditlnns of incorjioral ion. The bald 

 statement is. "The association Is iiu-orporated un- 

 der the State laws of Illinois;" l hat " t he fi'es are 

 paid, and the certilicate in the hands of the secre- 

 tar.\-." Not a word Is said as tii its inoliable etlect 

 in the other States of the Union, or here in Canada: 

 Iml it enibiaces the important announcenieiil that 

 the incorporators are tlii' " life-members lexUh'iit in 

 the Uiiiliii Slatrx." The life members resident in 

 Cnimdn are (|uietly ignored. Hetore the tinal adoj)- 

 tion of this i-e])oit, one of your lepresentallves at 

 the Albany meeting asked whether '• Incorporation, 

 as now etfected, did not localize the .jnrisfliction of 

 the association, and make it an Illinois institntion," 

 and was answered that the association was "now 

 \ni-n\. hut ittf infliiinci' wniild he iiatii»ial." Wlien he 

 put the (jnestion in another form, he was told, " It 

 was necessary to iiicoriiorate under a State law. hut 

 the oi-ganization would he natiuniil in its charai'ter." 



Vour committee is not in a, position to express an 

 oiiinioii on the futii.e intluence of the association, 

 or to closely sci-ulinize its character; nor is it with- 

 in its province to inquire what yiarticular relation- 

 ship it bears to the bee-keepers of the United 

 Stiites resident o(( »-i(te the limits of Illinois; Imt it 

 has come to the conclusion that Canada has no 

 rights under the new state of things, and that it 

 was not intended she should. This is amply clear 

 from the fact that her life-members are iiol'among- 

 the incorporators, and that tlie widest character 

 and intiuence claimed for it, by its promoters, are 

 " national " and not international. 



Your conimil tee considers that the changed nature 

 of the association is not a mere innovation, but a 

 complete revolution in tlie grouiKhvork and nature 

 of the institution as it w^as lieretofore constituted. 

 Befori'. it was broad and international; now it is 

 local, with hut a declaied mitioiial influence, and 

 your committee look upon this change of organiza- 

 tion as a gross violatit)n of an existing- compai^t, de- 

 liberately carried into etlect in the face of the vig- 

 orous protests of your repi-esentativiis. 



Your committee are unanimously of tlie opinion 

 that the oiil.v couise open to the bee-keepers of 

 Canada. <'on8isleii1 with indeiiendence, self-i-espect, 

 and national dlgnltj', is to retire f lom a iiosition 

 which has become, through no fault ot theirs, 

 anomalous if not hiiiiiiliatlng, and therefore recom- 

 mend that the Ontario Bee-keepers' Association do 

 not continue in alliliation with the so-called North 

 American Bee-keepers' Association. 



Your committee has no hesitation in expressing 

 the helit^f that the bee-keepers of Canada regret the 

 cii'ciimstances that compel the severance of ties 

 wdiich have pleasamly (existed for more tlian a 

 score of years, and in their name lender to the 

 great body of American bee-keepers, which it be- 

 li^'ves are not resiionslble. the assurance of our con- 

 tinued fraternal good will, our high consideration 

 and jordial regards, and of our readiness at all 

 times to co-operate with tlieni in any enterprise 

 calculated to further the interests of the industry 

 in which we are alike engaged. 



All of whicli is respectfully submitted. 



K. MClvMGHT. 



Wm. F. Ci.au ke. 



S. CoilNEIlj. 



Allen Pringle. 



The abovi? came to hand from the secretary, 

 and his language is couched in such a form 

 that one miijlit get the impression that in llie 

 sending of it lie was doing a disagreeable duty, 

 and simply acting under instructions. We were 



