THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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by any state or county association 

 which is struggling to bring about 

 this needed reform, but it is a 

 question which sliould be decided 

 by a mass meeting of the leading 

 apiarists from all sections of the 

 country ; and this never can be 

 accomplished until we have a 

 national association founded upon 

 solid principles. Any supply dealer 

 who runs a large business may 

 adopt one style of hive with frames 

 and sections to correspond, and by 

 manufacturing large quantities be 

 able to sell them at a price below 

 that given by others who do not 

 run a specialty. This obliges 

 smaller dealers to follow ; hence, 

 the goods of the larger dealer must 

 to a large extent become a stand- 

 ard. 



It is with pleasure tliat we look 

 upon the endeavors of the members 

 of the N. E. B. A. to grapple with 

 this question, and indeed this asso- 

 ciation has taken advanced steps 

 in the right direction, and yet the 

 matter must be brought before a 

 national tribunal. The English 

 beekeepers' Association is support- 

 ed by those who have large means 

 and who are able to give liberally 

 to the support of the association, 

 but we are confident that when we 

 systematize the matter of associa- 

 tions and so establish and arrange 

 it that we have a live and solid 

 national association and an auxil- 

 iary in every state in the Union, 

 which is l)ut a portion of and 

 subject to the national association, 

 sending delegates each year to a 

 convention held by the national 

 association ; then, and only then. 



can we properly disseminate the 

 knowledge of beekeeping and de- 

 cide questions of importance. 



From an extensive acquaintance 

 with the leading apiarists of this 

 countr}^ and a knowledge of the 

 needed reforms, we feel certain that 

 numbers of our beekeepers who 

 now are holding back would enter 

 most heartily into the work and 

 support associations of this charac- 

 ter. We await further suggestions 

 regarding this matter and hope to 

 meet at Toronto a large number of 

 our apiarists from all portions of 

 the United States who have given 

 this subject serious thought. We 

 look forward with great interest to 

 the deliberations of the North 

 American Association. Let us 

 rally to the work and see if we 

 cannot accomplish the desired re- 

 sults. 



BEE NOTES. 

 In many portions of our country, 

 when this number of the " Api " 

 reaches our readers the honey season 

 will almost have passed, and the la- 

 bor of properly preparing our colo- 

 nies for the coming winter will be 

 the next dut3\ Our last number 

 contained invaluable advice regard- 

 ing the honey market and shipping 

 our honey, and this number is largeh'- 

 devoted to the coming preparations 

 for winter. 



As the nights grow cool contract 

 the surplus room, and if necessary 

 feed the bees to keep them breeding 

 and active. After the surplus 

 honey is removed and properly 

 stored, examine your bees and see 

 that the queens are all right ; con- 

 tract the brood-chambers, sjivins: 



