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of the valuable time of the conven- 

 tion. While at times conventions 

 are overburdened with long essays, 

 yet we feel assured when any sub- 

 ject of importance is to be brought 

 before the meeting it is far better 

 that it should be introduced with a 

 short paper prepared by some per- 

 son who is especially adapted to 

 write it ; we think that this has 

 been found a valuable aid in other 

 bodies, and would be equally val- 

 uable to us, but at the Toronto 

 meeting tliere was almost an entire 

 lack of papers on any subject. 



We feel convinced that there 

 are many obstacles to be overcome 

 ere the subject of how to organize 

 and conduct an association which 

 shall properly and most fully rep- 

 resent the interests of American 

 beekeepers is mastered. What we 

 most need is a national beekeepers' 

 association which shall be made up 

 of delegates from each state associ- 

 ation, whose expenses or a portion 

 of them, at least, shall be paid by 

 the state association. 



When we shall have formed such 

 an association as this, and have 

 established a permanent location 

 for the place of our annual meet- 

 ing or at least one which shall 

 change only occasionally, then and 

 then only can we hope for the 

 desired results. 



Our Canadian friends evinced 

 great pride in escorting us to the 

 fair grounds, where in a building 

 about 40 X 120 feet, the honey and 

 apiarian supply exhibit was held, 

 and justly merit all the praise that 

 has been bestowed upon them, for 

 there never has been an e:^hibition 

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of like character and like magni- 

 tude made on this continent. 



As we looked upon the vast 

 mountain of beautiful white honey 

 in sections, and the extracted 

 honey in handsomely labelled re- 

 ceptacles, ranging from two ounces 

 to five pounds, piled tier upon tier 

 to the lofty rafters of the building, 

 we could but wonder where all this 

 honey came from ; and we hope 

 and trust that the majority of our 

 beekeepers who witnessed it re- 

 turned home with the determina- 

 tion to see if the beekeepers of the 

 United States could not get up a 

 honey exhibition worthy of the 

 comments of their Canadian cous- 

 ins. There is no reason why we 

 should be so backward and behind 

 the times in this matter. 



The Northeastern Beekeepers' 

 Association turned out in force, 

 and there were present the Presi- 

 dent, Secretar}' and Treasurer, 

 together with about forty New 

 York beekeepers. We also had 

 with us Mr. Miller, President of 

 the Northwestern Association. In 

 fact, almost every portion of Amer- 

 ica, north, south, east and west, 

 was well represented, and we all 

 had a " good time," and shall long 

 remember our pleasant trip to To- 

 ronto. There are many things 

 that we would like to say, but 

 space forbids at this time. 



INTERESTING NOTES. 



Charles H. Lake, manager of 

 Sunny Side Apiary, Baltimore, 

 Md., kindly sends us copies of the 

 Baltimore Sun of Sept. 8, contain- 



