AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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say that apicultnral affairs in this 

 state are in a very satisfactory con- 

 dition. Onr Toul brood,' and 'bogus 

 lioney' laws, backed by a determina- 

 tion to enforce them, have proven all 

 that could be de-sired." 



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Mr. Adrian Getaz. who reviews the 

 rench bee papers for us, says that in 

 ranee the American Bee-Keeper is 

 ore frequently quoted than all other 

 merican bee .iournals combined. 

 >I1. the -sagacity of the French, you 

 lOw, is admitted everywhere. 



Mr. E. E. Wilson, Dabney, Ark.. 

 ys that of all the bee papers he 

 kes, none have given him so much 

 ;ht upon the suliject of bee-keeping 

 the American Bee-Keeper. We are 

 id to know our ef¥©rts are appreciat- 



recent letter from President W. 



Marks, of the New York State As- 



j>clation of Bee-Keepers' Societies, 



Iparts this very gratifying informa- 



\n: "I will take this opportunity to 



"Notes and Comments,'' in the Cana- 

 dian Bee Journal, is presided over by 

 a York County Bee-Keeper, who is, 

 evidently, a capable apiarist as well as 

 an entertaining writer. He objects, 

 liowever, to the language used in one 

 department of a certain American bee 

 paper, and says it Iwrders on the bar- 

 room type of talk. If oui" York Coun- 

 try friend intends this for a slap at 

 Deacon Hardscral)ble, we advise him 

 to Ivee]) a liglit liurning in hisS room 

 liereafter, unless his nerves are in ex- 

 cellent trim. The Deacon intimates 

 that he has a little score to settle over 

 in Canada; and may be thi-s is it. We 

 all make mistakes sometimes, and 

 York County Bee-Keeper makes a big 

 one in the same issue of the Canadian 

 Bee -Tournal when he credits the 

 article. "A Popular F^allacv," to "A. 

 B. K." 



FACTIONS OF THE CRAFT. 



Over in Ireland the federated bee- 

 keepers have for years been doing all 

 possible to secure protective foul brood 

 laws. English bee-keepers are equally 

 de-sirous of the same thing upon their 

 Island. Ireland has contended that 

 cordial co-operation between the two 

 countrie.s was important, if the desired 

 ends were to be accomplished. The 

 English society thinks Ireland is "too 

 small potatoes" to mix up with such 

 an important organization as the Brit- 

 ish Bee-Keepers' Association in any 

 •such ])roposition, and proposes to "go 

 it alone." The Irish regard the Eng- 

 lish attitude as a snub, which is for- 

 mally resented, and the resentment is, 

 in turn, ofRcially turned down as "a 

 misrepresentation" which it "feels 

 bound to defend." Therefore, there is 

 likely to result an estrangement be- 

 tween two important societies which 

 should be working hand in hand for 

 the welfare of apiarian interests in the 

 allied countries. 



It has been proposed, by members 

 of the National Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, that when a serious break occur- 

 red in its ranks, it would be by a di- 

 vision of the democrats and the aristo- 

 crats of the organization. It looks as 

 if our brethren over the sea may have 

 already reached thi-s condition of af- 

 fairs. 



