Publish t Weekly at 118 Michigan St. 



Georgb W. York, Editor. 



$1.00 a Tear — Sample Copy Free. 



38th Year. 



CHICAGO, ILL., NOVEMBER 17, 1898. 



No. 46. 



UNITED STATES BEE-KEEPERS' UNION. 



Report of the 29th Annual Convention Held at 

 Omaha, Nebr., Sept. 13-15, 1898. 



DR. A. B. MASON, SEC. 



LContlnued Irom page 708.1 



SECOND DAY— Forenoon Session. 



The next on the proKrain was a paper from Dr. C. C. 

 Miller, which he read as follows : 



Bec-K.eepers and Supply manuracturers. 



Supply manufacturers and dealers cannot exist without 

 bee-keepers, and bee-keepers would have a good deal harder 



time without those who make aud sell bee-supplies. So there 

 should be the most cordial understandiug, between them. 

 What better place to encourage such understanding than at a 

 convention like this, where both meet face to face? I believe 

 manufacturers are anxious to know Just what will best meet 

 the needs of bee-keepers, that being to their own interest, so 

 let each bee-keeper make known what he desires different, 

 and If his desire cannot be met he may at least have the satis- 

 faction of knowing why It cannot be met. On the other hand, 

 it is possible that manufacturers and dealers may make some 

 suggestions for the benefit of those who order from them. 



By way of introducing the subject, and with no thought 

 of covering any great part of the ground, I may be allowed to 

 say a little as to what I might like, or dislike, from a bee- 

 keeper's standpoint. 



I remember a time when I received — 1 think Ave was the 

 number — large, heavy boxes filled with material to be put 

 together. I opened one, finding part of the pieces I wanted, 

 but not all. There was no means of knowing whether the 

 the parts wanted might not be in the bottom of the box, so 

 almost the entire contents had to be emptied. Not until the 

 fifth box was opened were the proper parts found. Under- 

 standing that there was scarcely room for the boxes in the 

 room where they were, and that it was heavy work moving 

 them around, you may appreciate the situation. The moral 

 of it is, that it will be well In sending out goods to have in 



Exhibit of the Nebraska Commission in the Apiary Building at the Trans -Mississippi Exposition at Omaha. 



