1903 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



625 



year from the time of said payment, except as provid- 

 ed in Section 10 of Article V. of this constitution. No 

 member who is in arrears for dues, as shown by the 

 books of the General Manager, shall be eligible to 

 any ofifice in this Association; if such disqualification 

 occur during the term of any officer, the office shall at 

 once become vacant. 



Sec. 2, to be amended as follows: 



Sec. '2. — Whenever a local bee-keepers' association 

 shall decide to unite with this Association as a bodj', 

 it will be received upon payment by the local Secreta- 

 ry of 50 cents per member per annum. 



Article W.— Officers. 

 Sec. 1, to be amended to read as follows 

 Sec. 1. — The officers of this Association shall be a 

 General Manager, a President, a Vice-president, a 

 Secretary, whose terms of office shall be for one year, 

 and a Board of twelve directors, whose term of office 

 shall be four years, or until their successors shall be 

 elected. 



Sec. ;i. to be amended to read as follows: 

 Se:c. 3. — The President, Vice-president, Secretary, 

 and General Manager shall be elected by ballot, dur- 

 ing the month of December of each year, by a plurali- 

 ty vote of the members, and assume the duties of their 

 respective offices on the first of January succeeding 

 their election. 

 Sec. 4, to be amended to read as follows: 

 Sec. -I.— The President, Vice-president, Secretary, 

 and General Manager shall constitute the Kxecutive 

 Committee. 

 Sec. 5. to be amended to read as follows: 

 Sec o. — The Directors to succeed the three whose 

 terfn of office expires each year shall be elected by 

 ballot during the month ot December of each year by 

 a plurality vote of tne members The three candi- 

 dates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be 

 elected, and assume the duties of their office on the first 

 of lanuary succeeding their election. The Board of Di- 

 rectors shall prescribe how all the votes of the mem- 

 bers shall be taken, and said Board may prescribe 

 equitable rules and regulations governing nomina- 

 tions for the several offices. 

 Article V.. Sec .'^ to be amended to read as follows: 

 Sec. .3 — It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep 

 a record of the proceedings of the annual meeting; to 

 receive membership fees; give a receipt for the same, 

 and turn all moneys received over to the Treasurer of 

 the .\.ssociation, together with the names and postoffice 

 addresses of those who become members; to make an 

 annual report of all moneys received and paid over by 

 him. which report shall be published with the annual 

 report of the General Jlanager; and to perform .such 

 other duties as may be required of him by the Associa- 

 tion: and he shall receive such sum for his services as 

 may be granted him by the Directors. 



Article VII. — Vacancies. — Amend by adding the 

 following clause to the end thereof : Any resignation 

 of a member of the Board of Directors shall be tender- 

 ed to the E.xecutive Committee: any resignation of a 

 member of the Executive Committee shall be tendered 

 to the Board of Directors. 



Article IX. — Amendments.— This constitution may 

 be amended by a majority vote of all the members 

 voting, providfng such propo.sed amendment has been 

 approved by a majority vote of the members present 

 at the last annual meeting of the A.ssociation, and 

 copies of the proposed amendment, printed or written, 

 shall have been mailed to each member at least 45 

 davs before the annual election. 



HONF.Y-CROP FOR 1903; QUANTITY AND 

 QUALITY, PRICES, ETC. 



This has been a peculiar season; but, 

 taking- all thing's into consideration, there 

 will be more white-clover honey this year 

 than last. The season has been exception- 

 all3' good in a great part of the white-clo- 

 ver region, particularly in "Wisconsin, Min- 

 nesota, Illinois. Iowa, Indiana, and Ohio. 

 In some of the Southern States the season 

 has been poor. In the New England States 

 there has been an almost complete failure; 

 but recent rains have toned up the situa- 

 tion so that some honey will be secured. 

 The yield of white honey has been light in 

 many parts of New York; but, as in the 



New England States, the recent rains have 

 improved conditions, but not quite enoug-h to 

 affect materially the crop of white honey, 

 but sufficient to make, probably, a fair flow 

 from buckwheat. 



In Pennsylvania the season has been 

 poor to fair. In Nevada and Utah the sea- 

 son has been good, and the honey is of first 

 quality. In Arizona the flow has been less 

 than the average. In Kansas and Nebras- 

 ka the crop has been light in most sections. 

 In Washington the season has been poor. 

 Texas will not come up to the average. 

 Idaho has had a severe loss of bees. In 

 Colorado there may possibly be the usual 

 crop, but the season was unfavorable in the 

 early part of it. In Southern California, 

 notwithstanding- the early prospects were 

 so flattering-, there will be only about a 

 third of a crop. In the central part of the 

 State the season is little if any better. 



As to the quality, the honey will be ex- 

 tra-fine this 5^ear; and even if there should 

 be more of it this year than last, it will be 

 so much better that the prices ought to hold 

 the level of last year, especially if we take 

 into consideration the g-eneral advance in 

 other things during- the past year. In the 

 Eastern markets, where production has 

 been light, there ought to be a general ton- 

 ing-up of prices. There will not be a large 

 amount of California honey shipped east 

 this year, probably; so what little honey is 

 produced ought to bring- g-ood prices. 



The following- reports are from leading- 

 bee-keepers and dealers in bee-keepers' 

 supplies throughout the United States. 



After writing the foregoing the weather 

 turned cold, and this seems to be general 

 over a great portion of the United States. 

 If this cool weather continues it will chop 

 the flow from white clover almost square 

 off. That being the case, the expected 

 crop will not be as large by considerable 

 as seemed likely on the surface of things 

 three days ago. 



For convenience the reports are arranged 

 alphabetically by States. 



Telegram — Present indications for honey crop, less 

 than averagis; irrigation water short; we expect fair 

 prices. Wm. Rohrig. 



Tempe, Arizona, July 9. 



Telegram. — One-third crop for Southern California. 

 Price, extracted, five to six cents ; comb, ten to eleven. 

 Union Hive and Box Co. 

 I,os Angeles, Cal., July 8. 



Telegram. — Present estimate from crop reports in, 

 not over one-third. Geo. W. Brodbeck. 



Los Angeles, Cal., July 6. 



Up to the present time the prospects are not very 

 flattering. We made our first extracting about June 

 20; very little poor-grade comb honey taken off thus 

 far; but the carpet-grass may give us considerable 

 honey later in the season, as has been the case in 

 former years We do not look for more than an aver- 

 age crop at the best. Wessing Bros. 



Nicolaus. Cal.. July 8. 



We are having a very late season this j-ear, and for 

 this reason it is hard ^o say at present what the crop 

 will be. Bees came through in a rather weak condi- 

 tion, and many colonies are not strong enough to 

 work in the sections yet: however, the weather condi- 

 tions during the past two weeks^ have been favorable ; 

 and should this continue we may yet hope for a fair 

 crop of honey. Frank Rauchfuss. 



Denver, Col., July 8. 



