1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Questiot;)'Box^ 



In the multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety.— Frov. 11-14. 



Amalgamation of the IVortli 

 American and tbe Union. 



Query 985.— 1. Do you favor the amalga- 

 mation of the Bee-Keepers' Union and the 

 North American Bee-Keepers' Association, as 

 proposed in the editorials on pages 444, 445 

 and 446 of the American Bee Journal ? 



2. If not, why not ? 



B. Taylor— 1. Yes. 



J. M. Jenkins — Yes. 



W. G. Larrabee — 1. Yes. 



Dr. C. C. Miller.— 1. Sure. 



Rev. E. T. Abbott— 1. Yes. 



G. M. Doolittle — I am undecided as to 

 what would be best. 



Chas. Dadant & Son — 1. We do not 

 know of any objection to the plan. 



Jas. A. Stone — 1. Yes, with both 

 hands up. Why did not some one say so 

 before ? 



W. R. Graham — 1. I would not object 

 toil. 2. "In union there is strength," 

 and that is what we need. 



Rev. M. Mahin — 1. I have not given 

 the subject any thought, and have no 

 settled opinion concerning it. 



M. H. Mendleson — 1. "In union there 

 is strength," so I vote for the amalga- 

 mation of the Bee-Keepers' Union and 

 the North American. 



Prof. A. J. Cook — 1 and 2. No and yes, 

 on the principle of "Let well enough 

 alone." It might help both, save machin- 

 ery, and lose none of its usefulness. 



Mrs. J. N. Heater — 1. I am sorry to 

 say I am not a member of either, and 

 have not given it much thought; but if 

 one organization could do for both, I 

 would favor it if I were a member. 



R. L. Taylor — 1. Yes, when a plan of 

 union is sufiBcieutly digested to insure 

 an effective organization. It is a bad 

 omen that there is much more talk about 

 a union than about a plan of union. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown— 1. No. 2. Each 

 body has its separate and distinct work 

 to do, and that work can be more vigor- 

 ously and profitably prosecuted when 

 under the immediate direction of its 

 special management. 



L. Eastwood — The Bee-Keepers' Un- 

 ion, which came into being for a special 

 purpose, and has served that purpose 

 well, I fail to see how it can be benefitted 

 by uniting with any society whose aims 

 are not identical. I say no. 



Mrs. L. Harrison — 1 and 2. I see no 

 reason why they should not unite, as 

 their interests are identical. " United 

 we stand, divided we fall." I would be 

 sorry to see any harm accrue to the Bee- 

 Keepers' Union, as it has done such good 

 work for our industry. 



Eugene Secor — 1. I'm afraid I don't. 

 And yet I may be convinced that it 

 ought to be done. 2. I have doubts 

 about the successful union of the two 

 societies. If the Bee-Keepers' Union 

 gets loaded down with more work than 

 it can perform, its usefulness is past. 

 It has something to its credit now. Why 

 not let well enough alone ? The North 

 American, too, has done some effective 



work. The trouble with the latter is, 

 we get it overloaded with a constitution, 

 or its constitution overloaded. It ought 

 to be very short and simple. But I'll 

 not argue. Perhaps the other fellows 

 will overcome my objections to the pro- 

 posed " marriage." 



Allen Pringle — 1. Yes, I favor the 

 union, so far as I have anything to say 

 in the matter, for several reasons, the 

 principal one being that the North 

 American would be greatly benefited 

 thereby — placed on its feet, as it were — 

 while the Bee-Keepers' Union need not 

 necessarily be injured. 



E. France— 1. No. 2. The North 

 American Bee-Keepers' Asssociation is 

 a movable affair. A few men are perma- 

 nent members, the attendance and mem- 

 bers are mostly men that live near by — 

 the next year you have aaother set, and 

 so on. I think the Union will be stronger 

 by itself. Any one who has any interest 

 in the Union can join it. 



J. E. Pond — 1. I don't think the asso- 

 ciations should be amalgamated. 2. The 

 object of the Union is special, its pur- 

 poses are defensive. I do not think that 

 in this case union would be strength. In 

 some respects they might, and probably 

 would be antagonistic. The Union is 

 all right. Let the members of the asso- 

 ciation join it as individuals, and thus 

 preserve the Union as a power. 



Wm. M. Barnum — 1 and 2. Competi- 

 tion is the life of every business. It may 

 stimulate the quiet ones to better efforts, 

 if a little healthy competitive enthusi- 

 asm is worked up. Then, again (and 

 here I presume 1 disagree with some), I 

 should prefer that each nation have its 

 own representative and independent as- 

 sociation. I am not in favor of it ; as 

 above stated reasons explain. 



Wm. Muth-Rasmussen — 1. If I re- 

 member correctly, I have been a mem- 

 ber of the Bee-Keepers' Union since its 

 inception. I am in favor of joining the 

 Union with the North American Bee- 

 Keepers' Association. If the annual fee 

 could be fixed at .Sl.OO, and each mem- 

 ber get the American Bee Journal free 

 (the Association to pay for it), I think It 

 would bring a large membership. 



C. Theilmann — 1. I vote no on the 

 question. 2. We have a good Union, 

 with money and good management. We 

 don't know whether we will have such by 

 amalgamating the two. The past has 

 scored victories for the Union. What 

 has the North American to show ? It is 

 like a colony of bees that has the swarm- 

 ing-fever, and is waiting for stores, 

 while a good colony is filling the hive 

 with surplus. No, no ! No amalgama- 

 tion for me. 



G. W. Demaree — 1. I feel very little 

 interest in the question as to its sub- 

 stance. But decidedly. No. 2. Simply 

 because the two institutions are entirely 

 separate and dissimilar as to purpose. 

 The North American Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation has for its purpose the work 

 of popularizing bee-culture, while the 

 Union was formed to defend the rights 

 of bee-keepers before the law. A union 

 between the two would destroy the in- 

 fluence of both. 



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