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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAU 



Illinois Honey Exhibits at the 

 World's Fair, and the necessary united 

 efforts to make a credible show, is the 

 theme now engaging the attention of 

 Illinois apiarists. The following from 

 friend A. N. Draper is to the point: 



On page 102 an invitation is given, to 

 every one interested to write at once and 

 give their opinion. I waited to see what 

 some of the prominent bee-keepers would 

 say or do; but it seems as though there is 

 very little interest taken in the move- 

 ment. I cannot understand why it is so, 

 as it seems to me as though the import- 

 ance of this movement can hardly be 

 overestimated. 



Every bee-keeper in the State ought 

 to become a member of the Illinois Bee- 

 Keepers' Association. This would give 

 us a membership of about 10,000 and, 

 with this number of members, wc would be 

 able to accomplish something. To-day, 

 this association has only 16 members, 

 yet with this small number we have se- 

 cured an appropriation of §500 to publish 

 our proceedings. 



Now, it seems to me that with this 

 liberal encouragement the bee-keepers 

 all over the State ought to respond. 

 If we do not receive our just portion of 

 the appropriation for the World's Fair, 

 it will be the fault of the .bee-keepers 

 themselves, for we have the numbers 

 and the influence. The only thing we 

 lack is organization. To get every one 

 interested to join the movement is for 

 the benefit of all bee-keepers, and espe- 

 cially of every one who lives in the State 

 of Illinois. The World's Fair is going to 

 be the biggest thing of the kind that 

 Illinois has ever had. Are the bee- 

 keepers going to sit still and let the 

 brothers from some other State come 

 right to their own home and outdo 

 them? 



Send your name and address with §1 

 to Mr. James A. Stone, Bradfordton, Ills., 

 and have your name enrolled as a mem- 

 ber, and the sooner the better, for in 

 union there is strength. The list of 

 members should reach into the hundreds 

 by the time we meet in September, even 

 though the members are not all there. 

 But for my part, I should be pleased to 

 see every bee-keeper in the State there, 

 and all of his friends who may be 

 interested in bee-culture. Come if you 

 possibly can, and if you cannot come, 

 why, at least have your name placed 

 upon the roll of members, and help the 

 movement all that you can, and in no 

 way can you help the cause of bee-cul- 

 ture, more than in this. 



If the bee-keepers all over the State 

 will join in this movement, we will have 

 from $2,500 to $3,000, and perhaps 

 from $6,000 to $10,000 to place the 

 exhibit where it ought to be. But this 

 result cannot be reached unless we can 

 make the Illinois Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion what it ought to be. It should 

 number, at least, from 500 to 1,000. 

 There will be a good many other benefits 

 that will accrue from an organization 

 like this, and which can be secured in no 

 other w^ay. Let us show to our Legisla- 

 ture that their action is appreciated by 

 us; that we are worthy of their appreci- 

 ation and assistance. 



I heartily endorse what Mr. Stone has 

 to say on page 102 of the Bee Jouenal, 

 about the meeting in September. We 

 can get all we want, or need, if we will 

 only unite and work; but we havie no 

 time to lose. If we hold back, and wait 

 for some one else to do the work, we will 

 not accomplish much. We want the 

 influence and respect that our numbers 

 should command. A. N. Drapeti. 



Upper Alton, Ills., Aug. 5, 1891. 



The editor of the Bee Journal iast 

 week had an interview with the Com- 

 mittee of Agriculture of the Board of 

 Managers of the Illinois State Exhibit, 

 , relative to the proportion which should 

 be credited to apiarists for their exhibit 

 at the World's Fair. The necessities of 

 the case were argued, pro and con. and 

 the chairman, with the concurrence of 

 the Committee, said: "You may say to 

 your people that they will receive tlieir 

 full share of the appropriation, and all 

 the space and attention necessary to 

 make the exhibit of Bees and Honey a 

 grand success."' 



Mr. Draper is quite right. With 

 a united- front, we can obtain all ihe 

 recognition we want. In all depart- 

 ments of life, energy and united eff-rts 

 accomplish great undertakings. 



Mr. John P. Reynolds has been elected 

 Director-in-Chief, at a salary of $7,000 

 a year, out of which he has to pay the 

 expenses of his office. In a letter to 

 Hon. J. M. Hambaugh, in reply to -ne 

 sent him on the subject, he says : 



I recognize the interest you refer to 

 (bee-keeping, supplies and products) as 

 an important one, and as a department 

 of general agriculture which hasalway.^. 



