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go to a convention to further the inter- 

 ests of their business, and it is entirely 

 proper that they should, but the honey 

 producer comes mostly, principally, and 

 all of the time, "to see the boys and have 

 a good time. ' ' I will admit that many 

 things in regard to the managing of bees 

 for profit are still learned at conventions; 

 and these gatherings would still be as 

 valuable for this purpose now as in days 

 of yore, were it not for the great number 

 of most excellent and low-priced journals 

 devoted to the business. No sooner does 

 a bee-keeper make some discovery than 

 he reports it to his favorite journal; the 

 other journals copy it; and b}- the time 

 that a convention meets, there is nothing 

 new to talk about — it has all been told. 



But the social feature of a convention is 

 not to be sneered at. The friction of 

 mind against mind, this rubbing up against 

 our fellows, brightens us, sharpens our 

 wits, gives us broader views, and makes 

 us better bee-keepers and better men. 

 Then there is the pleasure of it. This life 

 is not simply a life of dollars and cents. 

 At least it ought not to be. The man 

 who has worked at home, all summer, 

 owes himself, and his wife, an annual 

 outing with kindred spirits. 



From a business point of view, the use- 

 fulness of bee-keepers' associations in the 

 future will be the accomplishment of 

 those objects that require united action — 

 those that bring to mind the motto: "In 

 union there is strength." Associations 

 can accomplish things that are beyond 

 the power and purse of the private in- 

 dividual. See what legislation has been 

 secured for bee-keepers, both in United 

 States and in Canada, through united 

 action — through association. Foul brood 

 laws, laws against the spraying of trees 

 while in bloom, laws against adulteration 

 of honey, the protection of bee-keepers in 

 their right to keep bees, lower freight 

 rates, etc., have all come from association. 

 The Bee-Keepers' Union stands ready to 

 defend bee-keepers in their rights, to as- 

 sist in the passage of needed laws, to 

 prosecute adulterators, to help its mem- 



bers in any way wherein is required uni- 

 ted action. United action, in the shape 

 of Exchanges, has done much for bee- 

 keepers in the way of bu)dng supplies and 

 selling honey. It is in such directions as 

 these that lies the work of Associations 

 in the future. 



*«jr**.»>iF*^%» 



W. J. CR.\IG, EDITOR OF THE CANADIAN 

 BEE JOURN.A.I,. 



I take pleasure in showing a picture of 

 the new man who has taken the place of 

 R. F. Holtermann, as editor of the Cana- 

 dian Bee Journal. Mr. Craig was born 

 near the old city of Londonderry, Ireland, 

 and came to this country about ten years 

 ago. He soon formed the acquaintance 

 of Mr. Holtermann, from whom he took 

 his first lesson in bee-keeping. Two 

 years later he engaged with the Goold, 

 Shapley & Muir Co., to assist in their 

 apiary and supply-business. This, to- 

 gether with his attendance at conventions 

 and exhibitions has put him in touch 

 with the bee-keeping world; and I am 

 pleased to see him start out as well as he 

 has with the Canadian Bee Journal. 



