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humor, in good appetite, and in large 

 numbers. 



As for our people ? With the kind co- 

 operation of the railroads, we'll bring 

 them to Denver in crowds. There'll be 

 as many of our folks as of yours, if you 

 dare ! And before we are done with you, 

 you'll be ours and we'll be yours. 



Scatter the news ! Tell it in Gath and 

 Askelon. We'll tell it wherever Denver 

 papers circulate. 



Yours truly, 



D. W. WORKING. 

 Secretary Colo. State Asso. 



It is very evident to me that the man 

 who misses the coming convention at 

 Denver will miss the treat of his life time. 

 I expect to see it outstrip its predecessors 

 in every possible manner — and that is 

 saying a great deal. But look at the 

 conditions: In the heart of the great 

 West, and for the Jirsi time. Bee-keepers 

 of both high and low degree, all over the 

 West, will flock to it. The local arrange- 

 ments, upon which the success of a con- 

 vention is so largely dependent, are in 

 the hands of very capable men. The 

 rates on the railroads will be low. It is 

 at the right time of the year — before cold 

 weather, and after the work and heat of 

 the season are over. The sights to be 

 seen in and around Denver are equal to 

 any on earth. Go to Denver, meet the 

 boys, have one grand holiday, and go 

 home loaded w'th enthusiasm and new 

 ideas — the two things upon which all suc- 

 cesses have been builded. 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON, 



President. 



HOW SHAI.I, OFFICERS FOR THE NATION- 

 AL ASSOCIATION BE NOMINATED ? 

 The National Association of Bee-Keep- 

 ers has been prospering of late, in a way 

 that it has never before prospered. It 

 has been increasing in numbers and 

 wealth. It is to be hoped that the end is 

 not yet; that it will go on and on, and not 

 only increase in numbers and wealth, but 

 do more and more for the good of bee- 

 keepers. Naturally, as its numbers and 

 responsibilities increase, new features 

 come up. Methods that answered every 



purpose when the members were few, 

 are now lacking in some particular. Sev- 

 eral changes were made last year at Buf- 

 falo, or, rather, suggested there, and 

 afterwards carried at the annual election. 

 One thing that received much discussion, 

 but upon which no vote was taken, was 

 that of making nominations in advance 

 of election. Since the organization of 

 the Association, I believe every officer 

 has succeeded hi mself. So far as I know, 

 no harm has yet resulted from such a 

 practice. S^me have said, if no harm 

 has resulted from this course, why not 

 allow it to go on in this same way ? Of 

 course, there is good sense in the old saj'- 

 ing of "letting well enough alone," but 

 nearly all of these old saws have their 

 counterpart; for instance, there is one 

 that says "in time of peace prepare for 

 war." Because we have never seen the 

 necessit}' of electing a successor to a di- 

 rector or general manager, is no sign that 

 we never will. It may become very ap- 

 parent that some man is not fit for the 

 position that he occupies, or circumstan- 

 ces may exhibit some other man's quali- 

 ties in such a light as to show, decidedly, 

 that he is the best possible man for a di- 

 rector or a manager. With our present 

 system it would be simply impossible to 

 vote the undesirable man out of office, 

 and vote in the better man. We can not 

 come out publicly and say that Mr. 

 Blank is behind the times, or too slow, 

 or lacking in business methods, or neg- 

 lects his business, or has this or that 

 fault. It would be too cruel, and could 

 not be thought of for an instant; but, if 

 we were in the habit, each year, of nom- 

 inating, say, two candidates, for each of- 

 fice, there would then be an opportu- 

 nity of voting this man out of office and 

 electing his successor. When two 

 men are nominated for the same 

 office, it is not considered a reflection 

 upon the one not elected, as it is simply 

 impossible to elect them both. The weak 

 point, or, at least, one of the weak points, 

 in the management of the National As- 

 sociation, is that no nominations are 



