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Manager, and it should be given power, 

 as it now is, to remove him for cause, and 

 to fill his place, and also to fill a vacancj' 

 caused by his death, resignation, or disa- 

 bility; this would allow the board to act 

 in the case of an emergency, but I 

 believe that the power for his annu- 

 al election better remain right where it 

 is — in the hands of the members. With 

 the plan of having two candidates for 

 election, there would be an opportunity 

 for a change if such should be desirable. 

 While we are on this subject of making 

 changes, I wish to second Dr. Miller's 

 view that there are too many members 

 in the board of Directors. The old U. S. 

 Bee Keeper's Union had only five direc- 

 tors. I think that seven would be plenty, 

 and then perhaps some arrangements 

 could be made so that all or nearly all of 

 them could be present at each annual 

 convention. That is, the Association 

 could bear a part of their expenses, when 

 the distance traveled was above a certain 

 number of miles. A face to face meet- 

 ing of the board once a year would ac- 

 complish more than months of tedious 

 correspondence. By electing one less 

 Director, each year, for five years, we 

 would gradually reduce the number to 

 seven. 



It'.^'fKM*^'.**. 



KUGKNE SECOR STII.I. GENERAL MAN- 

 AGER OF THE NATIONAL BEE- 

 KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. 



The following notice, from Mr. E R. 

 Root, has just come to hand, and should 

 be read and heeded by all who have oc- 

 casion to write to the General Manager of 

 the National Association. 



Some little time ago it was announced 

 that Mr. Eugene Secor, General Manager 

 of the National Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 had sent in his resignation, and that the 

 Board of Directors had selected E. T. 

 .\bbott, of St. Joseph, Mo., to fill out his 

 unexpired term. But the Board, in re- 

 viewing its work, after a great deal of 

 writing back and forth, during which 

 valuable time has been lost, finally dis- 

 covered that Mr. Secor's resignation was 

 never formally accepted; that the pro- 



cedure was irregular and out of order by 

 which Mr. Abbott was supposed to be 

 elected. Some complications having 

 arisen, it was decided by the Board not 

 to accept Mr. Secor's resignation, and 

 to request him to fill out the unexpired 

 time, or until the next general election. 

 To this, Mr. Secor has agreed. All dues 

 and membership fees, hereafter, should 

 be sent, as before, to Mr. Eugene Secor, 

 Forest City, la., who is still the General 

 Manager, and will continue to be such 

 till his successor is elected and qualified. 



E. R. ROOT, 

 Acting Chairman of Board of Directors. 



A BUTTON FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION — LET 



NUMBERS ALSO BE USED 



AT CONVENTIONS. 



The difference in thoughts and tastes 

 is well illustrated by the different views 

 expressed regarding the adoption of a 

 button for the members of the National 

 Bee Keepers' Association. Some care 

 little for badges, and give them away to 

 the children; others treasure them as 

 mementos of bygone, delightful gath- 

 erings. Some would be delighted to wear 

 the button of the Association every day 

 of their lives — others "don't go much on 

 buttons." Personally I should be proud 

 to wear the button emblematical of the 

 Association in which I am the most in- 

 terested. Last month I mentioned some 

 of the advantages that would come from 

 the wearing of such a button; but I would 

 not approve of one so expensive that it 

 must be looked after and got back if the 

 wearer allowed his membership to lapse. 

 I have been looking up the matter, and I 

 find that very handsome buttons, litho- 

 graphed in four colors, can be secured 

 for less than five cents each. I should 

 be in favor of sending a button to each 

 person now a member, and to each one as 

 he joins, letting the button remain the 

 property of the person receiving them. 

 If a man should occasionally allow his 

 membership to lapse, I don't know that 

 it would injure the Association if he kept 

 on wearing the button. The only time 

 when there would be any objection, so 

 far as I can see, would be in a convention, 



