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Mr. C. r. Dadant has resigned as 

 director of the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, and the Executive Com- 

 mittee has appointed, as his succes- 

 sor, Mr. L. A. Hatch, of Richland Cen- 

 ter, Wisconsin. Mr. Hatch has had 

 some experience in the organization 

 and management of honey exchanges, 

 and just at present this experience 

 may be found valuable. 



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The Chicago convention was well 

 attended and everything passed off 

 very nicely. There were representa- 

 tives from Ontario, Michigan, Ohio, 

 Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Mis- 

 souri. The Chicago bee-keepers were 

 very hospitable. All bee-keepers from 

 outside the city were taken home and 

 taken care of. Future Issues of the 

 Review will contain items of what 

 was said "at the Chicago cenvention." 



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Organization and co-operation are 

 subjects upon which 1 had intended 

 writing a summing up for publication 

 in this issue, but I have received so 

 many excellent articles on the sub- 

 ject, and expect to use some of them 

 HI future Issues, that I think a sum- 

 ming up better be deferred until some 

 future time. In my opinion, the best 

 and most practical and helpful article 

 on this subject, that appears in this 

 issue, Is that of Mr. Herman Rauch- 

 fuss, and to him has been awarded 

 the promised $5.00. 



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Queen cages, some of them at least, 

 ought to be stronger than they are. 

 More than one cage has come to me 

 this season badly crushed or split, and 

 the bees gone. Some to whom I have 

 sent queens have reported such mis- 

 haps to me. If this thing goes on we 

 may lose the privilege of sending 

 queens through the mails. Some of 

 the mail sacks full of mail are pretty 

 heavy, and, at the large centers, they 

 are often piled up several feet In 

 height. The pressure is very great, 

 and a small pine block, with the Inside 

 all bored out of it, is more easily 

 crushed than one would suppose. The 

 facts show that they are sometimes 

 crushed. Let's put In a little more 

 wood. Make them wider and longer 

 so that there will be wood enough to 

 prevent crushing. To have the queens 

 thrown out of the mails would be a 

 serious calamity. 



