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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



The Future of the Review 



At St. Louis a year ago approxi- 

 mately two-fifths of the delegates 

 voted in favor of turning the Review 

 over to some friendly auxiliary, while 

 the majority were in favor of the Na- 

 tional continuing its publication. The 

 element who would favor the discon- 

 tinuing the publication of the Review 

 by the National will be in Denver, 

 even stronger than at St. Louis a 

 year ago. This element who will op- 

 pose the publishing of the Review by 

 the National, will also opose all fi- 

 nancial dealings, i. e., the sale of 

 supplies, honey or other dealings 

 likely to bring the National in- 

 to commercialism. Their aim would 

 be something like the proposed change 

 in the constitution which reads: "The 

 object of this Association shall be to 

 promote the interests of beekeeping 

 by the dissemination of useful and 

 scientific knowledge concerning the 

 care of Honey Bees and their pro- 

 ducts; the care of and marketing of 

 hive products; to promote social rela- 

 tions between those engaged in bee- 

 keeping; to create and maintain great- 

 er public interest in Beekeeping and 

 its importance in relation to Agri- 

 culture and Horticulture, and to ad- 

 vance the welfare of the members by 

 all means not inconsistent with this 

 constitution and laws hereinafter 

 adopted." With very small emphasis 

 on that phrase which reads "the care 

 of and marketing of Hive products." 

 Their aim is a noble one, and the 

 writer would surely continue his mem- 

 bership in the National, were there 

 no other object excepting those quoted 

 from the proposed constitution. 



Shall the Review be Owned by a Stock 

 Company? 



A stock company is now being 

 formed for the purpose of buying and 

 selling honey and beekeepers' sup- 

 plies. This company will have a con- 

 siderable capital behind it, and be in 

 shape financially to do business on 

 business principles. The Review 

 would be in good hands, were this 

 co-operative company to take it over, 

 and they have expressed a desire to 

 do so. 



A Competitor of the National. 



A stock company, controlling the 

 Review, and having members besides 

 the regular stock holders, as a co-op- 

 erative association would have, might 

 be a serious competitor of the Na- 

 tional. There is surely no room for 



two associations at the present time. 

 There might nothing competitive re- 

 sult from this move, but it is well 

 to consider the move, before ventur- 

 ing. 



A Suggestive Move. 



The writer, as delegate from the 

 Michigan Branch of the National, 

 will cast his vote for the National to 

 continue the publication of the Re- 

 view, as in the past. Knowing that 

 there is some little uncertainty how 

 the delegates will vote on this prop- 

 osition at Denver, it is well to be 

 prepared for the worst, should it 

 come. 



Under the circumstances, the writer 

 proposed, should the National turn 

 down the Review, that it be published 

 by the subscribers. This is no exper- 

 iment, for there are several papers 

 and magazines published just that way 

 at the present time. This would re- 

 lieve the National of all responsibil- 

 itv. and STILL HAVE ALL THE 

 ADVANTAGES OF THE REVIEW 

 THEY NOW HAVE. On the other 

 hand, co-operative associations would 

 still have every advantage of owning 

 the Review, without financing it. A 

 board of say five directors, elected an- 

 nually, by the subscribers, would have 

 control of the Re'-iew. These could 

 be elected by mail ballot. 



During the holidays just passed it 

 was our good fortune to enjoy a fine 

 Deer Hunt, in the depths of old Turn- 

 bull hammock. This hammock is a 

 cypress swamp of many miles' extent, 

 reaching from Mosquito Inlet, above 

 New Smyrna, down to Titusville, or 

 lower, on east coast, and from one to 

 six miles wide. Our "Stand" was 

 not overly exciting all the time, and 

 once we lifted our eyes in that deep 

 solitude and saw. what do you sup- 

 pose? You would not guess in an 

 age! A Basswood! "What?" you 

 say, in surprise and incredulity, "a 

 Basswood in Florida!" Yes, it is sur- 

 prising, but there are two species of 

 Linden that appear here, one that is 

 indigent to the west coast and one, 

 the Tilia. . . .that is native to the ex- 

 treme N. E. of the State, and acci- 

 dental further south on the east coast. 

 So far as we know, it appears in this 

 vicinity only in the Turnbull ham- 

 mock referred to above. There it 

 stood, lifting its gaunt, grey trunks 

 hiq-h in the air, far overtopping the 

 palmettos and myrtles and even ri- 

 valing the hickories and giant live 



