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THE BEB.-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



The Review will be continued and 

 strengthened, as also, the selling of 

 supplies will be continued and made 

 more general, through an affiliated 

 and closely connected association. 



The National is not to be financially 

 embarrassed by any responsibility on 

 this matter. This is extremely im- 

 portant to all those desiring that the 

 educational and scientific department 

 be featured. 



The membership fee is fixed at 

 $1.50 per annum, of which 50c is to go 

 into the general fund, and $1.00 to go 

 into the subscription fund. While the 

 dues are fixed at $1.50 per annum, it 

 is not obligatory for any member to 

 subscribe for the Review, he may 

 instruct the Secretary to devote the 

 dollar to the promotion of lecture 

 courses, etc. 



It has now been two years since the 

 National has had a cent of money in 

 the treasury, from fees, and it is ex- 

 pected that its scope of usefulness will 

 be greatly enlarged, by the addition 

 of dues. 



The new organization (incorporated 

 association) received the entire mem- 

 bership of the old national, conse- 

 quently, each member of every 

 affiliated association is now a mem- 

 ber of the new association. The pro- 

 visions governing the relations of 

 affiliated associations to the National 

 were changed slightly. It became 

 necessary now for each individual of 

 the state association to belong to the 

 National, before affiliation. This, 

 however, does not affect the present 

 status. 



Some other minor changes were 

 made in policy, but on the whole, wise 

 counsel prevailed. Some difference of 

 opinion was manifested, but the entire 



proceedings were marked by earnest 

 effort to clear the atmosphere of past 

 differences, and make it possible to 

 exert the entire strength of the mem- 

 bership to the solving of the big 

 things before us. 



The officers elected for the ensuing 

 year are as follows: President, Dr. 

 I3urton N. Gates, Amherst, Mass., (re- 

 elected); Vice President, Frank C. 

 Pellett, Atlantic, Iowa (re-elected). 

 Sec.-Treas. Wesley Foster, Boulder, 

 Colorado. 



The Directors elected for two years 

 are as follows: E. D. Townsend, 

 North Star, Mich., (re-elected); E. J. 

 Baxter, Nauvoo, 111. and J. H. Stone- 

 man, Blackfoot, Ida. 



The Colorado Honey Producers, 

 both the state and local association, 

 did the honors in the style peculiar to 

 the big western men comprising 

 them. 



Taken as a whole, the association 

 has taken a long step in advance, and 

 merits the support of all who seek the 

 welfare of beekeeping. Your retiring 

 secretary wishes to thank the mem- 

 bers for their loyal support and kind 

 words during the last year. 



I wish to add that in everything 

 that has been done, I have been 

 inspired by a sincere desire to pro- 

 mote the best interests of beekeep- 

 ing, and not from any personal 

 motive. 



I feel that a great future is in store 

 for the vocation. I am ready and 

 willing to give any assistance to help 

 in any way for the uplift of our bus- 

 iness. With the best of wishes for 

 the success of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, I remain very 

 truly yours, 



GEO. W. WILLIAMS 



Management of 3000 Colonies of Bees in 50 Yards 



Biy J. J. WILDER, Cordele, Ga. 



Before we go into the fifth year's 

 progress in the new field let me say 

 that up to this time I did not have 

 a branch of business solely equipped 

 for extracted honey, only producing 

 some that I needed along with the 

 packing of my chunk honey, now and 

 then offering a little to the trade in 

 this form. My bee business was in- 

 complete without honey in the extract- 

 ed form. But long ago two locations 



were picked out at which branches 

 were to be established for the purpose 

 of producing extracted honey. Dur- 

 ing the fourth year in the new field 

 we placed a few colonies of bees at 

 these locations to see what bees 

 would do best there and the quality 

 of the honey produced. We already 

 had an idea what the results would be, 

 judging from the honey resources 

 there. Well, the test came up to all 



