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tional Association has a large field, but it has in the past confined its work too 

 much to local conditions that can be handled better by local associations." How 

 true! Why go two thousand miles to attend a National convention to discuss 

 how to prevent swarming, when this subject could be discussed in your local 

 association equally as well. We quote further: "The Secretary (National) 

 should have a large fund of information for the guidance of a State College that 

 contemplates putting in a course of beekeeping." "The National should have 

 a definite program regarding the best disease legislation for the various 

 states." "National inspection for interstate shipments will be an open field 

 * * * *." "The adjustment of railroad, express and postal rates on bees, honey 

 and supplies, etc. * * * *." "The National needs a Secretary upon a yearly 

 salary * * * *." and there are other valuable suggestions that should be read by 

 every member of the National. Turn right to it and read "The National Field" 

 next, lest you forget it. 



The Constitution of the National Beekeepers' Association 



We publish in this number of the Review, the National Constitution as 

 approved by the delegates at the National meeting in Denver last February. 



Members should read the Constitution over carefully, so they will be 

 conversant with the terms there-in-laid-down, so as to be ever ready to in- 

 form any prospective member of the conditions necessary to become a mem- 

 ber. 



It will be noted that there is no radical change between this new Consti- 

 tution and the old one, they both treat in about the same subjects. 



There is one change that will effect members in states where no affiliat- 

 ed association is formed, that is, they can now by paying $1.50 annual dues 

 become members of the National without belonging to an affiliated association. 

 See Article IV, Section 5, of Constitution. 



A correspondent of ours, on the East Coast, asks, relative to moving 

 bees; "How do you manage to screen the entrances of your hives, when there 

 is half a peck of bees hanging from it? I have trouble in getting mine to 

 go in." 



(We congratulate our correspondent, or any one else for that matter so 

 fortunate, for having so many bees in his hives, that they can hardly all get 

 inside. It is such colonies that "make surplus" and only such that pay div- 

 idends. But in reply to the query, we would say, if an empty super is placed 

 on top of all hives to be moved, preferably with drawn combs of over one year 

 age, the bees can easily be smoked into the hives before screening the en- 

 trances. It is best not to use more smoke than absolutely necessary, when 

 bees are closed in finally for transit, and often, if given this added room, they 

 will go in over night and none out by the morning; then they can be closed in 

 and moved in perfect safety. The added super is a great feature in moving 

 bees in warm weather, anyhow, as it gives clustering space above the combs, 

 and thus prevents over-heating if the bees become panic-stricken, and raise 

 the temperature over normal. If the weather is hot, the usual cover should 

 be removed, and a special one, two inches deep, covered with wire cloth, be 

 placed on instead. If the cover is left off during the night previous to moving 

 the bees, and the added super also on, the bees are almost sure to be com- 

 fortably inside the hive by morning. We have never tried moving bees without 

 screening entrances, but some have reported success with such a plan.) — E. G. B. 



