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THIRD ANNUAL REPORT 



renewed and failed. Then more of an organization took it 

 up, and got somewhat of a reduction. Through coopera- 

 tion, in the West, they can ship honey from California to 

 Colorado at much cheaper freight-rate than they could if jt 

 were not for their cooperative work. Now there is a possi- 

 bility ahead that the National may secure something in that 

 line. There is, as I said, a possibility that the Members of 

 the Association can get their supplies, what are necessary, at 

 somewhat of a reduction. 



There was a case which possibly it might be well enough 

 to call your attention to. Some years ago the trouble arose, 

 in Canada, and was not settled. It was partially a local 

 affair, but from the fact that we had so many other things on 

 hand our former General Manager was partially compelled 

 at the time being to ignore it, and it passed over until I be- 

 came General Manager. I found the conditions were these: 

 There were over there between 20 and 30 members in 

 the National Association, with a lot that wanted to join if 

 they could see there was any advantage to it, and one of 

 rheir number, who belonged to the .A.ssociation, had been in 

 Court, and had borne the expense, partially, and their bee- 

 inspector had gone into his own pocket and borne out the 

 rest, rather than see the bee-keeper beaten in a just and hon- 

 est cause. They applied to me to know if the National Asso- 

 ciation cared enough about Canadian people to protect its 

 members. I said, "Yes, so long as the Canadian members 

 are a part of us, we think just as much of them on that 

 side as on this, in any suit. We are going to show no par- 

 tiality." 



"That being the case," they replied, "we have had a 

 lawsuit, and there has been a considerable expense, and the 

 members of the Canadian Association feel that you ought 

 to bear a part of it." 



I referred the matter to the Board, and got an order to 

 make settlement with the member. The result was they had 

 a convention in a short time, and we had something like 60 

 additional members. They have had another meeting lately, 

 which I have not had a report from, but I- am satisfied there 

 wul be a large number more increase from that. 



In Texas, a little while before our National Convention 

 in Los Angeles, there was trouble at San Antonio. Two 

 little boys living on a city lot adjoining one of our mem- 

 ber's apiaries, took it into, their heads to have a little fun, 

 so when they would go by the bee-hives they would either 

 hit the hives with clubs, or would throw stones or some- 

 thing which would jar and interefere with and trouble 

 those bees, and they would then hide and watch the passers- 

 by, and have the fun of it. That thing was tolerated for two 

 weeks, and nobody entered any coinplaint until one of the 

 boys got an eye swollen shut. 



Now, the boy's father was working for the city, and he 

 immediately applied to the mayor to have the bees declared 

 a nuisance and moved out of the city. There was sym- 

 pathy, of course, and the case came up and the bees were 



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