. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Publisht Weekly at 118 Michigan St. Georob W. York, Editor. $ a Year—Sample Copy Free. 38th Year. CHICAGO, ILL., OCTOBER 13, 1898. No. UNITED STATES BEE-KEEPERS' UNION. Report of the 29th Annual Convention Held at Omaha, Nebr., Sept. 13-15, 1898. DR. A. B. MASON, 8KC. IContlnued Irom page FIRST DAY—Afternoon Session. The convention was called to order at 1:30 , the ses- sion being opened with the singing of " Bee-Keepers' Conven- tion ; In the absence of Mr. W. F. Marks, of New York, the Secretary read his paper, enti
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Publisht Weekly at 118 Michigan St. Georob W. York, Editor. $ a Year—Sample Copy Free. 38th Year. CHICAGO, ILL., OCTOBER 13, 1898. No. UNITED STATES BEE-KEEPERS' UNION. Report of the 29th Annual Convention Held at Omaha, Nebr., Sept. 13-15, 1898. DR. A. B. MASON, 8KC. IContlnued Irom page FIRST DAY—Afternoon Session. The convention was called to order at 1:30 , the ses- sion being opened with the singing of " Bee-Keepers' Conven- tion ; In the absence of Mr. W. F. Marks, of New York, the Secretary read his paper, entitled. Organization Among Bee-Keepers. Your humble servant can In no wise add to the many ex- cellent articles that have appeared on this subject from time to time ; no one realizes that more than himself, but the sub- ject is an important one. The bee-keepers of the United States should aim to have the best organization in the country, and unless I am very much mistaken there is no good reason why they should not succeed. You may say, " Easier said than done;" to be sure, but " nothing without ; The first questions then are : How shall we proceed ? How can we get the bee-keepers In- terested ? We cannot hope to succeed unless we first get them interested. I would not advise any new or untried plan. Neither would I advise any plan that has been tried in the past and failed. We can look around us and see many suc- cessful organizations ; let us profit by their experience and adopt a system of organization that has proven successful. We should look around us, take the most successful or- ganization we can find for a pattern, adopt its plan, and just go to work and excel it. There is a prevailing idea that what we need Is a fat treasury ; it is not necessary to a good organization. I would rather enter a battle for our pursuit with one hundred thou- sand bee-keepers at my back than with as many dollars in the treasury, backt perhaps by one-tenth that n
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