. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. iillE MIl, iklE,. m. n, FLINT, MICHIGAN, OCTOBER 10, 1889. NO. 10. Tlie Influences of Conventions are Ele- vating. DE. A. B. Mrs niEN I SAW an article by swrs) Cliaddock, entitled "Bee Conven- j(| tion«," on paj^'e ISf) of the Rkvikw lor December last, I wanted to say sonietliiny on the snl).ieGt, but realizing that the K kview was devoted to some special subject each month, and feariuf^ what I miiiht write would tind its way into the waste basket, I "held my ; I now see that the ()ctober number is to discuss " Bee-
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. iillE MIl, iklE,. m. n, FLINT, MICHIGAN, OCTOBER 10, 1889. NO. 10. Tlie Influences of Conventions are Ele- vating. DE. A. B. Mrs niEN I SAW an article by swrs) Cliaddock, entitled "Bee Conven- j(| tion«," on paj^'e ISf) of the Rkvikw lor December last, I wanted to say sonietliiny on the snl).ieGt, but realizing that the K kview was devoted to some special subject each month, and feariuf^ what I miiiht write would tind its way into the waste basket, I "held my ; I now see that the ()ctober number is to discuss " Bee-Asso- ciations and (; It may be true, as the Review says, that " not many up-with-the-times bee-keepers now iio to these meetings expecting, as the result, to come home loaded down with in- formation. It isn't for tliat they go. It's to see the ' boys.'" (And girls V) It may be that such "shining lights" as "ye editor " don't learn anything, but there are some who may not be classed with " up-with-the- times bee-keepers" who do learn many things at these meetings. Is Mrs. Chaddock's opinion, that it does not pay to attend these conventions, unless one has an ax to grind, of any value? Has she had any experience in the matter? I have never heard anyone who has attended "these conventions" express any regret for the time and money spent in so doing ; but I liave freijuently heard the expressions: " I'm glad I ; " I feel well ; " It has been a real ; Etc., etc. Mrs. Ohaddock is certainly not posted when she accuses certain ones of having "an ax to grind;" unless her meaning of that expres- sion is different from the generally accepted one. I had supposed that the saying meant that persons "having an ax to grind " were those having something to sell, or those working to secure some influence bj^ which money was to be made. I have never known Prof. Co
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