. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 659 from Mr. Muth, that he thought brace and burr combs could be prevented al- most entirely. He was inclined to think that the thickness of the top-bar, irre- spective of sufficient strength, had some- thing to do with brace and burr combs. H. R. Boardman—Close spacing only partially prevents brace and burr combs. N. D. West—We should be careful to have combs in the center of the frames, and perfectly true in the frames. The General Manager of the National Bee-Keepers' Union, Thomas G. New- man, then delivered the following ad-
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 659 from Mr. Muth, that he thought brace and burr combs could be prevented al- most entirely. He was inclined to think that the thickness of the top-bar, irre- spective of sufficient strength, had some- thing to do with brace and burr combs. H. R. Boardman—Close spacing only partially prevents brace and burr combs. N. D. West—We should be careful to have combs in the center of the frames, and perfectly true in the frames. The General Manager of the National Bee-Keepers' Union, Thomas G. New- man, then delivered the following ad- dress, No. 4.—Old Mr. Blobbs—" Wow! Owch! Help! Murder! Police!"' The National Bee-Keepers' TJnion ; Its Scope and Iiegitimate Work. At the last election of officers for the Union, Amendments to the Constitution were adopted, which allow the Union to exert its influence and devote its re- sources "for any purposes in the inter- est of the pursuit of bee-culture, when sach are approved by the Advisory ; This Amendment defines "the Scope" of the Union most fully. Its powers are circumscribed only by its available funds, and the " interests of the pur- ; It remains with the Advisory Board to determine " its legitimate ; But that Board should always "feel the pulse " of bee-keepers generally, remain within the limits of the work sanctioned by their sentiments, and thus "keep in touch" with the spirit of "the ever- living present"—the times in which we live. Prominent among the later sugges- tions as to a field of operation, in addi- tion to the defense of the pursuit of bee- keeping when assailed by the i^orant and prejudiced, is that the Union should assume the aggressive, and prose- cute adulterators of honey. Much as we may approve this senti- ment, it must be admitted that there are difficulties to be encountered, because of the diversity in the laws of the sever
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