. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE W. T FALCONER MANPG CO VOL. VII, JfVNUflRY, 1897. NO. (. Era of Intrigue in Apiculture. BY IP-TODATE. Although detesting all such things, I, like a great majority of the bee keepers, have made it a practice for the sake of harmony, to all')W frauds and deception practiced in the name of the bee keepers of this country to pass unnoticed. But I believe the' time has coirfe when silence has ceased to be a virtue. What right have a feio self apj)ointed dictators, usually edi- tors and some of their favorite contrib- utors who
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE W. T FALCONER MANPG CO VOL. VII, JfVNUflRY, 1897. NO. (. Era of Intrigue in Apiculture. BY IP-TODATE. Although detesting all such things, I, like a great majority of the bee keepers, have made it a practice for the sake of harmony, to all')W frauds and deception practiced in the name of the bee keepers of this country to pass unnoticed. But I believe the' time has coirfe when silence has ceased to be a virtue. What right have a feio self apj)ointed dictators, usually edi- tors and some of their favorite contrib- utors who have sung each others prais- es until blinded by their own conceit, they are determined to rule or ruin ? What right, I say, have they to meet and in the name of the bee keepers of the United States pass upon any ques- tion effecting the interests or express- ing in any way the sentiments of the vast number of bee keepers of this country ? Such proceedings are an insult, an imposition and a fraud ur) the bee keepers of this or any othei country. The attempt of that self- convicted fraud, the l^[orth American Bee KeeppTfs' Association, to fool the bee keepers by changing its name, is an old trick tbat has been resorted to before, and is resorted to time and again by every fraud to deceive the un- wary and the public. Is the United Slates Bee Keepers' Union a better name than the National Bee Keepers' Union ? Not much. Are not the mem- bers of the National Bee Keepers' Union just as capable of adopting a new constitution as the U. S. Bee Keepers' Union ? Certainly. If the North American Bee Keepers' Assoc'n wanted to join the National why did they not disband and do so ? Ah ! but in this case they could not control it, and that would not answer their pur- pose. It is a clear case of " walk into my ; They are trying by in- trigue and stealth what they could not get any other way. Members of the National should think twice before they jump into this trap. But even
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