. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. THE V ^Att^. Communication* to the Editor to he addressed ' Sthanoeways' Printing Office, Tower Street, Cambridge Circus, [No. 851. Vol. XVII.] MARCH H, 1880. [Published Weekly.] (Sbitorial, faints, th. DECENTRALISATION. Now that the have issued their fiat that each affiliated Count}' Association may elect one member who shall have a seat and voting power on the Committee of the Central Association, it were well for all members of bee-keeping societies in the kingdom to accept the fact, no matter what their previous opinions w
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. THE V ^Att^. Communication* to the Editor to he addressed ' Sthanoeways' Printing Office, Tower Street, Cambridge Circus, [No. 851. Vol. XVII.] MARCH H, 1880. [Published Weekly.] (Sbitorial, faints, th. DECENTRALISATION. Now that the have issued their fiat that each affiliated Count}' Association may elect one member who shall have a seat and voting power on the Committee of the Central Association, it were well for all members of bee-keeping societies in the kingdom to accept the fact, no matter what their previous opinions were as to the wisdom, or otherwise, of such an important step. We should look the matter fairly in the face, quite dis- passionately, and see if the presence of these repre- sentatives on the board of management may not be turned to good account, bringing, as they will, important facts relating to the growth of the science of modern bee-keeping fresh from their constituents, in return being able to communicate to the County and District Associations much valu- able information obtained at headquarters. Parents and offspring will thus be kept in constant touch of each other, in such cases where a representative is able to attend the deliberations of the central body—the nucleus and germ of the whole family of British bee-keepers. As heat radiates from its source, and as the centrifugal action of the honey extractor dissipates the rich treasures of the hive, so we think these representing media may prove to be conductors of much valuable information for the good of the bee-keeping fraternity at large. Let us frankly acknowledge at first that the spirit of centralisation means, in plain terms, ultimate congestion and contraction. The cutting adrift of colonies when they grow too big to be governed from home, resulting, we imagine, in ultimate weak- ness in the parent, is certainly, we must admit, a species of decentralisation, but it has an irration- ality of its own about it wh
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