. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 414 American H^e Journall attention to the interests of beekeep- ers. The association receives the bene- fit of his services as secretary, besides getting an annual grant of money from the government to assist in carrying on its business. Having office facili- ties and time to devote to the interests of the association, he was able to in- terest beekeepers who had not pre- viously been reached and thereby more than double the membership in one year. There are now between 1100 and 1200 paid up members. Perhaps the most valuable service rendered to memb
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 414 American H^e Journall attention to the interests of beekeep- ers. The association receives the bene- fit of his services as secretary, besides getting an annual grant of money from the government to assist in carrying on its business. Having office facili- ties and time to devote to the interests of the association, he was able to in- terest beekeepers who had not pre- viously been reached and thereby more than double the membership in one year. There are now between 1100 and 1200 paid up members. Perhaps the most valuable service rendered to members has been the annual crop report and price recom- mendation, which has been given each year for the last 13 years. This has done much towards stabilizing the honey market. In conjunction with this, the secretary is often able to bring buyer and seller together, and in 1913 when the crop was unusually large sold about 75,000 pounds of honey for members of the association. Another service provided by the sec- retary, which is used freely by members is the purchase of queens for improve- ment of stock. By this the small order receives as prompt attention as the large and at the same price. Orders which might otherwise be sent to a breeder who was behind with shipments are diverted to men who have equally good stock and are known to be filling orders promptly. Thus the secretary's office becomes a clearing house for queen orders and the member not only gets prompt delivery, but good stock as the breeder knows that he is not selling to an unknown individual but to the Ontario Beekeepers' Association. The breeders on the list are carefully selected, any not giving satisfaction one year being eliminated the next. To continue the account of Ontario beekeepers it might be in order to speak of the number of women who are tak- ing up beekeeping as a means of pin money, if not of making a livelihood. Amongst these might be mentioned farmers' daughters, nurses, school teachers, to say no
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