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of o;icli tier (•(urcspoiHliui; with tlio 

 .grooves of the (it her tiers, so that a 

 small .slrcani of water jioured into the 

 ii'ooM'S at the top will reailily tiiul its 

 \vi\y clear throuj;h to the bottom. If 

 necessary the si'etions ninst he wiyli:- 

 vd to.^ether. so tluTe will he no room 

 for water to .net lietween them only 

 :\[ till' j^rooves. 



A pint funnel is siieelally preparetl 

 for the work. A wooden plu.u' is 

 pushed in from aliove. projecting be- 

 low two inches or less. The lo\^er 

 ei:d »)f the plug is whittled to a point, 

 and either by means of a bad lit or 

 by means ot a little chaimel cut in 

 one side of the plug, there is .just leak 

 enough so that when the funnel is 

 tilled there will be a continuous fine 

 stream of water running from the 

 point of th(^ plug. Holding the funnel 

 in one hand I pour into it boiling 

 water from a tea-kettle held in the 

 other hand, at the same time holding 

 the funnel so that the stream from 

 the point of the plug shall be directed 

 into the grooves, moving the funnel 

 along just fast enough so that the wa- 

 ter shall be sure to go clear through 

 to the bottom. Cold Avater will not 

 work well." 



GENERAL MANAGER FRANCE. 



Some Few of the Things that he is Doing. 



Of course. Mr. France has been in 

 office only a few months, and he has 

 had numy things to contend with, but 

 he has taken hold of matters in a way 

 that shows he means l)usiness, and is 

 going to be the right man in the right 

 idace. I have had considerable corres 

 pondence with Mr. France, and 1 

 know some of the difficulties he has 

 had to overcome, and something of 

 the amount of Avork that he aud liif^ 



family have had to jiut in. but. iier 

 haps, he would not thank me for tel.- 

 ing it. so I won't, but 1 will tell what 

 (Jleanings has to say about him and 

 his work. It says: 



"(Jeneral Manager X. F. I''i'ance is 

 doing som(> liard work. He has be- 

 fore him now eight cases of bees un- 

 der consideration. Two of these are 

 for damages; two for poisoning by 

 spraying fruit trees, ami two of honey 

 adulteration. He now has, or did 

 have on INIay 5, 1202 names, nearly 

 all of which are paid up. He has dis- 

 tributed ],5()() copies of Bees and 

 Horticulture and has ordered 1.(Mm) 

 more. Mr. France, if we may .iiulge 

 by the work he is doing, will earn his 

 salary and more too. The Association 

 is to be congratulated on having sucli 

 an excellent man for the position 

 While he is not saying very much he 

 is keeping still and sawing wood. The 

 membership should stand by him. and 

 help him in every way possible. Our 

 recent unpleasantness does not seem 

 to interfere very much Avith the flour- 

 ishing condition of the Association. 

 Tliis is as it should be. 



Mr. France has always been known 

 as a hard Avorker and a successful 

 business man. He is carrying these 

 characteristics right into the Associa- 

 tion Avork, and of course that pre- 

 sages success." 



USING STARTERS IN THE BROOD NEST. 



How and why Starters can be Used to Advan- 

 tage, and how to Prevent the Building 

 of Drone Comb. 



One of the most frequent objec- 

 tions lirought a,gainst tlie practice of 

 rsing starters only in the brood- 

 frames Avhen hiving a swarm, is that 

 drone comb is sometimes built. Of 

 course, there are always reasons for 



