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THE AMERICAN BEE JOLI<J>(AL. 



Dec. 22, 1904. 



Conducted by Emma M. Wilson, Marengo, 111. 



The Women Members of the National Bee-Keepers' Association. 



ARIZONA. 



Mrs. Ralph Bulkley. 



CALIFORNIA. 



Mrs. Mary E. Avery. 



Mrs. I. A. Chantry. 



Mrs. D. A. Higgins. 



Miss Maud Sanders — 120 cols. 



Mary L,. Small. 



Mrs. Louis Wegener. 



Nellie M. White. 



Mrs. Rudd. 



COLORADO. 



Mrs. M. A. Booth. 

 Mrs. L. J. Brock. 

 Susie R. Cook. 

 Emma E. Evans. 

 Caroline Lindenmeier. 

 Mary C. Porter. 

 Elizabeth F. Read. 



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



Mrs. Kate Barrett. 



IDAHO. 



Mrs. S. A. Mitchell. 

 Mrs. Bertha Morris. 

 Mrs. A. A. Paul— 100 cols., and 4O0O 



lbs. comb. 

 Miss Bertha Petersen. 

 Miss Ida Schenck — 20 cols., and 175 



lbs. comb. 



ILLINOIS. 



Mrs. H. W. Bartrum. 



Mrs. Aaron Coppin — 17Scols.; 2000 lbs. 



comb, and SCO lbs. extracted. 

 Mrs. John J. Glessner. 

 Mrs. W. H. Horstmann. 

 Miss L,. C. Kennedy— 72 cols., and 2500 



lbs. comb. 

 Mrs. Herman F. Moore. 

 Mrs. G. A. Schmidt. 

 Mrs. N. L. Stow. 

 Mrs. Anna Weckerle— 28 cols.; 400 lbs. 



comb, and 600 lbs. extracted. 



Emma M. Wilson. 



Mrs. George W. York. 



Miss Minnie Yueill — 11 cols., 



lbs. comb. 

 Mrs. F. X. Arnold. 



INDIANA. 



Kate V. Austin. 

 Mrs. F. A. Proper. 



Mrs. Clara West Evans— 200 cols., and 



3500 lbs. comb. 

 Mrs. M. J. Finson. 



Mrs. S. M. Roby— SO cols. 

 Mrs. J. D. Smith. 



MICHIGAN. 



Lurinda Cox. 



MINNESOTA. 



Mrs. J. M. Downer. 



Mrs. E. D. Hance. 



Mrs. W. B. Hutchinson— 27 cols.; 500 



lbs. comb, and 700 lbs. extracted. 

 Mrs. J. B. Thompson. 

 Mrs. W. S. Wingate. 



Jane Coffelt. 



MISSOURI. 



NEW YORK. 



Mrs. Emma Boyes. 

 Mrs. O. L. Hershiser. 

 Mrs. G. B. Back. 

 Jessie E. Marks. 



Mrs. D. C. Southerland— 12 cols., and 

 470 lbs. comb. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



Miss Delia Hyatt— 85 cols., and 3000 

 lbs. comb. 



OHIO. 



Mrs. M. A. Ray— 37 cols., and 268 lbs. 

 comb. 



OREGON. 



Mrs. Nancy Scott— 70 cols., and 30CO 

 lbs. comb. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 



Mrs. J. C. Hubler. 

 Miss Ellen N. Cooke. 



SOUTH DAKOTA. 



Mrs. J. M. Donner — 5 cols., and 45 lbs. 

 comb. 



TEXAS. 



Miss Helen BuUer. 

 Miss Meta Hillje. 



UTAH. 



Mrs. L. S. Coleman. 

 Mrs. J. E. Dillman. 

 Mrs. K. J. Empey— 40 cols., and 3600 



lbs. extracted. 

 Mrs. H. Halgate. 

 Mary Eongston. 

 Mrs. Mary Vanduine. 

 Mary Voigt. 

 Mrs. R. T. Rhees. 



WISCONSIN. 



Mrs. Paul Barrett— 34 cols., and lOOO 



lbs. comb. 

 Mrs. G. Berenschot — 27 cols., and 250 



lbs. comb. 

 Mrs. Lena Bol. 

 Miss Mathilde Candler. 

 Mrs. Kate Fleming— 140 cols., and 2500 



lbs. comb. 

 Mrs. W. J. Hillman— 30cols.; 100 lbs. 



comb, and 3000 lbs. extracted. 

 Mrs. S. L. Kepler. 

 Mrs. Minnie Mallory. 

 Miss Fannie Newman. 

 Mrs. W. J. Pickard — 260 cols., and 



37,000 lbs. extracted. 

 Mrs. Ada Boggs. 

 Mrs. Jennie Towle. 

 Martha Van Woert. 

 Emily White. 

 Mrs. J. D. Williams— 28 cols., and 150 



lbs. comb. 



Comparing the foregoing with last year's report it will 

 be seen that there has been a gain of 26 in the number of 

 sisters, the present number being 83. But although the 

 number is greater this year, they haven't done so well at 

 reporting ; only 22 reported this year as against 26 last. 



Miss Hyatt still stands by her lone self as the repre- 

 sentative of North Carolina, with never a brother rallying 

 to her aid. 



Wisconsin carries the banner for members, with 15 ; and 

 Illinois is a close second, with 13 members. 



Mrs. W. J. Pickard, of Wisconsin, stands conspicuous, 

 with the largest number of colonies (260) — the largest crop 

 (37,000 pounds), and the largest average per colony (142 

 pounds). 



It would be interesting if Mrs. Pickard would tell us 

 something about getting that magnificent crop ; how many 

 colonies in one apiary, how much of the work she has done 

 herself, and how much help she has had, etc. 



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Nasty's Afterthoughts 





' Old Reliable " seen through New and Unreliable Glasses. 

 By E. E. Hasty, Sta. B Rural, Toledo, Ohio. 



CARNIOLAN HISTORIC HIVK-PAINTING. 



That's a queer conceit of the people of Carniola to paint 

 Bible history and domestic history on their hives. Such a 

 custom shows that bees are looked to with something quite 

 the opposite of indifference. Think I would much rather 

 contemplate Samson at the lion carcass on a hive than (as 

 with us) read "Chew Doorty Plug" all over a barn — effigy 

 of the plug thrown in. The hornets driving out the 

 Canaauites, and Jonathan chasing the Philistines — eating, 

 meantime, at the "gorb " of honey he had swiped up with 

 his rod, would make good hive scenes. ■■ Lest thou be 



