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honey, and then had ripened (?) (no, 

 evaporated) it in tanks, and believed 

 such honey the equal of any, was com- 

 pelled to admit, althouf^h reluctantly, 

 that there was a ditference between 

 honey ripfned by the bees, and that 

 evaporated by man. This honey was 

 left on the hives a month or six weeks 

 after it was sealed, durinj;' which time 

 it received that finishing- toucli. There 

 is really as much difl'erence between 

 green and ripe honey as there is be- 

 tween fruit in these two conditions. 

 There is a smoothness, a richness, a 

 flavor, a ripeness that can be secured 

 in no other manner. 



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Missouri Bee-Keepers' Convenlion. 



The annual meeting- of the Missouri 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association, will 

 be held at the Court House of Mar- 

 shall, INIissouri, October 2nd and 3rd, 

 1906. 



Elaborate preparations are being- 

 made by the Saline County Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Club for the reception and accom- 

 modation of bee-keepers. 



Hotel accommodations can be had at 

 from one to two dollars, or board and 

 lodg^ing- can be secured at fifty or sev- 

 enty-five cents per day in private 

 boarding- houses, for those who will 

 write to Mr. M. E. Tribble, at Mar- 

 shall, Secretar}' Saline County Bee- 

 Keepers' Club, asking- him to arrange 

 for them. 



Badges are being- prepared and will 

 be mailed to those applying for them 

 to Mr. Tibbie. These badges are to 

 be worn by bee-keepers when arriving- 

 on trains to assist the reception com- 

 mittee, members of which will meet 

 each incoming train, to recognize the 

 visitors. 



It is the intention of the Association 

 to introduce a foul brood bill at the 

 next session of our legislature, and 

 preparations for the work of canvasing 

 the State in the interest of this bill are 

 to be made at this meeting. It is 



therefore of great importance that we 



may have a large attendance. 



All bee-keepers are invited to attend 



and join our association. 



Robert A. Holekamp, 



Secretary Mo. State Hee Keepers' As- 

 sociation. 



4263 Virginia Ave., St. Louis. 



Postal Card Nominations of Officers for 

 the National Association. 



General Manager France has sent 

 out notices asking for postal card 

 nominations to be sent to him nomin- 

 ating officers to be elected at the next 

 annual election of the National Asso- 

 ciation. The following officers will 

 complete their terms of office with the 

 year, and it is their successors that it 

 is now desired to place in nomination. 

 President, C. P. Dadant; Vice Presi- 

 dent, Geo. E. Hilton; Secretary, W. 

 Z. Hutchinson; General Manager, N. 

 E. France; Directors, Jas. A. Stone, 

 G. M. Doolittle and R. A. Holekamp. 



So much has been said about the 

 Association being run and managed in 

 the interests of supply manufacturers, 

 dealers, editors, etc, that I think none 

 of these classes better be placed in 

 nomination. Let the men nominated 

 be producers, pure and simple. As for 

 myself, I positively decline to accept 

 the ofiflce another term, and I would 

 like to see Jas. A. Green, of Grand 

 Junction, Colo., elected as m3' succes- 

 sor. He is a thorough bee-keeper, 

 bright, intelligent, well-educated and 

 very ready with his pen, and I feel 

 certain would hi! the office with credit 

 to himself and the Association. 



Send your nominations to N. E. 

 France, Platteville, Wisconsin, and 

 send them soon enough so that they 

 will reach him by September 29. 



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Do Bees Select Their Future Home in Ad- 

 vance of Swarming ? 

 A subscriber wishes me to answer 

 the above question. I think they fol- 



