THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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A ricrrRH oi' thi". mioiukrs 61* thic 



WIS. BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. 

 When over at IVIadison attending the 

 meeting of the Stale Bee Keepers" Asso- 

 ciation, I took a photograph of the mem- 

 bers as thev gathered in a group upon the 

 stepof the capitol buihling. I have re- 

 produced it in half tone, and show it up- 

 on the opposite page. So far as I have 

 been able to learn the names of the mem- 

 bers, they are as follows: — 



iV. W. Wilson. KickaiJoo, Wis. 

 t )lloS.Tndimi. Urownlowii Wis. 

 1". While, Belmont Wis. 

 las. Fonicrook. W.iterlowii. Wis. 

 i'.. .\. Cressey, Hirnfit Jiincliou, Wis. 

 I. W. Van.\lien, Uancy, V\'is, 

 Carl Davis, Madison, Wis. 

 I,. HiglilKirfjc-r. L,saf Rivtr, Ills. 

 Ceo. .McC.irlney, Rocklord, Ills. 

 11, Htl. Ochsner, P'rarie dii Sac, Wis. 

 > 12, B. Davenport, .\\irojhvillc. Wis. 

 1;, H. Lalhrop, Krownlown. Wis. 



Miss.\da L,. Pickard, Richland Center, Wis. 

 r,. W. York, Chicigo. Ills. 

 Mrs. W. J. i-ickard, Richland Center, Wis. 

 ly, Jas. Matthew, .\urorahvillc. Wis. 

 21, Jacob HnfTnian. Monroe, Wis. 

 -'.'. F. L. Mnrray. Calani nt-, Wis. 

 Herman C.loege, Monroe, Wis. 

 Mrs F. Wilco-\, Mansion, Wis. 

 (instave Cross, Milfonl, Wis, 

 C E. Smith, South Wayne, Wis. 

 H. M. Haves. Killionrne, Wis. 

 H. P, Miller. Retreat, Wis. 

 .\ng. Weiss, Mortonville. Wis. 

 . .\. Vaudereike, I.ake Mills, Wis. 

 ■. C. .\. Hatch, Richlaiu' Ceiiler. Wis. 

 . F. Wilco.x, Readstown. W is. 

 .\.G. Wilson, Readstown, Wis. 

 John Towle, Brooklyn, \\ is. 

 H. H Porter, Baralwo. Wis. 

 Rev. H. Rohrs. Clinton, Wis. 

 N", E. France, I'latleville, Wis. 

 Rev. H. .\, Winters, .Maoisoii. Wis, 

 ., H. Ballow. Peebles, Wis. 

 Jas. McMiirdo, Honoiiville. Wis. 



Concerning this picture. Secretary X. 

 \-.. France writes as follows: — 



This group shows some of the greatest 

 |>roducers, in the I'niled States, of hon- 

 ey, comb foundation, hives, sections and 

 queen bees; the first Slate Inspector of 

 apiaries; ( X. E. France 1 the greatest lady 

 bee-keepers in America; ( Mrs. and ]\Iiss 

 rickard) a former Presi<lent of the Slate 

 .\ssociation for ten years, later a President 

 of the California Bee- Keepers' Society 

 and Vice President of the National Asso- 

 lations; ( C. A. Hatch ) another who has 

 crved ten years as President of the 

 State Society, been in charge of the Wis- 

 ronsin honey exhibit af the World's 

 l'"air, and judge of the apiarian Depart- 

 ment at the last Slate lair ( F. WiUox 1 : 



one man who manufactures from 40,000 

 to 50,000 pounds of comb foundation, 

 each year, in long sheets and cut to any 

 size desired (Aug. Weiss); the inventor 

 of a valuable machine for putting to- 

 gether sections and putting in founda- 

 tion (Geo. McCartney). This picture 

 also shows the first State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association the members of which joined 

 the National Association in a body, and 

 will be in attendance in Chicago, at its 

 next meeting. 



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THE BROOD-NEST AT THE OPENING OF 

 THE HONEY H.\RVEST. 

 At the last meeting of the Wisconsin 

 State Bee- Keepers' Association. Mr. C. 

 A. Haich argued for ten- frame brood- 

 nests in the spring, in order to rear all 

 of the bees possible. At the opening of 

 the honey harvest he would have every 

 comb full of brood, in a colony to be run 

 for comb honey, even if he had to rob 

 some other colonies to do this. He 

 would place the unsealed brood at the 

 outside of the brood nest. This prevents 

 the filling of the outside combs with hon- 

 ey; as the harvest (from basswood) is 

 over before the brood has hatched from 

 the outside combs. The center of the 

 brood-nest will not be filled with honey. 

 In a debate between Harry Lathrop and 

 Jacob Huffman, upon spring-manage- 

 ment, the former advocated that all col- 

 onies for the production of comb honey 

 be populous, even at the expense of 

 weaker colonies, by roI)bing the latter of 

 some of their brood if necessary. He be- 

 lieved in concenlration instead of equali- 

 zation. 



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WISCONSIN BEE-KEEI'I':RS Tin'. IIR.STTO 

 JOIN THE NATIONAI. ASSOCIATION. 



One of the late changes in the constitu- 

 tion of the National Bee-Keepers Associa- 

 tion allows an}- association, the annual 

 dues of which are 5'<^o, to join by the 

 payment of 50 cents for each member; 

 thus, 50 cents goes to the local association, 

 and 50 cents goes to the National, Ihere- 

 bv increasing its funds and membership. 



