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casionally a shark aiiionj^ buyers, or deal- 

 ers, and when one succeeds in "working" 

 a menilier, each of the other members 

 are made ac(iuainled with the facts. 



The union will never have a large mem- 

 bership—there are not enough breeders 

 to make us strong in numbers. There is 

 a good number of first-class breeders who 

 would be gladly received into the union — 

 in fact, all honest breeders are wanted. 



The foundation for success in honey 

 production is good queens, and upon a 



will insure first-class queens. We toler- 

 ate no haphazard breeding, and frater- 

 nally the members are a unit, there being 

 no discord. The minority yields gladly 

 to the w-ishes of the majority, and as little 

 as may be thought of it. the time is com- 

 ing when the union will wield an influ- 

 ence beyond all expectation. 



Among our numbers are some of the 

 leading breeders of the United States, 

 and the other breeders of equal rank 

 must join and help in the work. We 



THE OLD HOME OF J. 0. GRl.MSLEY, ORIGINATOR OF THK OLEEN BREEDFRS' UNION, 

 well organized queen breeders' association 



will rest the future of bee-keeping. 



The National Oueen Breeders' Union 

 might as well be that association, and 

 every queen breeder and bee-keeper 

 should stand by it, even if it is only to 

 speak a good word in commendation of 

 an established standard. Bee-keepers 

 will, when they once see the benefits 

 arising from it, demand a standard, and 

 breeders will join in maintaining it. 



The union proposes Muprovement, and 

 its members must use such methods as 



should be glad that an organization of 

 queen breeders did not have to be a crea- 

 ture of the twentieth century. I,et us all 

 work in harmony for the union, and in 

 turn for the good of bee-keepers. 



The photograj)h accompanying this 

 article was made in the autumn of 1896; 

 and shows my father and mother taking 

 off unfinished sections, and equalizing 

 the colonies for winter. To the left is 

 my brother, who has just been out feed- 

 ing his pigs, turkeys and chickens. 

 The hives used are Langstroth pattern. 



