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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 1 



least one that has no leaks for hot air. 

 There should be a large force of bees, and 

 tiering up should not be pushed too far. 

 To get sections nicely filled, do not put the 

 second super under the first one when the 

 first one is partly built out, but put second 

 super on top. Too much forcing in the su- 

 pers is apt to leave sections not perfectly 

 finished. We will publish an article soon 

 from Orel L. Hershiser that will cover this 

 ground quite thoroughly, and suggest that 

 you watch for it. As to the proportion of 

 extracted to comb, if you run the hives for 

 the former you might get from 25 to 100 per 

 cent more honey. It is impossible to give 

 any definite figure of proportion. — Ed.] 



FRANCE ENDORSED FOR GENERAL MANAGER. 



Friend Root and Brother Bee-keepers: — I 

 am personally acquainted with Mr. N. E. 

 France, of Platteville, Wis., having met 

 him in my home, in my apiary, in our State 

 conventions, and have done committee work 

 with him before the legislature, I can con- 

 scientiously say we haven't a more gentle- 

 manly and efficient man in our ranks for 

 the position of General Manager of the Na- 

 tional Bee-keepers' Association; and I take 

 great pleasure in recommending him as 

 such to all who do not know him, and urge 

 upon 3'ou to give him your combined sup- 

 port at the coming election. 



Hillsboro, Wis. Elias Fox. 



TOEPPERWEIN FOR DIRECTOR NATIONAL 

 BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. 



Mr. Editor: — As the time draws 

 nigh for the election of some new 

 Directors for the National, I wish 

 to make a nomination and pre- 

 sent Texas' claim for a member on 

 the Board of Directors. Texas is 

 the largest State in the Union, 

 and, according to the last census, 

 produces more honey yearly than 

 any other State. The industry is 

 rapidly gaining ground ; many 

 beginners are going into the bus- 

 iness on a large scale, and there 

 is a constant emigration of bee- 

 keepers here from other States. 

 Recently our Association secured 

 an annual appropriation from the 

 State legislature, and we now 

 have a well-equipped experiment 

 apiary with a competent superin- 

 tendent. Bees are not only being 

 experimented with, but also dif- 

 ferent forage-plants ; and last, 

 but not least, there will be regu- 

 lar classes in bee-keeping at A. 

 and M. College of Texas, where 

 the apiary is located. Not alone 

 will our claims be apparent to 

 Texas, but as well to the entire 

 South, which at present is with- 

 out representation on your Board 

 of Directors. Our Association 

 members are members of the Na- 

 tional, and we feel we need rec- 

 ognition. 



Therefore I nominate Mr. Udo Toepper- 

 wein, of San Antonio. Mr. T. is a very 

 popular man, an experienced bee-keeper, 

 and a business man of experience. He is 

 in every way fitted and able to discharge 

 the duties of Director of the National, and 

 I want the bee-keepers of Texas to ask 

 your support for him in the coming elec- 

 tion. Homer H. Hyde. 



Floresville, Texas. 



[Texas is a great bee State, and certain- 

 ly should receive recognition at the hands 

 of the Association. Mr. Toepperwein would 

 be an excellent man for Director, accept- 

 able alike to the Texas bee-keepers and to 

 the membership of the Association, provid- 

 ing it could know how good a man he is for 

 the position. — Ed.J 



GOOD SEASON FOR HONEY IN TEXAS. 



We have had a good season — better than 

 usual. Dry weather, I think, cut the sum- 

 mer flow short in July; but we had a good 

 flow of nectar in August and September. 

 I took 2000 lbs. from 34 colonies, spring 

 count; increased to 69; taken from one colo- 

 ny, new swarm, 125 lbs., all comb; average 

 about bO lbs., spring count. 



Centreville, Tex. W. W. Lawrance. 



Please tell me if there is any duty on 

 queen-bees to Canada. W. Harmer. 



Manistee, Mich., Nov. 3. 



[There is no duty on queen-bees to Cana- 

 da. Breeding-stock is made an exception. 

 —Ed.] 



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