January, 1919 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



53 



AROUND THE OFFICE 



M.-A. O. 



Floyd Markhain whats secretary of the 

 National Beekeepers ' Association in a let- 

 ter to Gleanins winds it uji tliis a way: 

 "P. S. to M.-A.-O..— I got a dandy skunk 

 last week but I didn 't try any of Mel Prit- 

 chard's 'scentsless' tricks. No! I just kept 

 to the windward and basted him on the head 

 with a stick; but 'just afore I done it' I 

 run away. ' ' 



Mel, I aint myself a carin about it at all 

 whatever so I aint, nor what else ever hap- 

 pens to you. But are you a likin the way 

 Markham spelt that word that means havin 

 no scent? I wouldn't like the sound of it if 

 I was you so I wouldnt. 

 * * * 



Some way I have a feller feelin for W. A. 

 Latshaw livin at Clarion, Mich. It's because 

 he seems to be in trouble most of the time 

 that I warin up to him. He 's mostly had 

 trouble with fillin his honey orders and with 

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