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l>oolillle"s Nc«- HooU on " Queen- 

 Rearing" receives excellent endorsement 

 in New Zealand. The Australasian Dee 

 Journal for December contains the fol- 

 lowing : 



I have recently been trying Doolittle's 

 plan of queen-rearing, and although I have 

 only given it one trial, it was quite success- 

 ful. The cells, twelve in number, were cast 

 on a smooth piece of glass that just fitted 

 the bottom of a natural queen-cell. In 

 them I placed a small quantity of royal 

 jelly, and on this I transferred an ordi- 

 nary worker larva aliout thirty hours old, 

 with the aid of a pointed quill. 



The cells were then fixed with hot wax to 

 halt a bottom-bar, and inserted in the cen- 

 tre of a comb from which a piece had been 

 cut about the size of a man's hand, which 

 was then placed in a two-story Langstroth 

 hive, the queen being confined to the bot- 

 tom box by means of perforated zinc. The 

 bees immediately commenced working on 

 these embryo cells, and in due time I cut 

 out ten fine queen-cells, which were placed 

 in a nursery, with the result that eight 

 emerged. 



At the same time I tried a new plan of my 

 own, which 1 prefer to Doolittle's, for the 

 reason that the delicate operation of trans- 

 ferring larva? has not to be performed. 

 These gave me queens equal to Doolittle's 

 in appearance and number, although the 

 cells were not so sightly. However, as I 

 am still carrying on my experiments with 

 both methods, I prefer to say no more 

 about it until the end of the season, when 1 

 will fully describe my own method. How- 

 ever, I have proved to my satisfaction 

 that it is not necessary to remove the 

 reigning queen, in order to induce the bees 

 to construct cells and rear queens. 



R. F. HOLXERMANIV. 



It aBiords us no little pleasure to give, in 

 these columns, the likeness, as well as a 

 short biography, of our friend and co- 

 worker, Mr. R. F. Holtermann, of Romney, 

 Ont., Canada. It is seldom that one so 

 young in life comes so rapidly into promi- 

 nence, as has Mr. Holtermann ; yet it is no 

 great wonder, when one considers the push 

 and energy that has ever been the marked 

 characteristics of the man — especially when 

 coupled with a firm determination to be, 

 and to do, right. 



The following is a condensed biography 



of Mr. H. : 



Richard Ferdinand Holtermann was born 

 in the city of Hamburg, Germany, on June 



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Onr Prientl, Mr. Eugene Secor, was 

 elected President of the Iowa State Horti 

 cultural Society, at the annual meeting 

 held at Des Moines last month. Mr. Secor 

 began on the ground floor, being first a 

 Director,then Superintendent of an Experi- 

 ment Station, which position he now holds ; 

 then Vice-President for the past three 

 years, and he has now reached the top 

 round in the ladder of promotion. His 

 election to the position is a well merited 

 compliment, fairly won by faithful aud in- 

 telligent service in the science of horticul- 

 ture. Mr. Secor is a practical farmer, 

 "having been to the manor born," and has 

 spent a good deal of time in the study of 

 agricultural pursuits. The above is gleaned 

 from the Winnebago Summit. 



I^cw' t^atalosrues and Price-Lists for 

 1890 are received fi-om— 



Colwick & Colwick, Norse, Tex.-^ pages 

 — Bees and Queens. 



I. R. Good, Vawter Park, Ind.— 1 page- 

 Italian and Carniolan Queens. 



Jerry A. Roe, Union City, Ind.— 12 pages 

 — Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



J. W. Bittenbender, Knoxville, Iowa— 34 

 pages— Bee-Keepers' Supplies and Italian 

 Bees and Queens. 



H. A. Hubbard, New Lisbon, N. Y.— 4 

 pages — Hubbard's Advertiser. 



R. E. Smith, Tilbury Centre, Ont. 

 pages — Apiarian Supplies. 



F. B. Mills, Thorn Hill, N. Y.— 36 pages 

 Seeds. 



Jas. J. H. Gregory, Marblehead, Mass. 

 60 pages— Seeds. 



next made the great mistake, he says, of 

 embarking in apiculture a little too soon. 

 The result was, he learned many severe 

 lessons. With his apiary of 79 colonies he 

 underwent the trying ordeal of a bad sea- 

 son, to begin with. However, he secured 

 enough Alsike clover honey to enable him 

 to secure the second premium at the To- 

 ronto Industrial Exhibition. 



Later, he entered into some speculations, 

 and came out nearly SI, 000 in debt; but, 

 unlike a good many young men, he was not 

 discouraged, but went to work again, and 

 paid 100 cents on the dollar, instead of 

 trying to get out, as he could have done, 

 by paying a few cents on the dollar. He 

 entered the employ of E. L. Goold & Co., of 

 Brantford, commencing at 85 cents a day, 

 and left as manager of the supply business, 

 and editor of the Canadian Honey-Pro- 

 ducer! 



He married, on May 17, 1887, Lois, 

 daughter of S. T. Pettit, of Belmont, Ont., 

 whom he met at the last meeting of the 

 North American Bee-Keepers' Convention, 

 held at Rochester, N. Y. They have one 

 son and a daughter ; and in their home they 

 seek to have God's will their own. As 

 might be expected, Mr. H. uses neither 

 tobacco nor liquor. 



Mr. Holtermann has made bee-keeping 

 pay, and he has averaged, he says, latterly, 

 S8.00 per colony, income. He thinks that 

 anybody can do as well in a fair locality, 

 providing they start with one or two 

 colonies. 



Mr. Holtermann has been active in bee- 

 associations, in which he has held various 

 offices. At the meeting held in Columbus, 

 O., his name was proposed several times 

 for the presidency of the association ; but 

 he very modestly declined the honor, in 

 favor of another member. His name was 

 next proposed for secretary, and was car- 

 ried by the unanimous consent of the asso- 

 ciation. 



He has held various presidencies, and a 

 large number of secretaryships; and, at 

 one time, the bee-departments in three ag- 

 ricultural periodicals. 



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R. F. HOLTERMANN. 



14, 1860. Two years later, the parents, 

 with their son and two daughters, emi- 

 grated to Canada, settling in the county of 

 Renfrew, Ont. There, at the age of 13 or 

 13, young Holtermann received a portion 

 of his education from a governess. Later, 

 he was sent to a private school, and shortly 

 afterward he attended the Ottawa Col- 

 legiate Institute, at Ottawa. There his 

 mind wandered, he says, in the direction of 

 boating, cricketiug, swimming, etc., rather 

 than toward study. 



When about 14, his father moved to To- 

 ronto, and then sent his son to the Upper 

 Canada College, where he received the 

 " 1 A diploma." He then decided to go on 

 the farm. Shortly afterward, he attended 

 the Ontario Agricultural College, where he 

 graduated with honors, being only 70 

 marks out of 4,000 behind the first med- 

 alist. It was in this school, in the capacity 

 of librarian, that the subject of apiculture 

 was opened up to him through the medium 

 of several bee-books. 



The next season was spent as a student 

 with Mr. D. A. Jones, in the apiary. He 



A Usefiil Salve.— The following rec- 

 ipe for making salve is much valued by 

 those who have used it. With it are made 

 plasters equal, or perhaps superior, to any 

 obtained from druggists, and at an expense 

 so trifling that one can be afforded for 

 every pain. They have been used upon 

 the chest and between shoulder-blades, 

 when there was a soreness of the lungs, 

 with tendency to pneumonia, and also to 

 relieve back-ache, which is woman's almost 

 universal complaint. The salve is indeed 

 so valuable, that no household should be 

 without it: 



Two pounds of resin, 3 ounces of bees- 

 wax, 4 ounces of mutton tallow, and one 

 gill of whisky ; put into a kettle sufficiently 

 large that it may not boil over, and stew 

 until dissolved. Make it into sticks like 

 molasses candy. Place a tin upon the 

 stove, and upon the tin a piece of fine 

 wrapping-paper, a little larger than the re- 

 quired plaster, and rub the wax upon it. 



Some have requested us to print a 

 card on a less number than 100 Honey 

 Almanacs, and we have concluded to ac- 

 commodate them. We will furnish 28 

 copies with card printed on the first page, 

 postpaid, for $1.10 ; 50 copies for SI. 70; 

 75 copies for $2.30. See prices for more, 

 on the page 95. 



