AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Shenandoah Valley Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, Joseph E. Shaver, Secretary, 

 Friedens, Va. 



Sheboygan County Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, Mattie B. Thomas, Secretary, 

 Sheboygan Falls, Wis. 



Southeastern Michigan Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, A. M. Gander, Secretary, 

 Adrian, Mich. 



Southern California Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, Gr. W. Brodbeck, Secretary, Los 

 Angeles, Calif. 



Southern Illinois Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, F. H. Kennedy, Secretary, Du Quoin, 

 Ills. 



Southern Indiana Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, C. Firth, Secretary, Madison, Ind. 



Southern Wisconsin Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, J. T. Pomeroy, Secretary, Edger- 

 ton, Wis. 



Southwestern Iowa Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, E. W. Pitzer, Glenwood, Iowa. 



Southwestern Wisconsin Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, Benj. Rice, Secretary. Bosco- 

 bel. Wis. 



Stark County Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 Mark Thomson, Secretary, Canton, O. 



Susquehanna County (Pa.) Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, H. M. Seeley, Secretary, 

 Harford, Pa. 



Texas State Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 A. H. Jones, Secretarj-, Cxolden, Tex. 



Tri-State Bee-Keepers' Society, Dr. A. B. 

 Mason, Secretary, Auburndale, O. 



Tuscarawas County Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, Geo. F. Williams, Secretary, New 

 Philadelphia. O. 



Turkey Hill, Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 A. Fehr, Secretary, Belleville, Ills. 



Union Bee Keepers' Association, Daniel 

 Shank, Secretary, Clayton, Ills. 



Union Bee-Keepers' Association, Mrs. J. 

 E. Pryor, President, Dexter, Iowa. 



Union Bee-Keepers' Society, G. W. 

 Demaree, Secretary, Christiansburg, Ky. 



Utah Bee-Keepers' Association, J. C. 

 Swaner, Secretary, Salt Lake City, Utah. 



Ventura County Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, S. C, Gridley, Secretary, Nordhoff , Cal. 



Vermont Bee-Keepers' Association, Miss 

 Marcia Douglas, Secretary, Shoreham, Vt. 



Wabash County Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, Henry Cripe. Secretary, North Man- 

 chester, Ind. 



Wabash Valley Bee-Keepei's' Associa- 

 tion, Frank Vawter, Secretary, Vincennes, 

 Ind. 



Welland County Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, J. F. Dunn., Secretary, Ri^geway,Ont. 



Western Bee-Keepers' Association, P. 

 Otto, Secretary, cor. Park and 25th Sts., 

 Kansas City, Mo. 



Western Connecticut Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, Mrs. W. E. Riley, Secretarj', 

 Waterbury, Conn. 



Western Maine Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 P. D. Wellcome, Secretary, Poland, Me. 



Whiteside County (Ills.) Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, J. M. Burtch, Secretary, Mor- 

 rison, Ills. 



Willamette Valley Bee Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, E. J. Hadley, Secretary, La 

 Fayette, Oregon. 



Wisconsin Lake Shore Center Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association, F. Zastrow, Secretary, 

 Kiel, Wis. 



Wisconsin State Bee-Keepers' Associa 

 tion. Dr. J. W. Vance, Secretary, Madison, 

 Wis. 



York and Cumberland Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, C. W. Costellow, Secretary, 

 Waterboro, Me. 



York County Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 L. D. Stilson, Secretary, York, Nebr. 



Honey in the Heart of a Tree. 



A remarkable discovery was recently 

 made at the Cathays yard of the Taff 

 Vale Railway Company. A large elm 

 tree, grown in Gloucestershire, was 

 being cut up into timber, when, right in 

 the very heart, a cavity measuring 8 

 feet by 73^ inches in diameter was dis- 

 covered almost completely filled with the 

 comb of the honey-bee, together with a 

 squirrel's skull. 



No means of access to the hollow was 

 discoverable, neither was decay any- 

 where apparent, and around the cavity 

 itself no less than 50 " rings," each ring 

 denoting a year's growth, were counted, 

 the outer bark being, too, without a 

 flaw. 



The hollow was of uniform size 

 throughout, and presented the appear- 

 ance of having been bored with an auger, 

 and, great though its dimensions were, 

 it was practically filled with the comb, 

 proving that the bees must have been in 

 possession for several years. 



Empty combs of the queen-bee also 

 showed that they had swarmed. How 

 the bees got there can only be guessed, 

 but is surmised that a squirrel once 

 occupied a decayed hole in the tree, 

 cleared away the decay, occupied the 

 cavity as its own, and there died. 



Then the bees entered into possession 

 and filled the hole with comb, when, by 

 some means, the entrance, which must 

 have been small, became stopped, the 

 large quantity of grub and fly being 

 taken as demonstrative that the nest 

 was not voluntarily deserted. 



Then for 50 years the growth of the 

 timber went on. The entrance being 

 absolutely obliterated, and the hole 

 being hermetically sealed, the comb was 

 preserved from decay for half a century, 

 to be found at last in the way described. 

 The find is of the greatest interest to 

 naturalist? — OreeiVs Fruit Grower. 



Owingf to his success last year, C. 

 H. Toll, near Denver, Colo., will Increase 

 his apiary this year to 500 colonies. 



