THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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R. L. Taylor, who succeeds myself as 

 Director, is an experienced lawj'er, as 

 well as a successful and extensive pro- 

 ducer of honey, and will be a valuable 

 addition to the Board of Directors. 



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The Michigan Association of bee-keep- 

 ers now has 45 paid in advance mem- 

 bers, while there are quite a number 

 of old members yet to hear from. Some 

 may smile at the encourag'ing- manner 

 in which I mention this number — to 

 such I will say that there have been 

 years when the membership was in its 

 " 'teens. " 



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Card Board Sections, two cases of 

 them, filled with honey, were exhibited 

 at Grand Rapids by Clyde Cady, of 

 Grass Lake, Michigan. Wemay haveto 

 come this sooner than we expect, and it 

 is well to begin experimenting. Some 

 of the sections had been gnawed some 

 by the bees, but it is .likely that this 

 can be prevented by coating the 

 sections with paraffine, or some similar 

 substance. 



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The Prizes awarded at the Grand 

 Rapids convention, (Bro. York of the 

 American Bee Journal, being the 

 judge) are as follows: Best ten pounds 

 extracted honey, first prize, W. E. 

 Forbes, Plainwell, Michigan; second 

 prize, W. D. Soper, Jackson, Michi- 

 gan; third prize, C. A. Huff, Clayton, 

 Michigan. 



Best ten pounds comb honey, first 

 prize, Oscar Smith, Alto, Michigan; 

 second prize, J. W. Flieman, Holland, 

 Michigan. 



Best ten pounds comb honey produced 

 in Danz. hive, first prize, W. E. 

 Forbes, Plainwell, Mich. 



Officers elected at the late Michigan 

 convention were as follows: President, 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint; Vice Presi- 

 dent, Geo. E. Hilton, Fremont; Secre- 

 tary-Treasurer, E. B. Tyrrell, Davi- 



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Ail Rootville is rejoicing over the ad- 

 vent of another little "rootlet" that put 

 in an appearance Feb. 5th at the home 

 of E. R. Root. What great bee man 

 to name it after has not yet been de- 

 cided, but there is no doubt it will 

 prove worthy of whatever name' is 

 bestowed; in the meantime it will be 

 tenderly cared for and heartily en- 

 joyed. 



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The Northern Michigan Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its annual con- 

 vention in Lady Maccabee's Hall, at 

 Central Lake, on Wednesday and 

 Thursday, April 5th and 6th. Editors 

 Root of Gleanings, and Hutchinson of 

 the Review will be present; also E. D. 

 Townsend, Geo. E. Hilton, and many 

 other practical apiarists of Northern 

 'Michigan. Hotel rates at The Tavern, 

 $1.50 per day. Membership fees, $1.00 

 a year, and all members are also mem- 

 bers of the National Association. 



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The Secretaryship of the National. 

 Several months ago, knowing that 

 Mr. Brodbeck would not again accept 

 the Secretaryship of the National, be- 

 lieving that I could do more for the 

 Association as Secretary, than I could 

 as Director, not dreaming that there 

 was a member who would object to my 

 holding theoffice, I had the couragetodo 

 an unusual thing: That of askingsome 

 of the members to vote for me as Secre- 

 tary. The manner in which this was 



