THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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and begin laying-, we can simply set a 

 nucleus in the place of a populous 

 colony, moving" the full colony to a 

 new location, and we have two colonies 

 instead of one, with no opening of hives 

 or hunting of queens. This plan may 

 be carried out the whole season. Will 

 some one tell us the objections to this 

 plan, if any, and describe a better one 

 if there is a better one ? 



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Result of the Recent Election for Officers 

 in the National. 



I have received from Mr. W. F. 

 Marks, Chairman of the board of Di- 

 rectors, a report of the result of count- 

 ing the votes sent to the Secretary last 

 November. From this report I make 

 the following extract : 



To the members of the National Bee- 

 keepers' Association: The chairman 

 of the Board of Directors is in receipt 

 of a letter from Mrs. G. W. Brodbeck, 

 dated Feb. 11th, 19u5, announcing the 

 death of her husband, Secretary G. W. 

 Brodbeck, and enclosing the following 

 result of the ballot taken last Novem- 

 ber for officers of the National Asso- 

 ciation. 



Whole number of votes cast for 

 President, ;^55; of which J. U. Harris 

 received 232; C. P. Dadant, 89; Dr. C. 

 C, Miller, 11; the remaining 23 votes, 

 being scattered among 17 persons. 



Whole number of votes cast for Vice 

 President, 355; of which C. P. Dadant 

 received 251; J. F. Mclntyre, 46; J. U. 

 Harris, 9; the remaining 49 votes were 

 scattered among 21 persons. 



Whole number of votes cast for Sec- 

 retary, 359; of which W. Z. Hutchin- 

 son received 203; G. W. Brodbeck, 95; 

 G. W. York, 23; W. H. Laws, 15; the 

 remaining 23 votes were scattered 

 among 15 persons. 



Whole number of votes cast for Gen- 

 eral Manager, 349; of which N. E. 

 France received, 336; L. F. Scholl, 4; 

 R. L. Taylor, 3; the remaining 6 votes 

 being scattered among 5 persons. 



Whole number of votes cast for Di- 

 rector to succeed E. Whitcomb, 165; 

 of which E. Whitcomb received 100; H. 

 H. Hyde, 26: F. Mnth, 8; the remain- 

 ing 30 votes being scattered among 18 

 persons. 



Whole number of votes cast for Di- 

 rector to succeed W. Z. Hutchinson, 

 256; of which R. L. Taylor received 

 102; W. Z. Hutchinson, 83; G. W. 

 Brodbeck, 18; the remaining 53 votes 

 being scattered among 21 persons. 



Whole number of votes cast to suc- 

 ceed Udo Toepperwein, 311; of which 

 Udo Toepperwein received, 189; E. S. 

 Lovesy, 50; H. H. Hyde, 24; the re- 

 maining 48 votes being scattered among 

 17 persons. 



J. U. Harris, having received a 

 plurality of the votes cast for Presi- 

 dent, was elected President. 



C. P. Dadant, having received a 

 plurality of votes cast for Vice Presi- 

 dent, was elected Vice President. 



W. Z. Hutchinson, having received 

 a plurality of votes cast for Secretary, 

 was elected Secretarv'. 



N. E. France, having received a 

 plurality of votes cast for General 

 Manager, was elected General Man- 

 ager. 



E. Whitcomb, R. L. Taylor and Udo 

 Toepperwein, having received the 

 greatest number of votes for Directors 

 to succeed those whose terms expire, 

 were elected Directors. 



The result of the ballot should have 

 been declared last December, but, 

 owing to the fatal illness of Secretary 

 Brodbeck, it has been dela3'ed. 



W. F. Marks, Chairman Board of 

 Directors, N. B. K. A., Feb. 23, 1905. 



Overstocking. 



I have a letter from Mr. Strohschein 

 of Wisconsin, in which he takes issue 

 with Mr. Alexander on the subject of 

 overstocking. He thinks that Mr. 

 Alexander's point that the bees may 

 visit the same blossoms thousands of 



