1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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There is more or less agitation go- 

 ing on in the several bee papers in 

 regard to the uniting of the Beekeep- 

 ers' Union and the N. A. Beekeepers' 

 Association. We do not see any ob- 

 jection to this being done as the lat- 

 ter association is of no use to any 

 one at present, and it certainly would 

 not detract from the usefulness of 

 the Union, while at the same time 

 making it numerically stronger, and 

 perhaps would cause more interest to 

 be taken in it than at present. 



ing by the advice given by Wm. Ball- 

 entine, who conducts a bee column 

 in the Farm Journal. He says he 

 has about come to the conclusion 

 that it is best to have a few old-fash- 

 ioned box hives in every apiary for 

 iH-eeding purposes especially. This 

 idea has been advocated b}^ several 

 beekeepers lately. 



At the Toronto Convention Mr. 

 Frank Benton distributed No. 8 of 

 his pamphlet entitled Bees. These 

 leaflets have been published by Mr. 

 Benton at various times during the 

 past ten years, and from whatever 

 place at which .he happened to be at 

 the time. One number was issued 

 from Tunis, one from Italy, two from 

 Cyprus, one from Syria, two from 

 Germany. 



We are just in receipt from Mrs. 

 Oliver Cole, of Sherburne, N. Y., 

 one of our contributors and an exten- 

 sive queen breeder, of a photograph 

 of herself in the midst of her apiary. 

 The picture is not printed distinctly 

 enough to allow of a half-tone being 

 made from it , or we would be glad to 

 reproduce it for the Ijenefit of our 

 readers. 



The officers of the North ximerican 

 Beekeepers' Association for the com- 

 ing year are as follows : A. I. Hoot, 

 Medina, 0., President ; Wm. Mc- 

 Evoy, Woodburn, Ont. , Vice Presi- 

 dent; Dr. A. B. Mason, Auburndale, 

 O., Secretary ; W. Z. Hutchinson, 

 Flint, Mich., Treasurer. 



One would think that the ' ' science 

 of apiculture" is retrograding, judg- 



The annu:il convention of the 

 North American Bee Keepers Associ- 



