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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



The thirty' days have expireil, 

 and the bees are still there. Piib- 

 lie opinion is strong against their 

 removal, and the ne\vspai)ers are 

 teeming with ridieule of the order 

 to remove them. 



The Union will stand by Mr. 

 Clark in this matter, and see it 

 throngh, for it woidd be very det- 

 rimental to the pnrsuit to allow a 

 decision against beekeeping to be 

 put upon record on the plea of its 

 being a "nuisance." 



PKOl'OSED LEGISLATION IN MICIII- 

 (iAN AGAINST BliEKEEPING. 



Tiie McCormick bill introduced 

 into the Legislature, intending to 

 "wipe apiculture out of Michigan," 

 as Prof. Cook stated it, raised such 

 a buzzing about his ears that it 

 was tabled on his own motion, tuid 

 there died. The President of the 

 Union (Mr. llcddon), as well as 

 Vice President Cook and the Gen- 

 eral Manager all labored with Mi'. 

 McCormick to bring about the be- 

 fore mentioned result. 



Mere we have another result of 

 the benelits to be derived from or- 

 ganization and combined elfort. 

 The members of the Beekeepers' 

 Union have many triumphs to feel 

 proud over, and this adds another 

 laurel. 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOK TIIE 2 YEAKS . 



Krom July 1, 188", to June 30, 1887. 

 From (yo ineinborshiii.s at $L25 c:i<;h, $775.00 



PaiilS. I. Freeboi-n's suit $l;;i.00 



Paiil (i. r.olm's suit 1!)2.'2.') 



Paiil M. Mailing's suit '25 00 



Paid U. C. Uicharclson's suit. . 10 00 

 Printing, stamps, stationery, etc. rj2. 50 



$550.75 



Del'ence Fund— CV $251.25 



General Fund — Dr :;7.00 



Balance on IkuuI July 1. ISS7 $221.25 



For the American Apiculturist. 



INTRODUCING QUEENS. 



The first is Siniinins' method but 

 I used it long before 1 ever heard 

 of iSimmins. 



If I want to introduce a queen 

 from a nucleus or colony into 

 another nucleus or colon}', I sim- 

 ply take the frame containing the 

 queen, bees, brood and all, and put 

 it in the desired colony. I ;im not 

 sure that this would work ;it all 

 seasons, but I generally do it when 

 honey is yielding and am not i)ar- 

 ticular al)out how long the colony 

 has been (pieenless. 



If I want to introduce the queen 

 with no other bees, I wait till the 

 colony shows its a[)i)reciation of 

 the situation by having started 

 queen cells, then take out a frame 

 of brood, i)lace the (pieenupon the 

 brood and put it at once in the 

 hive. This plan rarely fails. 



JIarewjo, lU. 



Dk. C. g. Miller. 



In my haste I overlookfd your 

 request for my way of introducing. 



Bv G. W. Dlmakee. 



I have tried almost every method 

 that has been given to the public 

 in the past ten years, which prom- 

 ised to make the introduction of 

 queens to strange colonies a uni- 

 form success. I have been a 

 breeder of fine bees for a number 

 of 3'cars [jast, and have had ample 

 opi)ortunity to satisfy myself that 

 there is no infallible way to intro- 

 duce. The conditions are not al- 

 ways the same, and this makes 

 uniformity of results out of the 

 question. Still queens can be in- 

 troduced with as much certainty 

 as is common to good judgment 

 and skill in any diflicult perform- 

 ance in manual labor. I lay down 

 the i)roposition, that no [)lan will 

 succeed so uniformly :is the one 

 that is under the immediate con- 

 trol and ol)servation of the skilled 

 apiarist. To attempt to introduce 

 in any other way is simply to guess 

 at it, i. e.f take the chances, and I 



