Otto Schultz takes the first rank in 

 Europe, in the production of comb 

 foundation. While previously the pro- 

 duction of comb foundation could only 

 be perfected through presses that were 

 expressly made for each different size 

 of comb, they now use rollers, by which 

 the foundation can be made as long as 

 you please. The competition that has 

 arisen lately in regard to this article, 

 has now, to the great advantage of 

 apiculturists lowered the prices thereon 

 and secured to this manufacture a 

 larger number of consumers. 



Third group, vacant bee-habitations, 

 implements and machines. This group 

 was exceedingly varied, containing 

 much that was good and to the purpose, 

 but also much that was useless. 



For the amateur and those that have 

 just commenced bee-keeping, the ob- 

 jects of this group have often been dis- 

 couraging ; many think that they must 

 use, if not all, at least a great many of 

 these in order to be successful. One 

 needs really a great deal of knowledge 

 about bee-culture to be able to separate 

 the chaff from the wheat. 



Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Union. 



REV. .TAS. G. TETER, 



Enterprising bee-keepers of the north- 

 west have felt the need of some kind of 

 an organization for years. Very much 

 mutual benefit may be derived from 

 such a gathering. An effort was made 

 last September at the time of our State 

 Fair to effect such an organization. 

 Many expressed themselves as deeply 

 interested in the move, and pledged 

 their sympathy and support. A call 

 was made to meet at the Chamber of 

 ( Jommerce. Some came before the hour 

 and left before the time. 



Twelve men started the organization. 

 A president, vice-president, secretary 

 and treasurer were duly elected. The 

 place fixed for the next meetingwas St. 

 Paul. The time was the second day of 

 December, lsi't. A committee of one 

 was appointed to secure a suitable room 

 and make suitable arrangements. The 

 senate chamber at the capitol was cheer- 

 fully offered by our Secretary of State. 

 Railroads offered reduced fare. So did 

 the hotels. A good deal of writing was 

 done to get the names and addresses of 

 all the bee-keepers in the northwest. 

 About 150 names were secured ; that is 

 but a fraction of the men actually en- 

 gaged in bee-keeping in the northwest. 

 To all of these there were sent a postal 

 card, giving the programme, the time 

 and the place of meeting. Somehow 

 there were mistakes occurred that threw 



us into confusion. Our St. Paul papers 

 at the time of our organization got our 

 next meeting for December itth instead 

 of the 2d. December 2d came; all things 

 were ready. Six persons put in an ap- 

 pearance. Some had come 20 miles, 

 some 50, and others about 100. One 

 man had shipped some nice specimens 

 of honey, and they were mashed on the 

 cars. Another had shipped some 

 apiarian supplies and they were lost. 

 The Secretary was at his post, but the 

 President and two of the Vice Presi- 

 dents and the Treasurer were nowhere to 

 be seen. Two reporters, representing 

 the two leading papers of the northwest . 

 were present; which only made us feel 

 so much the worse. 



Those who were there were ready to 

 do all the work assigned them. 



There were present some specimens 

 of bee-hives, honey-boxes, bee-books, 

 veils, and other apiarian supplies in 

 general. Those few talked "matters 

 over, and planned for another meeting. 

 Hastings, Dakota county, was fixed as 

 the place, and the 25th of May as the 

 time. Men were appointed to write 

 essays for the occasion. Mr. Searls. an 

 enterprising man of Hastings, invited 

 the Union to meet there, and as it is 

 central for bee-keepers I hope that it 

 will yet be a success. — B. K. Magazine. 



From the Bulletin d'Apieulteur. 



Lausanne, Switzerland, Convention. 



The President, Mods. C. de Ribean- 

 court, gave an interesting address. 

 and then introduced Mr. Thomas (,. 

 Newman, President of the North Amer- 

 ican Bee-Keepers' Society, to the ('(in- 

 vention, at the same time giving him a 

 hearty welcome, and assuring him that 

 the honor of his visit would be fully 

 appreciated by the apiarists of Swit- 

 zerland. 



Mr. Newman, in acknowledging the 

 hearty welcome, said lie was well phased 

 with the state of apiculture in Switzer- 

 land, and hoped that the friendly rela- 

 tions already established between the 

 apiarists of tin- two oldest Republics of 

 the world would ripen into a bond of 

 union never to be broken. 



In obedience to a general desire 

 among those present, Mr. T. (i. New- 

 man gave very interesting explana- 

 tions of the American manner of ob- 

 taining surplus honey and its prepara- 

 tion for the market, This he illustrated 

 with a model of the Langstroth hive as 

 generally used in America. It was 

 furnished with a comb honey rack, con- 

 taining 18 small boxes or sections, each 

 to hold one comb, the whole covered 



