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VOL. XXXI. CHICAGO, ILL, FEBRUARY 9, 1893. 



NO. 6. 



' Iioveliest of lovely things are they. 

 On earll) that soonest pass away. 

 The rose tliat lives its little hour 

 Is prized beyond the sculptured flower." 



Oathering^ Pollen.— Mrs. Jen- 

 nie Atchley, of Greenville, Hunt Co., 

 Tex., wrote us thus on F(!b. 1st: 



Bees btigan to gatlier tlie first natural 

 pollen yesterday, and tiicy just rolled it 

 in this morning. 



Here in Chicago, this morning (Feb. 

 4th) it is lO- below 7myo. Quite a va- 

 riety of weather we have; in these United 

 States ! 



A Bad Mess. — When papers other 

 than bee-papers attempt to say any- 

 thing about bees they generally make a 

 mess of it. A pseudo-religious paper, 

 attempting a comparison, says : "The 

 fact that the two larvae, the drone and 

 worker-bee, placed together in the 

 queen-cell, will so blend as to develop an 

 impregnated queen-bee," etc. There's 

 advanced science for you ! And the re- 

 ligion of the paper is a good deal worse 

 than its bee-lore. 



The Bee-Keepers' Union.— 



We have received from the General 

 Manager of the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Union, th(! following 



OFFICIAL STATEMENT. 



Chicago, Ills., Feb. 3, 1893. 



To tfie Members of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Union : 



I hereby submit the following state- 

 ment of Votes received up 'the time of 

 closing the polls, on Feb. 1, 1893 : 

 There were 348 votes cast. 



For President — Hon. R. L. Taylor, 

 141; James lieddon, 136; scattering, 

 50; blank, 21. 



For Vice-Presidents— C. C. Miller, 272; 

 G. M. Doolittle, 270 ; A. I. Root, 265 ; 

 A. J. Cook, 242 ; G. W. Demaree, 228 ; 

 scatt<!ring, 248. 



For General Manager, Secretary and 

 Treasurer — Thomas G. Newman, 321; 

 scattering, 3 ; blank, 24. 



For Amended Constitution — 289 ; 

 against, 28; blank, 31. 



For Salary of Manager — 20 per cent., 

 342 ; scattering, 6. Back salary voted, 

 the years being added together, amount 

 to 566. This, divided by the number of 

 votes, lacks a little of being twice — car- 

 rying for one year, and leaving votes for 

 218 over. It will therefore commence 

 with Jan. 1, 1892. 



Thomas G. Newman, 

 General Manager. 



In Queen-BreedinsTt it is wisely 

 said, we should aim to rear prolific 

 queens. This, indeed, is of prime im- 

 portance. If we would have strong col- 

 onies, we must have queens that will 

 commence to lay early, continue to lay 

 abundantly, and keep on in the way of 

 well doing until in the autumn. 



