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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Office of the Iowa Board of Centen- 

 nial Managers. 



This is to certify that ilrs. Ellen Tnpper 

 of Des Moines Folic Co., being an expert in 

 such articles as are enumerated in Group 

 Xo. 34 of our Classification of Iowa Products, 

 is duly appointed to act as Group Secretary 

 in charge of her specialty, viz : 



The Bee-Keeping Industry of the State, 

 subject to such instructions as our Board 

 juay from time to time give in a written 

 form. 



Signed tliis 16t h day of April 1875, and at- 

 tested by the Seal of our Corporation. 



Alex. Suaw^ S. II. MALLor.y. 



Sec'y. President. 



I, C. B. Carpenter, Governor of Iowa, 

 liereby indorse the foregoing appointment, 

 tMs 16th day of April 1875. 



C. C. CAT?rENTET!. 



Centennial Exposition. 



COMMEXCIXG APRIL 19, AXD EXDIXG OCT. 



19, 1876. 



The undersigned having been appointed, 

 by the Iowa Board of Centeni\ia! IManagers, 

 Secretary of Group No, 34, accepts the ap- 

 pointment with the hope that every bee- 

 keeper in the State will aid her in the work, 

 by preparing for the exhibition any hives, 

 extracts, bees, queens, or anything pertain- 

 ing to 'the industry within reach. Also 

 specimens' of all honey-producing plants 

 and seeds thereof which may be found in 

 any portion of the State of Io>va, for exhibi- 

 tion at the coming celebration of One Hun- 

 dredth Anniversary of the Nation, to be 

 held atPhiladelpliia, Pa., 187(i, I have the 

 honor to request your co-operation in com- 

 pleting this Group, by the preparation and 

 contribution of articles properly belonging 

 within the scope thereof. 



Any aid or information will be clieerfnlly 

 furnished on application. As the Secretary 

 of this Group is also a member of the com- 

 mittee appointed by the National Bee-Keep- 

 ers Association, applications from any 

 part of the country will be in order. 



All articles shipped to my care will be 

 properly labeled and transmitted to the Ex- 

 ])Osition, under the care and direction of the 

 State Board of Centennial ^ranagers. Such 

 articles as the individual exhibitor may de- 

 sire can be shipped direct to the care of the 

 Director (ieneral of the Ex])osition, I'liila- 

 delphia, Pa., under such rules as the Direc- 

 tor (ieneral may prescribe. All pcrscnis who 

 desire to be exhibitors will besupi)lied with 

 blank applications for space upon applying 



to the undersigned. Applications must be 

 made to the Director General of the exposi- 

 tion. For the purpose of keeping a record 

 of Iowa applications, they will be signed in 

 duplicate, one of which will be forwarded to 

 the Director General, Philadelphia, and one 

 to the Secretary of Iowa State Board of Cen- 

 tenial Managers, Des Moines, Iowa. 



Trusting that State and local pride will in- 

 duce you to give us your hearty co-operation 

 I shall expect, without further solicitation, 

 to secure from you, on or before the 1st day 

 of December, 1875, a specimen of such arti- 

 cles as above enumerated, all of which will 

 be duly acknowledged, and ordinary care 

 exercised ; but the loss of property by the 

 accidents of transportation, by fine, or by 

 the dispensations of Providence, will in no 

 wise subject the undersigned to damages, 

 llespectfully, 



Ellex S. Tupper. 

 Sec'y. Group 34. 



Des Moines, Iowa. 



From the Practical Farmer. 



Uses of Wool in the Apiary. 



For the last four years we have used wool 

 quite largely for various purposes in our 

 apiary. We use nothing else for stopping 

 up our queen cages, rolling it for this pur- 

 pose into a tight wad. The bees cannot 

 gnaw it away, and seldom propolise it. 

 We shut up all our nuclei, when first form- 

 ed, with wool. It can be crowded into 

 place in a moment, admits air, and is easily 

 removed. If we wish for any purpose to 

 shut up a hive, we use wool. In the work- 

 ing season, we keep one "pocket full of 

 wool," and know nothing of the vexatious 

 we experienced when using wire-cloth. Oc- 

 casionally a few bees are caught in the fibres 

 of the wool, but they are for the most part 

 veryshyof it, and are quite indisposed to 

 Qommxifelo dc sc, -by hanging themselves 

 in its meshes. Bobbers will very quickly 

 retreat from a hive well wooled. If we use 

 the words to tcoo J and unwool a hive or nu- 

 cleus, instead of to shut up or open the en- 

 trance, our readers will understand what we 

 mean. L. L. Langstroth. 



Phrsoxal. — This heading, over my sig- 

 nature, may remind some, of my personals 

 in tlu^ Amkuu'AX Bkk .Ioirnal in 187'3. 

 With no intention of reviving past aniniosi- 

 ties, I desire to say tliat soon after these 

 ])ers()nals ainicarcd", I regretted sonu' things 

 in them. For tlie first time in my life, in- 

 stead of a statement of facts with what 

 seemed to me the necessary conclusions from 

 them, 1 iist'd hitter epltlu'ts and invectives. 

 Coming from a man of my age and profess- 

 ion this was the less excusable. Perhaps 



