74 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



throiig-h an executive committee composed of one member from each 

 district. The marketing- of fruit was continued under this arrange- 

 ment only during the seasons of 1893-4 and 1894-5, and, proving 

 unsatisfactory, the organization of the Southern California Fruit 

 Exchange w^as consummated in 1895, and this organization, in turn, 

 was succeeded by the present California Fruit Growers' Exchange, 

 to admit of the handling by the exchange of the fruit of the entire 

 state. 



Among the important features of the exchange, is the matter of 

 purchasing the necessar}- supplies. The P>uit Growers' Supply 

 Company was organized in 1907 for the purpose of buying all the 

 ])acking materials used by the exchange growers. Through it, very 

 favorable contracts have been made at fair prices, so that the charg- 

 ing of exorbitant prices by the manufacturer and seller has been 

 difificult, if not impossible. 



The Porter Bee Escape. 



(Continued /ro>n page 6^) 

 running honey is cleaned out, and the excitement has subsided. 

 This usually takes about an hour. Then the escape board can be 

 put in. About three or four hours at the most are needed for 

 emptying the supers of the bees. Often very much less, sometimes 

 only half an hour. 



WIDE KIM ON i:3CAFi: BOAKS NEEDED. 



One more precaution must be mentioned. The upper rim of the 

 escape-board should not be less than ^4 or V?, n\c\\ thick. With 

 thinner rims it might happen, in fact it has happened once with 

 me, that the burr combs under the super would touch the escape- 

 board perhaps just where the escape is, and close it entirely. 

 Knoxville. Tenn. 



National Committee on Legislation Already Busy. 



{Contiujied from page 6g) 

 As the committee understands it, the first, second and third were 

 in the form of a request, of which, the first you held under advise- 

 ment. The second and third you agreed to acquiesce to our request. 

 The fourth and fifth were only in the form of a suggestion, and 

 you felt also with us that such bulletins would be very helpful, and 

 you approved the same. 



The committee desires to thank you for your courteous audience 

 given them yesterday, and reiterate the gratitude they feel toward 

 your department, in the many ways you have helped us along the 

 lines of the bee industry. 



(Signed) Wm. A. Selser^ Philadelphia, Chairman. 

 J. H. M. Cook, New York, N. Y. 

 N. W. SAUNDER.S, Rockville, Md. 



