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the latter. The last twelve years as a specialist, when the entire 

 livelihood of a large family has been secured from the product of 

 the hive. This experience with ihe bees and a willing hand 

 ever ready to help a brother, is about all the excuse I have to olTer 

 in accepting this honorable position. 



Just the same common every-day language that has always 

 characterized my writings in the past will be adhered to in the 

 future. If I do not "make good" you will have the consolation of 

 knowing that you will not have to retain me longer than the Dele- 

 gate Meeting in February, when a new board will be elected. — 

 [Townsend.] 



Fellow Bee-Keeper, Have Confidence in Your Brother. 



The great stumbling block of organization is "lack of con- 

 fidence." Does the present management of the National Bee- 

 Keepers' Association deserve your confidence, is a question to be 

 considered by the prospective member. Do you have confidence 

 in the men who produce the honey and wax in your Association? 

 If you do, you should have confidence in the present officers and 

 directors, for they are producers pure and simple, and not in any 

 way connected with any financial venture that might influence them 

 in the least. If the prospective member does not have confidence 

 in the present management, I beg the privilege of asking where 

 you will go for material for your future management. Fellow bee- 

 keeper, do you know that you are living in the midst of organization, 

 unorgani::cdf 



The hand of fellowship is extended. In renewing your member- 

 ship, why not have your neighbor bee-keeper join with you? A 

 word of approval from you is worth much more than what I can say 

 at this distance. Assure him he is welcome. If each member, or 

 reader, would bring in just one with him, it would double our 

 present membership. Will you do your part to enhance the value 

 of the Association? We expect to be 6,000 strong at the end of 

 next year, but to do this all will have to do their part. The ruralist 

 is the last to organize ; it is our turn now, all others are in. — 

 [Townsend.] 



Alighting Places for Swarms. 



Mr. Eugene E . Eraser, Big Rapids, Mich., the man who plants 

 maple trees with their roots in the air for alighting places for swarms 

 (July Review), reminds me of the time when we had a comb honey 

 yard in Kalkaska Co., where we used a similar device, except we 

 went to the swamp and cut evergreens and trimmed them, leaving 

 a portion near the tip as heavy with brush as possible. Common 

 drain tile were "planted" standing upon end at likely places for 



