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swarms to alight, then these evergreens stood in the open end. The 

 opening in the tile, being a little larger than the tree, would admit 

 it being removed with the swarm without jar, when the tree, swarm 

 and all, were carried to the prepared hive and the bees dislodged 

 and the tree returned for the next swarm. Sometimes another 

 swarm would issue about the time the first was nicely clustered on 

 the tree and begin to cluster with them. When it was thought that 

 a half of the two swarms had clustered, the tree, bees and all, were 

 carried to the prepared hive as before, but this time the bees were 

 not shaken from the tree, but simply laid across the alighting board 

 and covered with a common sheet. 



Without delay, before the other swarm in the air decide there 

 is now nothing to alight upon at that point, another tree is provided 

 and placed in the same tile, and the other swarm allowed to alight. 

 Had we shaken the first swarm from the tree at the time of hiving, 

 thus causing a commotion among the bees at their new hive, it 

 would have attracted the other -swarm to that part of the yard, and 

 they would have united and both entered the same hive. — 

 [Townsend.] 



Death of the Hon. R. L. Taylor. 



Within a little over a year, Ivlichigan has 

 sufl^ered the loss of four very prominent men in 

 the bee-keeping ranks. Mr. W. Z. Hutchinson 

 was first, Hon. Geo. E. Hilton next, followed 

 a little later by Mr. James Heddon. and on 

 August J 6 occurred the death of Hon. R. L. 

 Taylor, of Lapeer, Mich., aged 72 years, 9 

 months, 13 days. 



Mr. Taylor was closely connected with the 

 early history of the Review. I find that the first 

 issue, January 10, 1888, contains an article writ- 

 ten by him. For years Mr. Taylor continued to contribute to its 

 pages, conducting at one time a "Department of Criticism." 



Many times have I visited his home and looked over his 200 or 

 thereabouts colonies of bees. These bees were all kept in one yard, 

 and were wintered in a cellar under the barn. He used the F^eddon 

 hive and produced comb honey exclusively. Besides liis l^ees he had 

 a beautiful vineyard of grapes in which he look much ])ride. At one 

 time he conducted experiments in bee-keeping for the Michigan 

 Agricultural College. These were conducted at his home. Later he 

 filled the position of State Insoectc^r of Apiaries. 



Mr. Taylor was born at Almont, in the same county in which 

 he died. In 1862 he entered the State University and continued in 

 the literary department for three years. He then entered the mer- 



