November, 1909. 



American Hee Joarnal 



for each office in addition to tlie nominations 

 obtained in the usual way." 



This Committee from 11 States reported 

 nominations as follows; 



Kor President— George W. York. Chicaeo. 

 111., and Thomas Chantry, Price. Utah. 



For Vice-President— W. D. Wright. Alta- 

 mont. N. Y.. and G. M. Bently. Knoxyille. 

 Tenn. 



¥oT Secretary— Morley Pettit. Jordan Sta- 

 tion. Ont.. Can., and Louis H. SchoU. New 

 Braunfels. Tex. 



General Manager and Treasurer— N. E. 

 France. Platteville, Wis. 



For the 3 Directors— J. E. Crane. Middle- 

 bury, Vt.: J, J. Wilder. Cordele. Ga.; R. A. 

 Morgan. Vermillion. S. Dak.; Edwin G. 

 Brown. Sergeant Bluff. Iowa; B. A. Hadsell, 

 Buckeye. .Ariz.; and E. F. Atwater, Meri- 

 dian. Idaho. 



From the above nominations for each office, 

 please select your choice, and mail enclosed 

 postal so as to reach Chairman R. L. Taylor 

 before Nov. w. 1000. the day all the postal 

 ballots will be counted. 



The -Annual Report is now in the printers' 

 hands, and will be out soon. 



Very truly yours, 



N. E. France. 



There are, of course, many of our 

 subscribers who are not members of 

 the National, and thus cannot vote. If 

 so, why not send the dollar dues at 

 once to the General Manager, N. E. 

 France, Platteville, Wis., with your 

 selections from the above nominations 

 for officers? We feel that every live 

 bee-keeper in America should be a 

 member of the National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association. It is the largest and best 

 organization of bee-keepers on this 

 continent, and so deserves the support 

 of all beedom. 



No. 2 is a view of his " Hot Springs 

 Apiary," near San Juan Capastrano. 

 No. 3 is Mr. Joplin himself with a 

 swarm of bees in his hand. 



again at fairs in competition with separa- 

 tored honey. I used 7-to-the-foot sections, 

 also those only 1% inches in width, and I 

 think the latter are narrow enough. There 

 are some additional advantages in the use 



Api.\rv of George Hodces. of Belmont, N. V.— Past 81 years of age. 



The honey season was very good in 

 this locality this year. 



I get lots of useful information from 

 the American Bee Journal. 



El Toro, Calif. T. O. Sharp. 



Lo.ss of Honey from Smoke? 



Reidenbach, in a lecture, is reported 

 to have said (Prakt. Weg.) that accord- 

 ing to observations of .Americans there 

 had been a loss of 2-5 percent of the 

 honey from using too much smoke. 

 That statement is a little vague. Does 

 it mean a fourth of the season's crop, 

 or a fourth of the intake of a day or an 

 hour.' In any case, what .-Vmericans 

 have given any definite data on the 

 subject? Don't all speak at once. 



Comb Honey Without Separators 



W. K. Morrison says, in the Bee- 

 Keepers' Review, this can be made an 

 entire success. Many of the veterans 

 will shake their heads and say they 

 ktio-.c better. But before judging too 

 hastily it may be well to consider the 

 conditions necessary for success. The 

 most important item is the width, or 

 rather, the narrowness of the sections. 

 Mr. Morrison says they must be only 

 1 '4 inches, making the comb 1 inch 

 thick. These, with full sheets of foun- 

 dation well fastened, and hives perfectly 



I.— Fox Apiary. 



.AlTAKIES ()[•■ AnOKKW JoPMN. 



2.— Hot Springs Apiary. 3.— Mr. J. with .Swarm. 



Apiaries of Andrew .Toplin 



I send herewith some views of Mr. 

 Andrew Joplin's apiaries. No. 1 is a 

 view of his " Fox Apiary," near El 

 Toro, with himself leaning on a hive. 



level in all directions, are the principal 

 requirements. Editor Hutchinson adds : 



I have produced thousands of pounds of 

 comb honey without separators, and this 

 honey has been sold at the highest market 

 I)rice. and secured first prizes time and 



of these narrow sections. The honey is 

 ripened and sealed over more quickly, al- 

 lowing the super to come off sooner and be 

 replaced with another; and retail dealers 

 prefer these thinner combs. 



<ieorffe Belmont and Apiary 



I am sending a picture of one of the 

 oldest bee-keepers in this country — Mr. 

 George Hodges, of Belmont, N. Y., 

 who has taken the American Bee Jour- 

 nal for years. 



George Hodges was born 81 years 

 ago, a few miles from London. Eng- 

 land. He came to this country while a 

 young man, and, through industrious 

 habits, succeeded in paying for the 

 home in which he now lives. His wife 

 died about 2 years ago, since which 

 time he has been keeping house alone. 

 He has been engaged in bee-keeping 

 for many years, and is very successful. 

 His products are eagerly sought for on 

 account of the fineness of quality. Mr. 

 Hodges finds his dearest pleasure out 

 among his bees, even yet, and in spite 

 of rheumatic lameness. 



Bradford, Pa. Chas. H. Munson. 



Swarminff Prevente«l— A Booklet 



On another page the reader will find 

 an advertisement on prevention of 

 swarming, calling attention to a pamph- 

 let issued by Dr. H. Jones, of Preston, 

 Minn., who describes his method of 

 treatment for such prevention. The 

 price of the booklet has been reduced 

 from $1.01) to 2.') cents. We hope our 

 subscribers will send 2.5 cents at once 

 to Dr. Jones, and study the booklet 

 thoroughly during the coming winter, 

 so that they will be able to put its sug- 

 gestions into practise another bee- 

 season. Dr. Jones expects to be at the 

 next meeting of the Chicago-North- 

 western Bee-Keepers' Association. Dec. 

 1 and 2. 



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