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No. 3. — Mr. J. E. Taylor, Vice-Presi- 

 dent, commenced bee-keeping 1 5 years 

 ago in Cowra, but pressure of business 

 compelled him to relinquish the pursuit. 

 About seven years ago he made a fresh 

 start, and now has 140 colonies at that 



with which firm he has been for the last 

 ten years. He has taken a great interest 

 in bees, and, perhaps, more especially 

 in their homes, having commenced im- 

 porting bee-hives and appliances from 

 America some yeai's ago. He keeps a 



Officers of the New South Wales {Australia) Bee-Keepers' Union. 



place, and 150 at his out-apiary at 

 Coota. Season before last he obtained 

 about eight tons of extracted honey, and 

 1,500 pounds in sections. He uses the 

 Langstroth hive. He secured the sec- 

 ond national prize in 1891, and the first 

 in 1892. 



No. 4. — Mr. J. Trahair, Treasurer, is 

 manager for Messrs. Hebblewhite & Co., 



small apiary at his private residence, 

 Stanmore, principally for experiment- 



No. 5.— Mr. C. Mansfield, of Largs, 

 who was Secretary of the recent confer- 

 ence in Sydney, N. S. W., has kept bees 

 more or less for the last 15 years, but 

 some years ago it was his good fortune 

 to obtain the original edition of Lang- 



