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and if you want something that will ex- 

 clude, use zinc. Wood mil go and come, 

 or swell, and shrink in this latitude. — 

 Mrs. Jennie Atchley. 



1. I prefer the zinc, with a wooden 

 frame on the outside to keep it in shape. 

 2. An "all-wood" would be to clumsy 

 for my use. — J. E. Pond. 



1. I have had no experience with any 

 but zinc excluders. 2. I should prefer to 

 risk the zinc, judging from what others 

 say of the wood. — S. I. Freeborn. 



1. Perforated zinc. 2. All-wood ex- 

 cluders are not reliable, unless the open- 

 ing is made at right angles with the 

 grain of the wood. — J. P. H. Brown. 



1. I have only used the zinc. 2. I 

 should suppose all-wood might not be 

 reliable, owing to change from moisture. 

 The zinc is very satisfactory. — A. J. 

 Cook. 



1. I prefer part wood and part zinc — 

 strips of perforated zinc let into strips 

 of wood. 2. I never saw an all-wood 

 would-be excluder that I would use. — H. 

 D. Cutting. 



1. The one made by Dr. Tinker, a 

 slat honey-board with strips of zinc be- 

 tween, containing two rows of perfora- 

 tions. 2. I have never seen any that I 

 thought equal to wood-zinc. — Eugene 

 Secor. 



1. For comb honey, I don't need any. 

 For extracted, one with the largest per- 

 forations that will keep a queen down. 

 2. I have seen no reports regarding 

 them, except one or two that were un- 

 favorable.— C. C. Miller. 



1. I prefer a combination of wood 

 slats and zinc strips, though this is much 

 more likely to have the perforations 

 filled with wax and propolis than one 

 entirely of zinc. 2. I have never used 

 all-wood excluders. — James A. Green. 



1. I prefer a full sheet of perforated 

 zinc with a wood rim. I have never 

 tried wood, but I know it cannot be re- 

 liable because it swells and shrinks, and 

 bees can cut the perforations as large as 

 they want them. Bees can cut with 

 their hard jaws anything less hard than 

 glass and metal. — G. W. Demaree. 



See Our J^ew Premiiini I^ist on 



page 581, and then decide to get some of the 

 premiums offered for securing new sub- 

 scribers for the Bee Journal. We want 

 every one of our present subscribers to 

 help us increase the number of our regular 

 readers. Will you see what you can do 

 toward it ? 



Report of the North American 

 Bee-Keepers' CoiiTcntion. 



Reported for the " American Bee Journal " 

 BY R. F. HOLTERMANN. 



(Continued from page 568.) 

 During the first recess, and at various 

 times thereafter, the following lists of 

 members were made up : 



List of Annual Members. 



Rev. E. T. Abbott. St. Joseph, Mo. 



R. C. Aikin, Loveland, Colo. 



J. Alpaugh, St. Thomas, Ont. 



A. E. Ault, North Liberty, Iowa. 



C. S. Avery, Omaha, Nebr. 



Ezra Baer, Dixon, Ills. 



M. M. Baldridge, St. Charles, Ills. 



A. Y. Baldwin, DeKalb, Ills. 



B. T. Baldwin, Marion, Ind. 



G. G. Baldwin, Port Huron, Mich. 



J. S. Barb, Oakfleld, Ohio. 



E. J. Baxter, Nauvoo, Ills. 



M. G. Beals, Oto, Iowa. 



Frank Benton, Washingrton, D. C, 



Ralph Benton, Washiug'ton, D. C. 



Dr. H. Besse, Delaware, Ohio. 



C. Blackburn, Lamont, Iowa. 

 Jos. Blanchard, Brimfield, Ills. 



M. Blanchard, Hilbert Junction, Wis. 



Henry E. Bliss, W. Winfleld, N. Y. 



W. B. Blume. Norwood Park, Ills. 



H. R. Boardman, East Townsend, Ohio. 



Elmer Bridenstine, North Liberty, Iowa. 



Edg-ar Brigg-s, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 



A. A. Brimmer, Hoosick, N. Y. 



L. Brock, Littleton, Colo. 



James H. Brown, Rochester, N, Y, 



Dr. O. S. Brown, Londonderry, Ohio. 



H. Burkhard, Malcolm, Nebr. 



J. W. Caldwell, Steamboat Rock, Iowa. 



A. Christie, Smithland, Iowa. 



C. C. demons. Kansas City. Mo. 



N. Cocbems, Los Angeles, Calif. 



E. W. Coe, Clarence, Iowa. 



W. L. Coggshall, W. Groton, N. Y. 



J. N. Conger, Wyoming, Ills. 



Prof. A. J. Cook, Agricultural College, Mich. 



A. Coppin, Wenona, Ills. 



