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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



November, 



THE NATIONAL NOMINATIONS. 



With a view to greater concentra- 

 tion of votes tlian has heretofore pre- 

 vailed at the annual election of offi- 

 cers and directors of the National Bee- 

 keepers' Association, an informal bal- 

 lot, by means of postal cards, was 

 taken recently to place in nomina- 

 tion candidates preferred by a mapor- 

 ity of the membership. Heretofore 

 the ballots have been unduly scatter- 

 ed, as a result of there being absolute- 

 ly no system in regard to nominations, 

 and the new plan promises to afford 

 relief for those who desired to cast 

 their vote for the most popular candi- 

 dates, yet were wholly without means 

 whereby these "popular" ones might 

 be ascertained. However, members 

 are still at liberty to vote for whom 

 they please, regardless of the regular 

 nominees. Members will bear in mind 

 the fact that the first two in each list, 

 having received the highest vote, are 

 considered the candidates. The result 

 of the ballot is as follows: 



For President— J. U. Harris, C. P. 

 Dadant, Dr. C. C. Miller, Geo. W. 

 York, A. J. Cook, A. I. Root, E. T. Ab- 

 bott, W. A. Selser, G. M. Doolittle, R. 

 C. Aikin, E. Whitcomb, R. L. Taylor, 

 H. E. Hill, W. Z. Hutchinson. 



For Vice-President — C. P. Dadant, 

 J. F. Mclntyre, Geo. W. Brodbeck, 

 Geo. W. York, Dr. C. C. Miller, G. M. 

 Doolittle, W. L. Coggshall, J. Hall, J. 

 U. Harris. E. R. Root, Wm. McEvoy, 

 O. L. Hershiser, J. Johnson, H. Moore, 

 W. H. Laws, W. Z. Hutchinson, H. 

 H. Hyde, R. C. Aikin, F. Greiner, F. 

 Fouch, E. T. Abbott, W. A. Selser, 

 Frank Benton. 



For Secretary — W. Z. Hutchinson, 

 Geo. W. Brodbeck, W. H. Laws, S. A. 

 Niver, L. H. Scholl, E. T. Abbott, G. 

 F. Davidson. 



For General Manager — N: E. France, 

 L. H. Scholl. 



For Director, to succeed E. Whit- 

 comb— E. Whitcomb. H. H. Hyde, F. 

 W. Muth, H. E. Hill, J. F. Mclntyre, 

 Geo. W. Brodbeck. W. Z. Hutchinson, 

 .T. A. Green, .Tames Heddon, A. .7. Cook, 

 E. Pratt W. Alexander H. Mendleson, 

 A. Carmichael, Wm. Stolley, E. Gann- 

 son, M. Dearby. 



Director to succeed W. Z. Hutchin- 

 son— R. L. Taylor, J. Q. Smith, W. Z. 

 Hutchinson, Geo. W. Brodbeck, F. W. 

 Muth, M. A. Gill, W. L. Coggshall, 

 Geo. W. Y^ork, Eugene Secor, C. P. 

 Dadant, IT. Surface, .T. W. Rouse. E. S. 

 Lovesy, Wm. Gary, .1. U. Harris, H. 



Mendleson, C. Stewart, E. Alexander, 

 F. Rauchfuss. 



Director, to succeed Udo Toepper- 

 weiu — Udo Toepperwein, E. S. Lovesy, 

 Dr. C. C. Miller, H. H. Hyde, J. Q. 

 Smith, E. T. Abbott, F. L. Allen, L. H. 

 Scholl, E. R. Root, F. Brown, W. H. 

 Laws, W. Victor, H. S. Ferry, Frank 

 Benton, B. J. Atchley, Gus Dittmer, H. 

 Lathrop, Emma Wilson, C. Stewart 

 L. Stachelhausen, E. F. Atwater. 



While the editor of The Bee-Keepei 

 deeply appreciates the honor, and th( 

 evident good will of the uukuowr 

 friends who have placed his name ii 

 nomination for these offices, he be 

 lieves that he can better serve the in 

 terests of the fraternity by remaininj 

 as at present, on the outside, free am 

 unfettered; and we therefore kindh 

 ask our friends to waste no votes uiioi 

 the writer, in this connection. Messrs' 

 F. W. Muth and H. H. Hyde ar 

 doubtless free and eminently qualifie* 

 to serve the interests of the associa 

 tion, and we do not hesitate to plac 

 upon record the wish that both may b 

 honored with a place on the board 

 the National. We have reason to be 

 lieve that both these gentlemen ar 

 not only capable and willing to as 

 sume the duties of dh-ector, but the 

 their motives, like the product whic 

 they handle by the hundreds of ton 

 are "pure and wholesome." Doubtlej 

 the list of regularly nominated cand 

 dates, as well as that of the man 

 others whose names have been su 

 gested, are not less so. It is cob 

 prised very largely of bright stars i 

 the apiarian firmament. 



LOOK UPON THIS PICTURE. 



AND THEN ON THIl 



Charity is a virtue which has m 

 lieen developed to its fullest ar 

 broadest extent in all men. Like 

 small, or declining colony of bees, 

 is sometimes well to stimulate mode 

 ately, in the development of this, tl 

 "greater of the trinity of greatest vi 

 tnes — charity.'' With no other wis 

 than that of stimulating charity, tl 

 editor deems it prudent to quote fra 

 two letters recently received from p 

 irons of The Bee-Keeper. The fir? 

 is from a western bee-keeper who hi 

 invested tweuty^five cents in advert! 

 ing a ten-cent article in our columB 

 The second, from a permanent adve 

 tiser who lives in a foreign countr 

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