PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK 



AT SI.OO PER ANNUM. 



35tli Year. 



CHICAGO, ILL., SEPT. 5, 1895. 



No. 36. 



Five Representatife Bee-fomeii. 



No. l.—Mrs. L. Harrison. 



No. 1. — Mrs. Harrison needs no introdu' 

 tion to the readers of bee-literature. F^.i 

 years she has unceasingly used her voice 

 and pen in disseminating apiarian inforuia 

 tion. Her name has from the first been 

 among those who reply to the Question- 

 Box conundrums in the Bee Journal. Her 

 home Is in Peoria, 111. 



No. 2.— Miss Wilson is Dr. Miller's good 

 sister-in-law, and competent assistant in 

 his apiaries at Marengo, 111. She writes 

 quite frequently tor Gleanings. To know 

 her is to admire her for her strong womanly 

 qualities and genuine good-heartedness. 



No. 3.— Mrs. Sherman, of Salado, Tex., is 

 probably the best-known bee-woman of the 

 South. Her very countenance bespeaks 

 goodness and kindness of heart. In ISSS. 



No. 



-Mrs. Sdllie E. Sherman. 



No. 2. — ilisa Emma Wilson. 



from 40 colonies of bees, she alone took 

 6,000 pounds of boney, mostly extracted, 

 and 100 pounds oi wax. Though she seldom 

 writes, her bee-articles are very helpful and 

 entertaining. 



No. 4.— Mrs. Axtell is another of Glean- 

 ings' popular contributors, though having 

 written occasionally for these columns in 

 years gone by. Although not a prolific 

 writer, she is practical and interesting. In 

 1882. from 180 colouies she (and her hus- 

 band) secured 30,000 pounds of comb honey. 

 Mrs. Axtell lives at Roseville, 111. 



No. 5. — Mrs. Heater is another whose 

 name is found in the list of bee-experts 

 represented iu the Question-Box of this 

 journal. Her apiarian experience dates 

 from 1881, and for the last 13 years her 



No. 4. — Mrs. Sarah J. Axtell. 



" Eureka Apiary" has numbered 12.5 to 150 

 colonies. She is one of Nebraska's honored 

 bee-sisters, her home being at Columbus. 



No. 5.— Mrs. J. N. Heater. 



