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frequent remonstrances from bee-keepers, 

 to send out instructions advising the 

 spraying of trees while in full bloom. 

 Bee-keepers should fairly bombard him 

 with letters and with evidence showing 

 him the error of his ways, and he should 

 be looked after by the National Associa- 

 tion if it is possible to reach him legally — 

 or in any way. Some States have laws 

 against the spraying of trees while in 

 bloom. This would be unnecessary if 

 everybody fully understood the matter. 



The Accuracy of the census report 

 on bees and honey, as given on another 

 page, is questioned by Gleanings. Mr. 

 Root sa}-s the trouble is that statistics are 

 not "gathered systematically in some 

 States." As I understand the matter, 

 the taking of a census is a systematic 

 matter, carried on by enumerators ap- 

 pointed by the government, and furnish- 

 ed with proper blanks. I should expect 

 that they would get as correct statistics 

 in one State as in another. Mr. Root 

 feels sure that California ought to rank 

 first as a hone\' producing State. He 

 admits that Texas might come in second. 

 It must not be forgotten that Texas is a 

 large State — the largest in the Union — 

 and is an excellent honey producer. Of 

 course, much of the honey produced in 

 Texas is used within her own borders; 

 besides, large quantities find a market in 

 the large cities of the Southwest. Texas 

 might produce large crops of honey year 

 after year, without much of it reaching 

 the Northern markets, or giving us of the 

 North nmch of an idea what was going 

 on "down in Te.xas." 



OVR FronTISPIKCE for this month 

 shows an apiary 100 years old. Its owner, 

 Mr. W. F. Marks, when sending me the 

 photograph, wrote as follows: — 



I presume this apiary has passed 

 through the usual experience of all such 

 started in an early day. It was estab- 

 lished by my grandfather, William 

 Marks in 1801, and became the property 



of my father, Walter Marks, in 1840, and 

 has been managed by its present owner 

 since 1862. The fact that it is in existence 

 to day shoidd perhaps be attributed more 

 to luck than to science. Its age is its 

 only distinction, and was the motive for 

 photographing it. The hives stand in 

 pairs on ground sloping toward the south, 

 the rows facing and running south and 

 east respectively. The lambs keep down 

 the grass, and we are quite proud of these 

 lawn mowers. I use from two to six 

 lambs or small sheep for this purpose, 

 according to conditions, and remove all 

 for a short time during the swarming sea- 

 son, or if the feed gets too short. 



The camera with which this picture 

 was made was a small one, and, in order 

 to get near enough to give the proper 

 size, it was necessary to make two ex- 

 posures — take one picture showing half 

 the apiary, then turn the camera around 

 a little, and take the other half, print the 

 two pictures, and mount them side by 

 side on one mount. 



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General IVIanager Secor has resign- 

 ed, and Emerson T. Abbott, of St Joseph, 

 Mo. has been elected as his successor. I 

 have had considerable correspondence 

 with Mr. Secor in the last few months, 

 and I was well aware that he wished to 

 lav down the burden of the General Man- 

 agership. He was an officer in several 

 large corporations. Last year he was 

 elected to the State Legislature. He is 

 advancing in years, past 60, and he felt 

 that he should be unloading souie of his 

 burdens. .\t the last election he asked 

 the members to be so kind as to elect 

 some one in his place. No attention was 

 paid to this request. He was re-elected, 

 and immediately resigned. The direc- 

 tors then chose their chairman, Mr. Ab- 

 bott, as General Manager. Mr. Abbott, 

 is enthusiastic, progressive and aggres- 

 sive, has modern ideas, always attends 

 the conventions, is a good speaker — the 

 best we have in our ranks — and I bespeak 

 prosperity for the .Association under his 

 leadership. 



R. C. Aikin, of Loveland, Colo, has 

 been chosen director to fill the place left 



