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month of October i/iar send a postal vote 

 to the President or Secretary, naming 

 his candidates for the offices to be filled, 

 such votes to be counted November i, by 

 tlie aforesaid President and Secretary, 

 and the result certified by them. The 

 two candidates named for General Man- 

 ager having the greatest number of votes 

 each, respectively, to be the nominees for 

 that office. The six candidates named 

 for directors having the greatest number 

 of votes each, respectively, to be the 

 nominees for that office; such nomina- 

 tions to be immediately published in all 

 the bee periodicals during the month of 

 November. 



This would give all, who wished to do 

 so, a chance to take part in the nomina- 

 tion of candidates, without prejudice, 

 and at the election following they would 

 again have a choice of two candidates, 

 for each office. Brieflv stated, the month 

 of October to be for nominations of can- 



didates, at which time all members will 

 have an equal chance to name their 

 choice, due notice of which is given by 

 the bee periodicals during September. 

 The month of November gives sufficient 

 time for notice of candidates chosen, and 

 for campaign purposes, before the elec- 

 tion in December. 



There may be objections to this plan, 

 but I believe there are/ewer such than 

 of some other plans that have been pro- 

 posed. It would be inexpensive and at 

 the same time accommodate all the 

 members, if they chose to avail them- 

 selves of the privilege, and the opportu- 

 nity for wire pulling is no greater than 

 in other proposed plans, and what oppor- 

 tunity there is, is denied no member, as 

 all have the same chance. This plan of 

 nominating candidates is very sim pie if 

 my outline of the same is intelligible. 



ChapinvillE, N. Y. May 27, 1902. 





SWARMING TIME. 



BY H. LATHROP. 



How to take Advantage of the Swarming Impulse, and 

 Still get Honey Instead of Increase. 



This was sometime a paradox, but time gives it proof.— Shakespeare. 



inHI-: extract from Mr. Morgan's book, 

 T on page 150 of the Review, giving 

 directions for management at swarming 

 litne, stales my method almost to a dot. 

 and has been published by me more than 

 once. I practice leaving the old hive be- 

 side the working colony for about a week 

 as you describe. 



There is another point to be discussed 

 in connection with Mr. Morgan's instruc- 

 tions. His method wolud double the 

 stock each year if each colony swarmed. 

 Supposing a bee-keeper has as many 

 colonies as he desires and finds no profit 



in making increase, furnishing hives and 

 having regular brood combs built, what 

 is he to do ? 



I solved the problem in this way: I 

 made a lot of supers seveu inches deep, 

 with frames a bee space less in depth. 

 These frames are furnished with one-inch 

 starters, and one of these brood chambers 

 is used to hive a swarm in, and furnishes 

 a home for a comb honey colony. The 

 combs are built down nicely by the end 

 of the season. The hive from which the 

 swarm issued is often weakened more 

 than once to augment the working force 



