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place of the frame in the starter, and let the bees remain in this hive 

 long enough to empty the honey they had carried with them from 

 the diseased hive, then draw out this comb of honey and brush the 

 bees from it in front of the hive, being very careful not to scatter 

 any of the honey, and destroy the comb, replacing it with frame with 

 starter, and there will not be any of the old diseased honey left with 

 the bees by the time comb has been built containing brood to feed 



the larvae. 



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On Thursday morning occurred the election of the following 

 officers for the ensuing year: President, Frank C. Pettitt, Atlantic; 

 Vice-President, J. W. Stine, Salem ; Secretary, S. W. Snyder, Center 

 Point ; Treasurer, C. H. Tome, Edgewood ; Directors, Dr. A. F. 

 Bonney, Buck Grove; Hamlin E. Miller and E. C. Wheeler, of 

 Marshalltown. 



Field Notes From Tennessee. 



J. M. BUCHANAN, Franklin, Tenn. 



We have had uniform success with the fasting method of direct 

 introducing for four or five years, and shall continue its use until we 

 find something better. The queen is kept in a cage, alone and with- 

 out food, for about forty-five minutes, and then run in with very 

 little smoke, usually at the top of the hive. We have tried the Miller 

 smoke method to some extent the past summer, but fail to see any 

 decided advantage over the other. We have noticed some reports 

 of queens being lost or superseded after being smoked in. However, 

 I don't think the smoke is to blame, for as much or more smoke is 

 often used in ordinary manipulations. 



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Dr. Miller and J. L. Byer favor strong colonies at all times, and 

 Doolittle only wants them strong "just at the right time." Well, after 

 all, it is a matter of "locality," and the time and duration of the honey 

 flows. For a short, sharp flow, and nothing doing the rest of the 

 summer, Doolittle would be right. But with our long continued 

 and intermittent flows, sometimes lasting all summer, I have yet to 

 see a colony too strong at any time, provided I had supers enough 

 to give them room for all to get into the hive. 



We find mouse-proof entrance blocks a great convenience. They 

 are easily made, and cheap, costing less than half a cent each. Cut 

 pieces of lath to reach the full length of the entrance, and make a 

 notch on the lower edge the size wanted for the winter entrance : 

 (we make it one-half by six inches). Now tack a strip of three- 



