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had an accredited dele;jale. Pardon m«r for 

 the apparent egotism displayed in inenlion- 

 iDg tije~«r tbin^, bat I am made to appear 

 a** fe*lirj^ aore orer my noo-eteetioo to the 

 B-jard a jear ago. No one erer heard me 

 complain of or repeat this. I know fall 

 veil the means employed and the ciream- 

 -'.anoee under vhicfa thi> was brought aboat. 

 1 have to some extent >tood in the way of 

 tbe adraacement of one or two men. I 

 hare not been alone in this, however, others 

 hare stood on the rame level with my-^elf. 

 I am gratified to fcnov that I hare always 

 been in accord with the late Mr. Cornell and 

 the late Mr. Prin^le in matters pertaining 

 to the be^ interertr of the A5*ociatioa. 

 They, in common with myself, have been 

 zeakKiTly attended to by eertain woald-be 

 roler?. Both gentlemen were hounded to 

 the very brink of the grave. A« I am still 

 left to be di«po?ed of. Mr. Pettit =Qggeet= a 

 c-jnvenieat way by wfuch the remaining in- 

 caba* may be gotten rid of. '* It ~eem? to 

 mi'" he says, *• he ' M^Koight » should micd 

 '; is own occupation and let as alous." The 

 ' Tuq^rxftL^"' argument is only a scbool- 

 ■ oy's defease, but I will employ it here and 

 -ay, let Mr. Pettit mind his own bo=ine^ 

 and let us alone. I = appose neither one will 

 take the other's advice, for, although thi« L« 

 •.he last time I shall reply to any of his effu- 

 -lons, 1 shall nevertheless continue to take a 

 " disintere ted" interest in the Ontario Bee- 

 Keeper?' Association, manifesting that in- 

 :erei>t by attending its meetings when pos- 

 dble. 

 • »WES S jcsd. Ont. Aug. 3. K*"). 



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FLHIT. MICHIGAN AUG. 10. 1896. 



B. T\TLOB ha= been ^ick in i>ed for three 

 months but L= now considered out of dan- 

 ger. Bat hi* sickne>s- has not prevented his 

 bees f roflQ storing a g>jd crop of the Qneist 

 honey be has ever iiad — more than 10,000 

 pounds. 



Docrr^B MiLLKii and myself r ■ have 

 talked about the good f^easoij^ that are to 

 come until the Doctor has at last gotun 

 something of a crop — had 1,4^^:* fini-bed sec- 

 tioDB in his boose on the 15th of July. Five 

 sapere came from one hive. 



Tbe SorTBXwLSD Qtkks has steadily im- 

 proved from tbe very beginning of its pab- 

 lication. Possibly there might be an excep- 

 tion in the last t^ o or three is^utss, when she 

 has taken a aecidedly upward turn — been 

 growing like a girl in her teens. Honestly, 

 the Qoeen has become a neat and Yaloable 

 joomaL 



F. A. GnfinTT., or his apiary, received an 

 excellent " write up '' in his k*ral paper, 

 Tbe Stratford Beacon. Invite yoor local 

 editor to visit your apiary, see that he is 

 furnished with a veil and then show him the 

 wonders of the apiary and allow him to car- 

 ry home a little bundle of its product. Ton 

 and bee-keeping will be the gauieis. 



E. McKsioHT. of Owen Soond, Ont., has 

 written a mo^t excellent and readable, two- 

 page, newrpaper page,) article cm Bees and 

 Uoney for tbe Toronto Satorday Globe. It 

 appeared in the Aug. let ieeoe, embellished 

 with a dozen most beantifnlly executed 

 eats. Such articles are a benefit to both 

 our pursuit and tbe public. 



Tee " jA£i>iSE " is the latest bee escape. 

 It has six little doors that can be pushed open 

 to let the bees out. but editor Boot of Glean- 

 ings says that the hinges become propolized 

 and tbe usefulness of the marhine is mined. 

 This is what any praetieal bee-keeper would 

 expe^ Tbe spring principle adopted by 

 the Porters is the correct one for an escaoe. 



The Basswood orchard of Mr. A. 1. Hoot, 

 planted tH years ago. is now fumisbing 

 considerable IxHiey. It contains 4.CCI0 trees. 

 I pre<same that this is the only orchard of 

 the kind in this cotintry. I should like to 

 see it when in full bloom. Say, Ernest, is 

 the shape of the laud such that you could give 

 us a picture of it ? How tall are tbe trees 

 and bow thick throogfa ? Twenty-three 

 years is a longtime to wait for tbe harvest. 

 I presume, however, that the trees have 

 blo^omed several years ago. 



