THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



15 



Gleanings for January 1st comes out 

 with a new design for Its front cover 

 page. In the center Is an eliptical 

 opening In which, very appropriately, 

 is printed the list of contents for the 

 current Issue. 



Mr. Morley Pettlt, of Belmont, On- 

 tario, is the gentleman to whom the 

 Review readers are to be properly 

 grateful for the items in this issue re- 

 garding what was said and done at the 

 Ontario convention recently held at 

 Barrle. 



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F. Greiner says. In the American Bee 

 Keeper, that many times those who 

 can write or make a good speech, are 

 unsuccessful in their business; and 

 those who are successful cannot write. 

 When these two classes meet, as at a 

 convention, both are benefitted. 



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Out-apiaries, short-cuts, and little 

 skilled labor outside the bee-keeper 

 himself, were the methods advocated 

 by Mr. F. J. Miller, at the Ontario con- 

 vention, for getting the most money 

 with the least labor. Mr. Miller prac- 

 tic-es what he preaches. 



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A heavy mustache is something of 

 an obstruction when eating honey on 

 bread. Over at the Ontario conven- 

 tion, the recommendation was to have 

 No. 1 Canadian honey, then turn the 

 slice of bread upside down, or else 

 stand on your head. 



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When cellar feeding of bees is neces- 

 sary, a cake of candy over the frames 

 absorbs moisture from the cluster fast 

 enough to liquefy it for the bees, and 

 the act of absorbing also dries the 



bees. A flat feeding-pan, shallow 

 enough to push in on the bottom board 

 under the cluster, was recommended 

 at the Ontario convention. 



A Honey Exchange was formed over 

 in Canada at the late convention at 

 Barrie. It has a board of five direc- 

 tors, and H. G. Sibbald, of Claude, was 

 elected General Manager. Colorado, 

 California and Ontario now have or- 

 ganizations for co-operation in mar- 

 keting the honey of their members. 



Marketing was the chief topic at 

 the late Ontario convention. While 

 there was much discussion regarding 

 methods of management in the apiary, 

 the question of paramount importance 

 was that of marketing honey to the 

 best advantage, both in the home and 

 foreign markets. The bee-keeping 

 world is evidently waking up to the 

 fact that there is a business end to 

 bee-keeping. 



There is a division of opinion on the 

 advantages or disadvantages ot wiring 

 frames for foundation. Some of Can- 

 ada's most successful bee-men at the 

 Ontario convention being on either 

 side of the question. The best place 

 to have foundation drawn out, said 

 Morley Pettit, is in the super.. If left 

 until drawn out and filled with honey 

 you have it built down solid to the 

 bottom bar; a thing hard to obtain In 

 the brood chamber. The super is part- 

 ly filled with comb, and partly with 

 foundation, and between comb and 

 foundation he uses a thin dummy call- 

 ed a "Foundation Separator," which 

 prevents any bulging of the comb over 

 against the foundation. 



