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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



knew how, to tell me why they had 

 not given me the pleasure of writing 

 their names in my subscription book. 

 As I enclosed a stamped envelope, the 

 replies came in freely and proved 

 quite helpful and interesting reading. 

 The reason given the most often was 

 that they were already reading one 

 bee journal (usualy they gave th(! 

 name) and tiiat was all that they 

 could afford. 1 ])resume tliat if soin(> 

 otluH" bee .joiu'nal should send out 

 such a circulai", some would give as 

 an excuse that they were already 

 taking the Review, and could not af- 

 ford any more journals. If a man is 

 making a specialty of b(M'-kc('i)iiig, 1 

 believe it is a mistake iu)t to take all 

 of the journals and read all of \hv. 

 books on the subject. He can't afford 

 not to read them. Ever since I began 

 bee-keeping I have read all of the 

 journals, and have found it jjrolitalilo 

 to do so. Many a time one little ilein 

 has contained infoi-nialion that was 

 worth dollars and dollars lo me. In 

 my travels about the country I find 

 that the most successful bee-k(>epei-s 

 read all, or neai-ly all. of 1h(> jour- 

 nals. Men who have been in the busi- 

 ness the longest, who have kept the 

 most bees, those who have l:ad the 

 most experienc(>, and, who, it would 

 seem, stood in the least need of ad- 

 vice or help from journals, are the 

 ones who are the most anxious to read 

 them. They have learned their value. 

 I,et no one imagine, however, tli.it 

 the reading of all of the journals will 

 make of him a successful bee-k<^ei)(>r. 

 Neither will the keeping of a large 

 number of colonies, alone, lead to the 

 same result. Successful bee-keeping 

 does not depend ui)on any our tiling: 

 It is a well-rounded whole of many 

 parts. But don't forget that any lack 

 in one or more of the comi)onent iiarts 

 makes a bad showing in the linal 

 Burning up. 



COMMKRCIAI^ ORGANIZATION MAY NOT 



COMK IN THK FORM IN WHICH SOMK 



OI-* US HAVK KXI'I<:CTKD IT. 



Success docs not al\\:iys come to 

 us over the ])ath\vay upon which we 

 had expect(Ml lo meet her. Many times 

 liave I felt disappointed because while 

 I linil succeeded, it was not in the 

 mnnnei- in wliich I had iilaiined. 'I'o 

 iilnslriite: Some yeai's ago, the On- 

 l:irio r.ee-Keepers' Association gave, 

 each yeai-. to its mend)ers, some sort 

 of ii in-eminni. One year it was a 

 (lueeii; .-inotlKM' year it was a smoker; 

 th(> next it was ;i bee journal, oi' a 

 bee book. I''or two oi' tliree ye;irs i 

 tried to liave them take the Keview 

 as a premium, but. the Canadian I'ee 

 Journal, being their own journal, had 

 rights that could not be ignored, and 

 was given the prefcM'ence. 'I'lien sf)me 

 good (\'ina(li;in brother suggested 

 that, as their local associations also 

 gave premiums, why not get tlieni to 

 tak(> the Review? I turned my at- 

 tention in that dir(>ction, and now 

 sexcrai of their local associations have 

 been taking the Review for s(>v<M'al 

 yeai's. and a good share of the meni- 

 bei-s of the Ontario Association, who 

 ai'e not getting it thi'ougli tlieii- local 

 oi'ganization, are taking it and pay- 

 ing the retail i)rice for it. I proha'ily 

 have more sul)scril)ers in Ont.ario than 

 I would have had had the principal 

 association taken it as a body, and I 

 also get more money in the aggregate, 

 as many miMnlKM's ai'e now i)aying nu^ 

 .$1.00 where they Avould have i):iid 

 only in c(Mits if 1h(\v had taken i! 

 in a body. You will see that while 1 

 have succeeded in a greater degree 

 than T (>xp(M't(Ml. it is not in th(> man- 

 nei- in wliich \ had i)lann(Ml. 



Now for the application: INTany of 

 us, myself included, had i)icliired in 

 our minds the formation of a grand. 

 central, commercial orgaui/atiou of 



