THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



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other flight, I don't attach so very much 

 importance to tliese extra late flights. 

 After the beesh .ve settled down for their 

 winter nap they are consuming very little 

 honey. The matter of two weeks does 

 not use up much honey. The bees may 

 be put into a cellar, and the doors and 

 windows all left open until cold, freezing 

 weather comes. This gives the bees the 

 benefit of the fresh air, if there is any 

 benefit, the same as though out upon 

 their summer stands. 



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Mr. a. I. Root spent nearly a week 

 with me, or in my company, while going 

 to the Ivos Angeles convention. We had 

 a number of long talks together and prob- 

 ably got better acquainted than ever be- 

 fore. Since his return he has siid a num- 

 ber of very kind things of the Review and 

 its editor. W. P. Root, the proof reader 

 of Gleanings, hm also copied from and 

 complimented the Review, in the depart- 

 ment that he conducts in Gleanings, iu a 

 way that it has never before been praised. 

 E. R. Root has waxed almost enthusiastic 

 over the work that I have done in the 

 photographic line. Did I not know these 

 good friends as I do I should fear ihat 

 they were indulging in flattery, but I 

 know that they mean what they say, and 

 I thoroughly appreciate the feelings that 

 have prompted these utterances, and the 

 best I can say is, I will try to deserve 

 them. 



Pausing competition is the worst 

 competition that a man can have. A 

 merchant may be able to withstand the 

 competition of a successful competitor, 

 but the competitor who fails in business, 

 and his goods are sold at a sheriff's sale — 

 that is the kind of competition that cuts 

 the ground from under a competitor. Bee- 

 keepers have that kind of competition to 

 contend with in the shape of the farmer 

 with a few hives of bees who takes his 

 honey to market and sells it for what he 

 can get. Some have said: "You must 

 be a poor bee-keeper if you can't raise 



honey as cheaply as the farmer bee-keep- 

 er. " Let the farmer bee-keeper try to 

 make his living raising honey in this way 

 and marketing it in this manner, and see 

 how he will come out. The facts of the 

 case are that his honey costs him more 

 than he sells it for, only he doesn't know 

 it. It is competition of the failing kind. 



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Maiijng cages for the shipping of 

 queens are not strong enough. Several 

 have reached me the past year in a crush- 

 ed condition — in some cases the occu- 

 pants had escaped. Every little while we 

 see items in the journals telling of simi- 

 lar experiences. It was this very thing 

 that caused queens to be thrown out of 

 the mails years ago, and it will cause 

 them to be thrown out again unless it is 

 stopped. The only possible objection 

 there can be to larger, stronger cages is 

 that we may have to pay one cent more 

 postage on each queen we mail, but that 

 is a trifling matter compared to having 

 mailing privileges denied us. Let every 

 dealer provide cages this winter in readi- 

 ness for the next season's trade, and be 

 sure that they are strong enough to stand 

 the enormous pressure to which they are 

 subjected when the mail bags are corded 

 up several feet in height. One thing 

 more: Don't cover the wire cloth with 

 simply a thin cardboard. Years ago we 

 used a wooden cover nearly % of ^^^ inch 

 in thickness, and it is a pity such covers 

 were not kept in use. A cover of heavy, 

 tough cardboard would be all right, but 

 some of the paper covers used are very 

 flimsy — might almost as well be left off 

 entirely. 



WHY PROSECUTED MEMBERS OF THE NA- 



TIONAI. SHOULD BEAR A PORTION OF 



THE EXPENSE OF A SUIT. 



A month or two ago, the Review asked 

 why the National Association should not 

 bear the whole of the expense of a suit 

 brought against any of its members. Mr. 

 James Heddon writes why he thinks it 

 ought not to bear^the whole expense, and 



