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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



ground as that taken by Bro. Doolittle, ! 

 viz., that these stories don't amount to j 

 anything. Candidly, I can't take that 

 view of the matter. I have met too 

 many men and women who have told 

 me tiiat they had read and heard these 

 stories, and believed them, and that 

 they had refrained from buying be- 

 cause of this belief. People are going 

 to eat bread and butter, no matter 

 u'hat the storios they hear-not so with 

 luxuries. They must be genuine, not 

 imitations, or we don't care to pay out 

 our money for them. 



Neither do I agree with my good 

 friend in his proposed remedy, that of 

 discouraging people from entering the 

 business of bee-keeping. I agree with 

 him 'most heartily in saying that the 

 shady as well as the bright side of 

 bee keeping sliould be exposed to view. 

 I agree that we should not persuade 

 men to enter our ranks. I agree that 

 the influx into bee-keeping has prob- 

 ably been increased from too persist- 

 ent y painting it in rosy colors, and 

 this may have increased the crop some- 

 what, and thus had a tendency to low- 

 er prices, in a slight degree, but I 

 greatly doubt if it affects prices in the 

 ^degree that Mr. Doolittle thinks it does. 

 Here is a point worth considering: 

 The use of honey for manufacturing 

 purposes, particularly by bakers, has 

 been the salvation of bee-keepivc;. Some 

 of us may not realize this, but it is a 

 fact. Before extracted honey was used 

 for this purpose, it was almost a drug 

 in the market. Now. there is an al- 

 most unlimited demand for it, although 

 at not a very high price. The demand 

 is steady and reliable, however, and 

 many men who were once producers of 

 comb honey, have now turned their at- 

 tention to the production of extracted 

 honey. Tnis lessens the amount of 

 comb lioney put upon the market. 

 There are many other uses to which 

 extracted honey might be put, and 

 would be put, if it could be furnished 

 at a low enough price 



For Sale. 8'/ acres of choice land in the honey 

 section of Michigan (Antrim Co.) two "ules from 

 county seal Gushing spnng of pure water on 

 the pVeniises. Write for particulars to A \. 

 >iarmer, Cadillac, Mich. 2-06 't 



Special Sale on 

 HIVES AND SECTIONS 



Until March l5th. Eight-frame. Dove- 

 tail Hives, Wt story, Sl.25; W-frame, 

 $1 40- No. 1 bee-wav sections, f.^.90; 

 No. 2, $3.40; 24 lb. Shipping-Cases, 

 13c; Foundation, Smokers, etc., cheap. 



Michigan Agent for Dittmer's new 

 process foundation, wholesale and 

 retail. 



Send for 24-page catalogue, free. 

 W. D. SOPER, 

 F. R. D. 3 JACKSON, MICH. 



Bees for Sale ! 



I have 100 colonies of bees in my cellar. They 

 are wintering perfectly-bees, combs, hives and 

 hnney, dry and clean Next month the bees will 

 be on the wing again. . 



By 1 he editorials in the Review, you will se^ that 

 I have taken 400 colonies of bees to work on shares. 

 They will be moved to Northern Michiiran and 

 managed for extracted honey by my brother and 



™To move 400 colonies of bees will not only be con- 

 siderable work, but this many bees will be quite a 

 lot of bees to have in one locality, even .f m more 

 Than one apiary, and, for these reasons. I shall 

 for this year, at least, keep my own b-fs hire at 

 home instead of moving them up north. By doimr 

 this, I will have bees in both a clover and a rasp- 



^"^To^movl^the bees, build a honey house, buy sup- 

 plies, storage for the honey, etc. will cost quite a 

 little, and I wish to be sure and have plenty of 

 money for carrying out all these plans, hence I 

 have "decided to sell a few of the bees here at bomp. 

 —perhaps 20 or 75 colonies. ^ , ,u 1 



The bees are all pure Italians: most of the col- 

 onies having oueens of the Superior S'ock, reared 

 last year by Mr. Moore. Not a queen will be sent 

 out that wou'd not pass as .-i breeding 'luoen 

 =uc^ as dealers sell in the spring for from ^...00 to 

 '^=; 00 each. The hives are 8-frame Langstroth. 

 new last 'easnn. painted with t^yo good coats o 

 white pain^ The combs are all built fr-m fu 1 

 sheets of f-undation and wired at that In t ct. 

 the stocks are strictly first-class m every respect 

 -could not be l)elter-and the price is ij6.00 per 

 colon V. nor more and no less, even if one man 

 should take the whole lot. 



■ lam readv to accept and book orders accom- 

 panied by tlie ca^h. and when I have received or- 

 ders for 25 colonies, this advertisement wiU be dis- 

 continued, and no moreorders accep'ed. 1 he bees 

 will be shipped by express, alwut fruit-bloom- 

 time. and safe arrival guaranteed in every re- 



^''u you wish to stock your apiary with a strain of 

 be^s that has no superior, here is a chance to get 

 n test.'d qu.-en. already introduced, in a full col- 

 ony' wherebv sh.- can be shipped without injury, 

 early in the season, all at moderate price, 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON. Flint. Mich 



