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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



straig^ht long- knife woultl be r success 

 with bee-keepers who use wide spacing^ 

 of frames. If the idea or fact could be 

 done away- that not all combs are not 

 level, the end of the blade could be 

 square, and so do riway with ^4 incli 

 wasted in the point, the curve of whicii 

 is of no use except in concave plans. 



I liave just measured the first Bing- 

 ham knife made, ami which I have used 

 ever since it was made, about 30 years, 

 and which cost me $2.50 to make, and 



it measures 214 inches net, cutting- 

 edge and is 2)^ inches wide. I believe 

 it is the best uncapping knife ever 

 made it is a beauty. 



The long- knife, of course would cost 

 more, and the ]>ostage would be more 

 I got $1.00 each for the lot of about a 

 dozen that I had made 9 inches long. 

 Please ask Messrs. Manley and Forbes 

 about them. 



Fakwkm., Mich., Oct. 1, l')00. 



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Australia is really beginning- to give 

 the bee-keepers exclusive control of bee 

 pasture. If this isn't right, 7f/iy isn't 

 it? 



Alan Irving Root, the youngest son of 

 E. K. Root, appears on the front cover 

 of Gleanings for Oct. 1st, as a laugh- 

 ing baby in a ""go-cart." The picture 

 is one that I think almost any one 

 would call "cute." 



The Ontario Bee Keepers' Association 

 will hold its annual convention in 

 Toronto Nov. 7, 8 and 9. This will be 

 at the same time that the Ontario Hor- 

 ticultural Society holds its annual ex- 

 hibition of fruit, flowers, honey and 

 vegetables. Single fare is extended 

 to all. 



Arthur C. Miller writes me that the 

 November issue of the American Bee 

 Keeper will have an editorial urging 

 the "saving of the National (?)" and 

 stating^ conditions fairly; and I am 

 looking forward with interest to the 

 perusal of said article. 



Annexation of Cuba is a very remote 

 possibility, and, even if it should come 

 about, E. R. Root says that bee-keep- 

 ers would get cheaper sugar to feed 

 their bees; possibly the sugar; would 

 be so cheap as to put glucose out of 



existence — but then, as Mr. Root says, 

 all this is crossing" liridges before we 

 come to them. 



E. W. Alexander, of New York, says 

 in Gleanings: "In regard to running 

 some other business with bee-keeping, 

 I must say that I don't think much of 

 it. If you want a larger income, just 

 add one or two hundred more colonies. 

 I don't know of anything- so nice to go 

 with bee-keeping as plentj' of bees." 



Hive Lifting devices may yet come into 

 use in the large apiaries. I hesitated 

 to tell what I had in my mind, that of 

 a miniature "stump puller" for lifting 

 hives; I feared that it might cause a 

 laugh, but Gleanings has now illus- 

 trated three devices for tliis purpose. 

 One by Mr A. K. P^erris, another by 

 Mr. John Bailey, and still another by 

 Mr. R. F. Holtermann. 



This Issue of the Review has t)oen de- 

 layed by my absence in Northern 

 Michigan preparingthe bees for winter 

 and building three out-door cellars for 

 wintering the bees. I hope my readers 

 will ])ardon the delaj', ns this was 

 work that could not be neglected, and 

 now I can turn my whole attention to 

 the Review and soon have it caught up 

 again. 



