THE BKE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



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straw, or shrubbery, under the trees had 

 the appearance of having been varnished. 



As near as he can recollect, it was a 

 mild winter; the dew appearing the last 

 of January and lasting until April or the 

 first of May. 



Not being interested in bees at the time, 

 nor in the origin of honey dew, he took 

 but little notice of the matter, and can 

 not say whether it was on other ever- 

 greens than pines. While it remained 

 there were frosts and occasional freezes. 



Whether it was an exudation, a secre- 

 tion of aphides, or fell from the heavens 

 as some claimed, it was certainly there 

 in abundance; and lasted until the weath- 

 er was warm enough for bees to work on 

 it: for some farmers thought it killed 

 their bees, when, in reality, the "gums" 

 were left full of honey; the bees dying 

 out from old age for the lack of breeding 

 room. 



WISCONSIN STATE BEEKEEPERS' ASSO- 

 CIATION. 

 There will be a Joint Convention of all 

 Wisconsin Bee-Keepers' Societies at the 

 i6th annual meeting of the State Bee- 

 Keepers's .Association, Feb. 7 and S, in 

 the State Capitol, Madison, Wis. 



Many prominent bee-keepers will be 

 there and lake part. 



Jennie Towle, of Clark Co. and Mi-ss 

 .\da rickard, of Richland Co., who alone 

 in 1898 got 16,000 lbs. of honey from 100 

 colonies of bees. 



G. W. York, of Chicago, editor of 

 .•Vm?rican Bee Journal, will deliver an 

 address, subject — "From the Hive to the 

 Table." 



H. Clute, Greenwood, will show the ad- 

 vantages of Clark Co. for beekeeping. 



Dots by the Wayside, by J. Hoffman. 

 The Section Box for Wisconsin Honey, 

 by J. J. Ochsner. State Inspector of 

 Apiaries report and a lively Debate on 

 "Spring Managejnent of Bees," by the 

 Vice President and Treasurer of the State 

 Association. 



The Free to .\11 question box and an- 

 swers is a prominent feature, and valuable. 



There will be a big display of supplies 

 of all kinds, several new and valuable. 

 The .\merican Biscuit Co. uses tons of hon- 

 ey in its bakings and its Watertown 

 branch will have a full line of such Ijak- 

 ings there on exhibit. 



Excursion Rates of a fare and one third for 

 round trip, for R. R. tickets purchased in the 

 State, for over 50 cents each. Be .sure to bring a 

 certificate of each ticket purchased so it can be 

 signed Feb. <S, in Madison, and entitle holder to 

 third fare return. 



The State Horticultural and State Cheesmak- 

 ers' .-^.ssociations will meet on the same date in 

 the Capitol. 



N. E. FRANCE, Secretary. 



I'latteville, Wis. 



THE KIND OF CAMERA TO USE IN GET- 

 TING PICTURES FOR MAKING 

 HAI,F-TONES. 

 Our bee-journals are becoming more 

 and more illustrated, audit ma)' be worth 

 while to say a few words in regard to the 

 best kind of photographs for use in mak- 

 ing half-tones. J am led to sa)' a few 

 words from the character of some of the 

 photographs that are sent to me. Too 

 many are lacking in definition and 

 in detail. They are not sharp and clear. 

 In making a half-tone a great deal of the 

 sharpness of a picture is lost. A photo- 

 graph can scarcely be too sharp and clear, 

 too strong in contrasts, for u.se in mak- 

 ing a half-tone. The pictures taken 

 by the ordinary kodak, so-called, are of 

 little value for use in making half-tones. 

 The greatest trouble is that there is no way 

 of getting a sharp focns. The lens is of 

 the kind that is called a "universal fo- 

 cus," which means that whether the ob- 

 ject be near, or far away, the picture 

 thrown on the plate or film will be pas- 

 sahly sharp — but that is all. To do really 

 fine work you need a camera that has an 

 adjustable focus, so that you can throw a 

 focusing cloth over your head, and, by 

 observing the image thrown upon the 

 ground glass, adjust the focus so that 

 that particular object that you wish to 

 show is brought out with great sharpness 

 and distinctness. The other parts of the 

 picture may not be so clear; in fact, may 

 have lost in clearness, but the especial 



