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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



Dr. Miller and Manager Secor were 

 sadly missed at the Chicago convention. 

 The death of a near relative prevented the 

 attendance of the doctor. What kept 

 Bro. Secor away I do not know. 



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Mr. Grabbk of Wisconsin, remem- 

 bered the bee-keepers at the Chicago 

 convention by sending them several big 

 jugs of his famous mineral water. It was 

 "on tap" during most of the sessions. 



Sitting Down was recommended by 

 R. L. Taylor at the Chicago convention. 

 In response to a question of whether one 

 could afford to sit down while working 

 over a hive he said, "I think one can't 

 afford not to sit down." 



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Unripe, extracted honey received a 

 most severe, but most iust, condemnation 

 at the Chicago convention. It ferments, 

 it sours, it bursts tin cans or iron-bound 

 barrels, and it utterly disgusts all who 

 buy it. One dealer said that there was 

 nothing that had ever injured the market 

 for extracted honey to the extent that it 

 had been injured oy unripe honey. 



Drones are too much neglected by 

 queen rearers and bee-keepers generally. 

 This was the opinion of Mr. C. A. Hatch 

 at the Chicago convention. He said if he 

 wished to make any change in his stock 

 he found he could do it much quicker 

 through the drones than through the 

 queens. All stock breeders recognize 

 that prepotency is on the side of the 

 male. 



Extracted Honey, according to Mr. 

 Bishop of Milwaukee, was sold more 

 largely to those who wish to use it for a 

 table sauce; while Mr. Weber of Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio, sold three-fourths of his 

 honey to manufacturers. E. R. Root ex- 

 plained that Mr. Weber's honey was 

 largely from the South, and was dark, 

 while Mr. Bishop's trade was largely of 

 white honey. 



Smoke does not seem to affect honey 

 in the blossoms even in a very smoky city; 

 but when there is a drouth of two weeks 

 or more the flowers in the city become 

 dusty or dirty to such an extent that the 

 bees become soiled, so to speak, in work- 

 ing on the dirty blossoms, and cause the 

 combs to become badly travel-stained. 

 This was the report given by Mr. Purple 

 of Chicago. 



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L.-^^w made eas\' for the people in one 

 small volume should no more be ex- 

 pected than bee-keeping made easy in six 

 short lessons, said Mr. H. F. Moore at 

 the Chicago convention. Don't dash 

 recklessly into law, and then hire an ex- 

 pensive lawyer to help you get out of 

 trouble. Better pay in advance for some 

 good advice on any given doubtful point. 

 Bear well in mind, too, that laws protect 

 best those who don't go to law. Big 

 corporations pay large fees to lawyers to 

 keep them out of the courts. 



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P.\CKAGES for shipping extracted honey 

 were discussed at the Chicago convention, 

 and it is very evident that there is no one 

 package that is best for every shipper. 

 Barrels are certainly much cheaper where 

 they can be secured near home. Bass- 

 wood barrels with oak heads and wooden 

 hoops give the best of satisfaction in Wis- 

 consin, but it would not pay to ship them 

 out to Arizona. For shipping honey from 

 the far West, boxed tin cans seem to be 

 the best package. If anyone thinks that 

 tin cans never leak they are mistaken. 

 When in Chicago I was shown a large 

 shipment from Texas, and the cans were 

 leaking. Some were turned upside down, 

 some laid on their sides, in an endeavor 

 to get the leak uppermost The honey 

 could not be re-shipped on account of the 

 poor condition of the cans. I am not 

 opposed to the tin can. It is a good 

 package in its place. So is a barrel. 

 Neither is faultless. The shipper should 

 learn which is the better for him to use, 

 and then use it. 



