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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



tice them to desert the ranks of comb 

 honey production will, ere long, have 

 good cause to regret the move. A roll- 

 ing stone gathers no moss, but little is 

 gained by changing from one thing to 

 another. 



CAN SPECIALTY BE MADE TOO SPECIAL? 



I believe in specialty with all my heart; 

 I also believe in keeping all the bees one 

 can properly care for, but when the 

 editor of an influential bee journal, both 

 by example and by precept, makes a 

 specialty of a single branch of honey 

 production, to the utter neglect of a more 

 important one, he is pushing specializa- 

 tion to the utmost extremity. He is, 

 perhaps unconsciously, allowing his zeal 

 for the cause of extracted honey produc- 

 tion to lead him into a rather narrow 

 channel. 



A bee keeper who would do credit to 

 his chosen profession should be able to 

 produce both comb and extracted honey 

 at a profit, otherwise he is only half a 

 bee keeper; and the smaller half if he 

 can produce only extracted honey. 



REALLY MORE PROFIT IN EXTRACTED HONEY. 



As before stated, the fact that there is 

 more profit in extracted than in comb 

 honey production, proves conclusively 

 that there is something radically wrong 

 in our present methods of bee keeping. 

 What is the remedy? Shall we shirk our 

 duty and join the ranks of extracted 

 honey producers, thereby creating an 

 over production, and cheapen that com- 

 modity, or shall we, as valiant knights 

 of the noble order of comb honey pro- 

 ducers, plant our guns and stand by 

 them until victory crowns our efforts 

 with success and the last obstruction is 

 swept from the pathway of the comb 

 honey producer? The obstacles are by 

 no means insurmountable. The goal for 

 which we have so faithfully and earnestly 

 striven is already in sight. The future 

 of comb honey production never looked 

 brighter than now. Yes, Mr. Editor, a 

 change is coming speedily, but not in the 



direction indicated by the editorial 

 mentioned. Bee keeping methods are 

 not progressing backwards. 



WONDERS TO COME IN THE FUTURE. 



Principles hitherto unknown will soon 

 be incorporated into present methods; 

 principles having in themselves a wider 

 scope of efificiency than any that have 

 ever yet dawned upon the horizon of 

 modern bee keeping methods, thus form- 

 ing a combination so vast in its scope of 

 efficiency as to be almost incomprehensi- 

 ble; so sweeping in its power for econo- 

 mizing labor, yet so simple in its equip- 

 ment, as to completely "revolutionize 

 bee keeping methods." 



Problems that have baffled the skill 

 of inventors for half a century will sink 

 into utter insignificance when these 

 principles are applied. Results that have 

 been only partially gained by an almost 

 endless routine of hive and frame 

 manipulation will soon be accomplished 

 in the highest state of perfection, almost 

 automatically. 



The last obstruction will soon be 

 swept from the pathway that leads to 

 successful comb honey production on a 

 large scale in out-apiaries. It will soon 

 be the privilege of every bee keeper in 

 the land to enjoy the blessings of perfect 

 control of bees to his utmost capacity, as 

 well as to his financial prosperity. You 

 ask when that time will be and whence 

 cometh these great blessings? The 

 answer is "watch and wait," and, mean- 

 time, strain every energy you possess in 

 as earnest an endeavor to solve this 

 problem as you have to place the noble 

 science of extracted honey production 

 upon a pedestal so high as to command 

 the gratitude and respect of every pro- 

 ducer of honey, and, my word for it. bee 

 keepers will not have long to wait. 



HOPES THAT THE REVIEW - EDITOR WILL 



BECOME A LEADER IN COMB HONEY 



PRODUCTION. 



I note with the greatest pleasure, by an 

 editorial in the February Review, that 



