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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



comes from the flowers, herbs and 

 grasses of the field. The producers of 

 honey must show the public that the 

 ordinary form of sugar is a dead food 

 which cannot possibly equal honey with 

 its millions of life giving and stimulating 

 bacteria to every ounce, while glucose in 

 its various forms is a poison to be 

 shunned. 



ESTABLISHING AND ADVERTISIN3 SPECIAL 



Now, as we have ventured to criticise, 

 we may be asked how could conditions 

 be bettered? We will suppose that we 

 take this city. It being understood that 

 the large producers of honey were 

 organized and they would send their 

 output to a store house previously es- 

 tablished. Then we would grade and 

 establish a brand, solicit and induce eight 

 or nine hundred grocers to handle the 

 goods the same as we have eight or nine 

 grocers selling our small output. A 

 large, dry basement could be used for a 

 depot, and some of the idle bee men 

 would make the best solicitors during the 

 winter months. Suppose this plan were 

 pursued in all the large cities, the con- 

 sumption of honey would increase im- 

 mensely and the price would soar ac- 

 cordingly. Some would say that our 



idea is to form a trust, but such is not the 

 case. 



Simply a corporation for mutual bene- 

 fit is just and legitimate, and farther than 

 this the producers of honey need not go. 



We hope you will succeed in awaking 

 your brother bee keepers from their 

 dreams. They are sleeping on their 

 rights. 



We are not a strong believer in the 

 idea of ""shaking" energy into our bees, 

 but we do believe that bee keepers are 

 in need of a good jolting. 



Let us assume that the honey produc- 

 ers of the country were organized for the 

 marketing of their product. The middle 

 men who handle honey would no doubt 

 be largely eliminated, but the public 

 would pay no more for their honey than 

 formerly. We are informed that the 

 National Biscuit Co. purchases two or 

 three millions pounds of honey annually, 

 (at its own price) which is made into 

 cakes and sold at from 15 to 50 cents 

 per pound, showing that a great profit is 

 made on the honey. Why not some of 

 this profit go into the pockets of the bee 

 keepers instead of the coffers of a great 

 organization? Organized, the producers 

 would be in a position to demand fair 

 treatment and fair prices. 



St. Louis, Mo., Sep. 8, 1910. 



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The Ventilation of Bee Cellars and 

 the Value of Lime. 



W. H. MESSENGER. 



I have long been amazed at some 

 of the discussions relative to the 

 wintering of bees in cellars; at 

 the causes of failure, and the remedies 

 proposed by people who, I am sure, know 

 more of science than I do, but who seem 

 to have forgotten it. 



We read of people who, when their 

 bees are uneasy in the spring, put an 

 electric fan at the door and try to blow 

 the fresh air in — but do they? They stir 

 up the air into a commotion, and a little 



escapes; so a little fresh air goes in to 

 fill the vacuum; and that is all. 



The whole system of ventilation is this: 

 Pull the air out, create a vacuum, and 

 Nature will do the rest; as she abhors a 

 vacuum. Instead of the fan being used 

 to blow fresh air into a chamber full of 

 air, it should be so placed that it sucks 

 the air out of it. No fear of there being 

 a pint less air in the cellar however long 

 the fan is run; for fresh air will come in 

 as fast as the other goes out. 



