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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



"induced" to subscribe by the offer of 

 back numbers free, or of a queen at a 

 discount, or of something- of this sort. 



There is still one more point: Old 

 subscribers will be benefited by any 

 scheme that bring-s in new readers. 

 Each subscriber added to the list enables 

 me to make the Review just that much 

 better— to pay for better correspondence, 

 or more and superior engravings, etc. So, 

 if you should receive one of these slips, you 

 will understand why this special offer is 

 made throu^fh the dealers, to new sub- 

 scribers, and not to old ones, and thus 

 you will be able to rejoice, and hope that 

 it will add hundreds of subscribers to the 

 Review family. 



Discouraging Specialty. 



In talking recently with a young man 

 who had made a success of bee keeping 

 as a specialty, he said he thought the 

 bee journals had been open to criticism 

 on the ground of discouraging specialty. 

 When he was starting in the business of 

 bee keepinsr, he was often inclined to go 

 into the business extensively, believing 

 that he could thereby make some money, 

 but every little while there would be an 

 article in the journals, in which some 

 "shining light" would advise against de- 

 pending upon bee keeping alone, for a 

 livelihood. It was too uncertain and pre- 

 carious to be depended upon. It must 

 be joined with some more dependable 

 pursuit. He thought the publication of 

 such articles had done much to retard 

 the advancement of bee keeping. We 

 don't see such articles any more, how- 

 ever, as the falsity of such a view has 

 been disproven with too many brilliant 

 examples. 



A Special Request. 



Several times I have asked favors of 

 my subscribers, and they have never 

 failed me, and I now have one to ask in 

 which it seems they ought to be equally 

 interested with myself. It is a simple 

 request, and one that, it seems to me, can 



be easily granted. I wish each reader to 

 write and tell me what particular sub- 

 ject he would like discussed in the Review, 

 and, if possible, give the name of the bee 

 keeper in whose views he is particularly 

 interested. For instance, just write on a 

 postal something as follows: "1 would 

 like to have Mr. J. E. Crane tell me the 

 most practical way to improve my stock— 

 Wm. Streeter." Or: "Get Mr. Greiner to 

 tell us how co-operation is working out 

 in New York."" — Orville Skinner." Or: 

 "What is the best use that can be made 

 of the honey that does not drain out of 

 cappings.? — John Williams."" 



The foregoing are given simply as sam- 

 ples. Now, please, dear reader, don't 

 neglect this, nor put it off thinking: "Oh, 

 the others will write; it won't be neces- 

 sary for me." For once, put on your 

 thinking cap, and decide just one thing 

 that you don't know about bee keeping 

 but would like to know. What is the one 

 question that you would like answered, 

 the one problem you wish solved, and, if 

 there is any particular bee keeper in 

 whose views you are particularly inter- 

 ested, let me know his name. 



The editor of a bee journal does not al- 

 ways know in what particular subjects 

 his readers are most interested. In many 

 instances it would be an easy matter to 

 secure the information, if he only knew 

 what was wanted. If my subscribers 

 will only take hold of this matter, it will 

 do much to make the Review more help- 

 ful than ever. Once more let me urge 

 you not to neglect this. Write this very 

 day — do it right now. 



A Convention Group of Big Bee Keepers. 



It is seldom that the Review gives a 

 picture of a convention group. As a 

 rule, the faces must be too small to show 

 the features distinctly; but I received one 

 recently from "out west," (New Mexico) 

 in which the faces were so large and 

 clear, and the surroundings so attractive, 

 that I was tempted to use it. 



There are only about a score in the 

 group, but these men probably produce 



