THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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I would like to say more about queen 

 rearing and improvement of stock, but 

 I think I have taken up enough space 

 for this time. Before closing, allow 

 me to say that your success in the pro- 

 duction of a superior strain of honey- 



gatherers will be just in proportion to 

 the time, skill, and energy you put into 

 it, as time does not preserve that which 

 it cost no time to create. 



Lawrence. Kansas, Dec. 27th, 1909. 



MM EDITORIAL ^M 



"Be a live wire and you won't get 

 stepped on. It is only the dead ones 

 that are used for door mats." 



You never climbed a hill in your life 

 by sitting down at the bottom and say- 

 ing it couldn't be climbed. 



Through the efforts of the New Jer- 

 sey Bee-Keepers' Association, that state 

 has a new foul brood law. Inspection 

 work is a branch of the Bureau of 

 Entomology, and is under the super- 

 vision of State Entomologist Dr. John 

 B. Smith, New Brunswick, N. J. Copies 

 of the law, and information relative to 

 inspection of apiaries can be had upon 

 application to Dr. Smith. 



The new foul brood bill which the 

 Michigan bee keepers were after, 

 passed both houses, but did not get 

 the Governor's signature. This was be- 

 cause it carried an appropriation of 

 $1,500, and not because of any defect of 

 the bill. Bee keepers should remember 

 however, that we still have a foul 

 brood law, and an inspector, under the 

 supervision of the Dairy and Food De- 

 partment. Requests should be made di- 

 rect to that department, at Lansing, 

 Mich. 



This Review a Double Issue. 



No, we couldn't get out the June issue 

 on time. Mr. Hutchinson died May 



30th. I first learned of his death June 

 5th and went to Flint June 6th. I took 

 over the Review on June 14th, and ever 

 since I have been hustling to get out 

 the issue before you. I felt sure the 

 readers would prefer a double issue on 

 time, than two issues away behind time, 

 which would have been the case had I 

 gotten out the June issue alone. 



A School of Bee Keeping. 



I have before me a copy of the Cin- 

 cinnati Post (Ohio) dated June 16th, 

 giving an account of a school of bee- 

 keeping now being conducted in that 

 city by our well known bee man, Fred 

 W. Muth. The paper gives the school 

 a nice writeup with a large illustration 

 showing the school. 



I have often wondered why this field 

 was not entered by some up-to-date bee- 

 keeper before, and I should be pleased 

 to learn more of this venture from Mr. 

 Muth. 



Another Bunch of Live Bee-Keepers. 



Over in Idaho steps are being taken 

 to organize a Honey Producers' Associ- 

 ation. Their work will be carried on 

 along co-operative lines. This is a move 

 in the right direction, but the members 

 must remember there are some bumps 

 ahead, and must not become discour- 

 aged when they hit a few. The mud- 

 slinger, the kicker, and the weak-kneed 

 fellow will be in evidence in time. Bury 



