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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



"If the location is one that is ex- 

 posed to much wind, and a contracted 

 entrance is desired, it should be closed 

 in the center, leaving an opening at 

 each front corner. This serves a 

 double purpose. First, the bees will 

 cluster at one or the other side of the 

 hive, and, of course, will be in a posi- 

 tion to follow up and reach all of the 

 stores in the hive. Many times in mi- 

 early experience I have found colonies 

 in early spring, after starting brood- 

 rearing, out of honey in or near the 

 winter nest. Such a move takes place 

 at a time when the bees can ill afford 

 to stand such a loss, and many times 

 it puts the colony out of commission 

 for the white-honey flow to follow. 



"Second, a double entrance (one on 

 each side) gives a much greater venti- 

 lation, by causing a circulation of air 

 through the hive, than if the same 

 space was given in one opening in the 

 center." 



Low Honey Prices — Who 

 Is to Blame? 



In July American Bee Joiinial, Louis 

 H. Scholl discourses at length on this 

 question, and his conclusions are that 

 the producer himself is the one most 

 to blame. Mr. Scholl says : 



"Since we have studied this matter 

 for many years, we know whereof we 

 speak. Every year we have quoted 

 our prices, which are generally higher 

 than most of the other producers, and 

 it was no trouble at all to be flooded 

 with more orders than we could fill. 

 This must show, conclusively, if any- 

 thing at all, that the higher price was 

 satisfactory as far as the market was 

 concerned. But there has not been a 

 single year in which we did not hear 

 from some of our customers that other 

 bee-keepers were offering their honey 

 at from one-half to a cent per pound 

 lower than our prices, and that they 

 did not understand why it was, except 

 that there must be an overproduction 



of honey. In many cases we have 

 been asked to meet this lower price, 

 but when we have such a large demand 

 as we have had for the last few years, 

 we do not deem it advisable to lower 

 our prices, and the result has been 

 that our customers buy our honey just 

 the same, stating that in doing so they 

 know just what they are going to get. 



"However, it is to be regretted that 

 the blame for the low prices of honey 

 rests with the bee-keepers themselves, 

 and it is hoped that the time is not far 

 off when each and every one of them 

 will make a stronger effort in the direc- 

 tion of aiding in raising the price of 

 honey just so much, and we are con- 

 fident, beyond the least doubt, that 

 the result would soon show." 



We must not be too hard on our 

 brother bee-keeper who gets a lower 

 price for his honey than we do. Often 

 he is not to blame. A good many 

 times he doesn't know what the price 

 should be, but more often it is because 

 he is not a salesman. A good sales- 

 man can always get more for the same 

 article than can a ,poor salesman. 



But, as Mr. Scholl says, there is not 

 enough "getting together" along this 

 line. The time is coming when the 

 different state associations will advise 

 their members regarding market condi- 

 tions. 



Making Our Goods Correspond With 

 Our Advertising. 

 Under this heading. Editor Root in 

 an editorial, July 1.5th, Gleanings in 

 Bee Culture, comments on an article 

 in the same issue by Mr. J. E. Taylor, 

 Belding, Mich. Both :\Ir. Root and 

 Mr. Taylor believe that the phrase, 

 "golden-all-over Italians," should not be 

 used by advertisers, for the reason that 

 the statement is misleading. The same 

 applies to the "long-tongued bees" ad- 

 vertised so extensively a few years 

 ago. A queen-breeder may have a 

 breeding queen that comes up to the 



