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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



Ontario Bee-Keepers' Convention. 



At Toronto, November 15, 16 and 17, 

 the bee-keepers of Ontario will meet in 

 convention. Their program promises to 

 be business from the word go. Two 

 important discussions will be brought 

 before the convention, one on bee-dis- 

 ease and the other on co-operation. Full 

 program has not yet been announced. 



The Review editor expects to be pres- 

 ent, and looks forward with pleasure to 

 meeting those Canadian bee-men, who 

 are "doing things." 



Later. — Since the above was printed, 

 the program has come to hand, and 

 shows a wide selection of topics, prac- 

 tically every one bearing upon ques- 

 tions of general interest to bee-keepers. 

 The petty questions have all been left 

 aside, and we shall be surprised if 

 this is not one of the liveliest conven- 

 tions held this season. 



Some Kind Words. 



I have received a great many kind 

 letters since I have been publishing the 

 Review, and have resisted publishing 

 them, but here are two letters I can't 

 resist giving you : 



"That last number on wintering was 

 the best yet, and I got one point out of 

 Ralph Benton's article which I consider 

 worth all the Review ez'er cost me, and 

 I've taken it for a good many years.'" 

 F. B. Cavan.xgh. 



"The late W. Z. Hutchinson when in 

 health made an ideal editor for the 

 Review. I am more than pleased with 

 the high standard which you are main- 

 taining in the editorial work, and I am 

 sure I get much more than the sub- 

 scription value in taking it. Every bee- 

 keeper should lie alile to take it to ad- 

 vantage." 



R. F. HOLTERMAN. 



The Honey Market. 



You will probably rememlxT that in 

 the August Review I stated that the 

 market for honey was brisk, and that 

 bee-keepers could obtain a good price, 

 but advised that they hustle to sell, and 

 that the time to sell was when buyers 



wanted to buy. That advice was good, 

 and from what I can learn the market 

 conditions are not nearly so good now 

 as they were at that time. Several heavy 

 buyers have written me that they are 

 now supplied, and some bee-keepers have 

 written me asking for Iniyers. I do n(jt 

 look for much if any of a change in 

 prices, but I believe it will be more diffi- 

 cult to find a buyer at the prevailing 

 high prices than it was. 



Of course, this editorial shouldn't be 

 taken as a scare, for with a little extra 

 effort the producer who has not sold will 

 probably be able to sell at good prices, 

 Init the condition emphasizes the neces- 

 sity of hustling for a sale, when the 

 demand is active, whether that time be 

 early or late. Always sell on an advanc- 

 ing market. 



Buying Honey to Sell Again. 



Editor York in the American Bee 

 Journal, sounds a note of warning with 

 reference to holding your local honey 

 market. The advice is good, and is es- 

 pecially good in that it will no doubt 

 show many bee-keepers, when they come 

 to buy, that they have been selling their 

 honey at retail at a wholesale price. We 

 agree with Brother York that it is not 

 good policy to let our customers go 

 elsewhere for their supply of honey: 



We have often wondered why more 

 bee-keepers do not buy honey to sell 

 again when they run out of their own 

 crop during the fall and winter. It 

 seems to us that it is very unwise for 

 any bee-keeper to be out of honey at 

 any time of the year, if it is at all pos- 

 .■^ible to get it somewhere else, even 

 though he did not make very much prof- 

 it on the honey bought elsewhere and 

 sold to his customers. We think it is 

 worth while to be able to meet every 

 call for honey so far as possible, even if 

 tliere is but little profit. If, by buying 

 honey and keeping it on hand, it helps 

 to hold customers until another crop ar- 

 rives, we think it is the thing to do, and 

 that those who have worked up a de- 

 mand for honey ought always to do 

 their best to supply it all the time. 



