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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



From the Hive to the Home. 

 Larger Packages. 



(Coniin ucdfiom page ,^42) 



lieve the slogan should be for us, "From 

 the hive to the home." That is where 

 practically all of mine goes, as the re- 

 sult of advertising it. Another reason 

 for larger packages is that one pound 

 is not enough for a family to buy, con- 

 sidering the price compared with allied 

 sweets. 



The consumers, many of them, pay 

 twenty-five cents for a one-pound bottle 

 of honey that perhaps did not net the 

 producer seven cents. That is foolish- 

 ness from the producers standpoint. 



I do not wish to be understood as 

 saying that it is not honest and square 

 to sell a bottle of honey for twenty-five 

 cents, because it is, and cannot be sold 

 for less when we consider the cost of 

 the package, packing, freight, etc.. but 

 would it not be better for the l)ee-man 

 to sell that same consumer two pounds 

 for the same money? Now a man who 

 buys ten pounds of nice clover honey 

 for twelve cents a pound has got hold 

 of a bargain in food, something he is 

 going to like, and soon again he will 

 send another order, a club order with 

 his neighbor; that is the way it has 

 worked out with me. 



One must bear in mind one thing, 

 namely, that the retail dealer is the 

 hardest man in the world to sell to, and 

 that the consumer is the easiest man to 

 sell to. 



It takes pure science to sell to grocers 

 at a profit, but the ordinary bee-keeper, 

 without much qualification as a sales- 

 man, can sell to the man who eats the 

 honey, for all he has to do is to let it 

 be known that he has it to sell and he 

 can produce the goods, thus leaving the 

 verdict to the consumer via the sense of 

 taste. 



Randolph, N. Y. 



Program for the Michigan Conven- 

 tion. 



As already announced, this conven- 

 tion will be held at Saginaw, December 

 13th and 14th. The first session will be- 

 gin at 1 p. m. Wednesday 13th. The 

 second session will begin at 7 p. m. On 

 Thursday there will be two sessions, 

 the first beginning at S :30 a. m., and 

 the second at 1 p. m. 



The meetings will be held in the Au- 

 ditorium, centrally located, and the hotel 

 headquarters for the bee-keepers will 

 be the Everett House, rates $2.00 per 

 day. Other hotels in easy access are, 

 Wesley House, $1.25; Bancroft and 

 Vincent, $2. .50 ; Sherman House, Euro- 

 pean,, rooms $0.50 to $0.75. There are 

 several other hotels in easy access. 



Program as follows : 



1. Secretary-Treasurer's report. 



2. Appointment of committees. 



3. President's address, E. D. Town- 

 send, Remus. 



4. Adopting new constitution. 



5. Questions of business. 



6. Election of officers. 



7. The foul brood fight in Michigan. 

 Inspector G. E. Sanders, Lansing. 



8. What shall be done to prevent the 

 spread of European Foul Brood. Editor 

 E. R. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



9. Foul brood legislation. ' E. M. 

 Hunt. Lansing. 



10. What is the next best move for 

 the Association to take. Jenner E. 

 Morse, Saginaw. 



11. How to run an apiary to best 

 control the spread of foul brood. A. H. 

 Guernsey, Ionia. 



12. Out-apiaries. Ira D. Bartlett, 

 East Jordan 



13. The future of Michigan bee- 

 keeping. E. D. Townsend, Remus. 



14. Production of comb honey. L. 

 S. Griggs, Flint. 



15. Production of extracted honey. 

 Leon C. Wheeler, Barryton. 



16. Honey exhibits at fairs. C. M. 

 Nichols, Addison. 



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