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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



fore it is to your interest to support as many 

 of the bee papers as you possibly can in 

 order to get information from different 

 localities. It is useless to offer such excuses 

 as not being able to write intelligently, being 

 a poor penman, and worse still in orthog- 

 raphy and grammar. These excuses are 

 treated for what they are worth. It is not 

 necessary for you to write as a professional 

 would do in order to give satisfaction. 

 Make up your mind on what subject you are 

 going to write, then just go ahead, the same 

 as if you were talking, and, if your article is 

 of any importance to the fraternity, send it 

 to the editor. If he should re-write the 

 whole article don't let it annoy you, but just 

 take notice of your faults, and try again. 

 Be determined to persevere and I assure you 

 that instead of finding it a disagreeable task 

 it will become a pleasant recreation. 



Don't say that you have not the time, or 

 you will be judged as not having the will. 

 Look at the leader in the Dec. issue of the 

 Review. See how Mr. Hutchinson wrote 

 his articles in Gleanings. For myself I 

 would state, I work hard ten hours each day 

 and spend my evenings in getting out the 

 Magazine, besides holding positions in so- 

 cieties that take up some time. Remember, 

 success cannot be achieved even in writing 

 for bee journals without patience and perse- 

 verance. 



Winona, Minn. Jan. 4, 18it2. 



No Literary, Apiarian Aristocracy Needed.— 



Technical Journals not Expected to Reach 



the Highest Literary Standard. 



ELIJAH A. DAGGITT. 



AM GLAD that the editor of the Re- 

 view is not going to confine himself for 

 information to bee-keepers of the " up- 

 per four hundred," as Ward McAllister 

 styles the elite of New York society ; but has 

 invited all, who can give any ideas that will 

 advance our pursuit, to write for the Review; 

 therefore, let no one fail to do so, no matter 

 if the composition does not show the touch 

 of an artist. The editor will attend to that 

 matter. There is no literary aristocracy 

 among bee - keepers and none will be tole- 

 rated. There are probably none who would 

 like to establish one, but I am reminded of 

 an editorial article in the Boston Journal of 

 Chemistry, of some years ago, in which the 

 writer found fault with Thos. A. Edison, the 



distinguished scientist and inventor, for 

 taking the lecture platform. 



Technical journals, to which class the Re- 

 view belongs, are not, as a rule, expected to 

 be of as high a literary standard as the liter- 

 ary magazines. The necessary talent would 

 be too costly and those devoted to bee keep- 

 ing, especially, would be so limited for in- 

 formation besides, that it is doubtful if one 

 could be maintained. A large part of the 

 most skillful iij any pursuit, except the pro- 

 fessions, are unable to write suitably for 

 publication. Should this source of informa- 

 tion remain undeveloped ? Surely not ; and 

 I think the editor of the Review wise in 

 trying to utilize that part among bee keepers. 

 What bee keepers want is information — all 

 they can get and from every source. I 

 hope every reader of the Review will do all 

 they can to make it more valuable and in- 

 tersting. 



White House Sta., N. J. Feb. 10, 1892. 



A Beginner's Experience in Writing for the 



Bee Journals.— Who Ought to Write, 



and how they Should Write. 



GEO. F. BOBBINS. 



fAM disappointed. Perhaps you are. 

 "Writing for bee journals" was »iy 

 subject, you ktow, and from the time it 

 was announced as the topic for January I 

 have been looking forward expectantly to 

 that issue. It has come, and behold ! just 

 two articles on that subject. Are these all 

 you got V 1 rather intended to participate 

 in the discussion, but other matters kept 

 crowding that one back until it was too late. 

 Now I wish I could have managed it. All 

 out of time as it is I have a notion to give 

 you a paper, which you may find it conven- 

 ient to use in the February number. 



I well remember the first article I wrote. 

 It was a brief history of my first year as a 

 bee keeper. I wrote because the spirit 

 moved me, because I wanted to write. It 

 was about a year after I took up the pursuit, 

 and it was a new world to me, brim full of 

 novel interest. Hence the essay was intense 

 with enthusiasm, and the editor thanked me 

 for my " vivid " account of my experiences. 

 But a big share of the latter end was lopped 

 off. About nine months afterwards I wrote 

 again. I presume I told all I had to tell, for 

 it came out in t}vo installments. .Judging 



