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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW, 



Bee-Keepers' Review. 



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PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 



HOTCHINSOri, Ed. & Prop. 



Teems : — $1.00 a year in advance Two copies, 

 $1.90 ; three for «2.70 ; five for$+.iiO ; ten, or more, 

 70 cents each. i^~ The Review is stopped at 

 the expiration of the time paid for. 



FLINT, MICHIGAN, APRIL 10, 1892. 



Jennie Atchlet asks: "Why do we seldom, 

 if ever, find a drone - laying qneen when 

 natural swarming is practiced?" 



S. F. & I. Trego write: "Now, see here, 

 why not drop the ads. and give us those 

 short editorials? Well, joking aside, the 

 editorials are the best part of the Review." 



Or the fiems t at manufacture and deal 

 in beekeepers' supplies, there are probably 

 none in the West that are coming to the 

 front more rapidly than R. B. Leahy & Co., 

 of Higginsville, Mo. 



"Who has any bees for sale?" This is the 

 inquiry that comes to me almost every day 

 — certainly more than once a week. If any 

 of the reader.^ of the Review have bees for 

 sale, now is the time to advertise them. 



Joshua Bull writes: "It is a unique idea 

 that you have caught ; that of placing the 

 portrait of each correspondent at the head of 

 his article. It seems as though we under- 

 stand better what we read if we know how 

 the writer looks." 



The oharactebistics of a bee may be de- 

 termined by simply examining its color and 

 markings— so says Mr. W. S. Vandruff in the 

 Api. He does not give his description of an 

 ideal bee, but says that he may do so some 

 future time. 



Waxing sections on the inside to secure the 

 capping of the combs clear to the edge, was 

 advocated, years ago, by D. A. Jones. At 

 least, so writes G. K. Hubbard, and he asks 

 what has become of the idea. Is it a "lost 

 art," or is it worthless? 



The Review for Jan. 1889, is now all sold. 

 Until further notice, I will pay 12 cents each 

 for copies of this issue and sell them at 20 cts. 



Bee-Paralysis is becoming so common of 

 late that it threatens to be quite a serious 

 affair. From (luite a number of sources 

 comes the report that common salt is a 

 specific remedy. Ernest Root says that in 

 the home yard, where the grass was kept 

 down with salt, no cases appeared, while in 

 the out yard, where no salt was used, there 

 were two cases. I have almost always^ kept 

 the grass down with salt in front of my 

 hives, and have never had a case in my 

 apiary. 



Bro. Newman has suffered so severely 

 from La Grippe and over-work that he has 

 been obliged to take a vacation. While 

 he is away the editoral work will devolve 

 upon Mr. G. W. York who has been for years 

 a valued assistant in the JournaVs office. I 

 have the pleasure of a close, personal ac- 

 quaintance and friendship with Mr. York 

 and I know of no one better fitted to 

 fill Mr. Newman's place while he is away 

 resting those tired nerves. May he come 

 back refreshed in mind and body is the wish 

 of all. 



The Special Topic feature has been 

 crowded out of this issue. As the years go 

 by, I become more and more convinced of 

 the folly of an editor committing himself to 

 a certain course. Quite a number of articles 

 of a miscellaneous character have been ac- 

 cumulating, and I have been promising the 

 writers that their communications should 

 apper in the next issue, until their patience 

 will soon cease to be a virtue. Although 

 there are plenty of articles on hand, some of 

 them solicited at that, devoted to the special 

 topic announced for this month, I think best 

 to clear up the miscellaneous matter before 

 attempting to make another special number. 

 Perhaps some will think that I might better 

 have made a special number of this issue 

 after having so announced. The difficulty 

 was that there was so much other matter 

 that it seemed must go in this issue, that 

 justice could not be doneto the special topic. 

 I tell you friends that it sometimes requires 

 a "mighty deal of nice consideration" on 

 the part of an editor to decide exactly what 

 is best to do ; and even then his judgement 

 may be at fault. Editors are not infallible. 



