I'HE BEE-KEEFERS- REVIEW. 



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Bee-Keepers' Review. 



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W. Z. HUTCHINSON. Editor and ProDilelor. 



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FLINT. MICHIGAN. JUNE 10. 1897. 



Notes From Foreign Bee Journals are 

 crowded out this month. 



" The Busy Bee " is the new name of vhe 

 old Nebraska Bee Keeper. This paper has 

 a new owner, too, in the person of our old- 

 time friend. Emerson T. Abbott. As might 

 be expected, the new paper is full of life, 

 vim, and energy. The aim of the paper 

 will be to advance apiculture on the farm 

 and in small villages, yet it will not be con- 

 fined exclusively to this work, but will have 

 articles on the garden, flowers, the home 

 etc., Mrs. .Abbott having charge of the home 

 department. Success to the Basy Bee. 



THE MICH. STATE BEE EXPEBIMENT STATION. 



The bees belonging to the State have 

 been moved back to the College and put in 

 charge of a young man by the name of Jno. 

 M. Rankin, from St. Clare Co. The idea is 

 to centralize, to have all of the branches 

 possible at the College. The Director of 

 the Station is anxious to build up an apiary 

 of which they can be i)ruud, as they are of 

 their stock in other lines. Mr. Kankin is 

 well-informed, and a practical man, and I 

 think that he will eventually build up an 

 apiary that will be an honor to the State. 

 Steps are being taken to investigate bee 

 paralysis, and as there is a most comj)etent 

 bacteriologist at the College, it is to be 

 hoped that something reliable and practical 

 may be done. 



Thos. G. Newman I believe to be an hon- 

 est man. I say this because there is an item 

 in Dr. Mason's article that might be con- 

 strued into an in.sinuatiou to the contrary. 

 Then there was an item not long ago in the 

 American Bee Journal that might be looked 

 at in this same light. I do think that it 

 would have been better if Mr. Newman 

 had given an itemized account of the ex- 



penses, and better still if there had been 

 an auditing committee, but, although these 

 are lacking, I see no grounds for doubting 

 the truthfulness of the amount reported as 

 expended. Mr. Newman has been very se- 

 verely criticised, and I think some of it is 

 deserved, but let us not resort to such crit- 

 icism that it may be regarded as an insinu- 

 ation against his honor, when there is no 

 greater foundation than that his report does 

 not give an itemized account of the expen- 

 ses of the last year. 



Several Addresses in the same letter are 

 sometimes q[uite puzzling. Before me lies a 

 letter having one post ottice at the beginning 

 and another at the end and the postmark is 

 still another. Of course, a man has a right 

 to mail his letter wherever he pleases, but 

 it cannot be denied that a postmark is often 

 a big help in determining the proper ad- 

 dress. I believe that some people think 

 that they must head their letters with the 

 exact spot in which they happen to be when 

 writing the letter, even if that letter is an 

 order for goods that must be sent by mail, 

 freight or express. It is all right to so head 

 a letter, let the heading be what it may, if it 

 is also made clear to what place the goods 

 shall be sent. I think that the "mix" 

 comes about many times in this way; a man 

 living in Flushing comes to Flint and while 

 in my office he sees an advertisement in 

 some journal, and at once writes an order, 

 and, as he is in Flint, he thinks he must 

 head his letter " Flint. " Having written 

 his letter he signs it " John Doe, Flushing. " 

 Perhaps he has business at Mt. Morris and 

 goes around that way home, and while 

 there stops and buys a money order and 

 mails his letter. Here is a letter with one 

 address at the head, one at the end and the 

 postmark and money order still another 

 office. Unless there is some very good rea- 

 son, only one address ought to appear in 

 an order for goods, and then it ought to be 

 xnRAe perfectly clear io which address the 

 goods should be sent. 



THE WEED, DEEP - CELL FOUNDATION. 



I frequently receive letters on this sub- 

 ject, and, I am sorry to say, they are all in 

 opposition to the putting of such a product 

 on the market. I say I am sorry, because I 

 think that some of my readers must hold 

 opposite views. Bee-keepers have one bad 

 habit. If they agree with their editor they 



