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general newspapers and magazines, as they 

 can never secure so large lists of subscribers. 

 Most of our bee- journals are run in connec- 

 tion with a supply trade, and this enables 

 their proprietors to furnish the journals at 

 prices which allow of very small profits un- 

 less the list is large. Bro. York, why don't 

 you raise the price of your paper, or else 

 add a supply trade ? 



Perhaps some will think that this is none 

 of my business. Perhaps it isn't ; but Bro. 

 York has worked hard, and is yet working 

 hard, and while he is making a good jour- 

 nal — much better than some of us thought 

 he would — only an editor knows how much 

 better he could make it if be only had 

 plenty of money to spend upon it. If one- 

 half were added to the price, I will warrant 

 that twice the value would be returned to 

 the subscriber in the way of better paper, 

 more illustrations, and an increase in val- 

 uable correspondence, etc. 



We want to thank Bro. Hutchinson for 

 the implied compliment in the foregoing, 

 for he practically admits that the readers 

 of the Bee Journal are getting more than 

 they are paying for. And while the price 

 of our journal may be, as he says, "none 

 of his business," still it shows a very kindly 

 spirit and interest on his part, when he is 

 moved to write as he has in the editorial 

 which we have copied. 



But before going any further, we want 

 to assure the reader that the price of the 

 American Bee Journal is not going to be 

 raised right away. So don't become 

 alarmed without good cause. 



Bro. H. asks us: " Why don't you raise 

 the price of your paper, or else add a sup- 

 ply trade ?" To answer the latter part of 

 his I question first, we must candidly say 

 that, at j)rese7d, we don't believe that a bee- 

 paper and a supply trade should be owned 

 and operated by the same management. 

 We prefer to keep the Bee Journal inde- 

 pendent of it, and thus be free from any 

 suggestions that we as its publishers are 

 pushing any particular bee fixtures or im- 

 plements upon bee-keepers, because we are 

 financially interested in their sale. 



Secondly, why don't we "raise the 

 price ?" Echo answers, " Why V Well, 

 reader, what do you think of it ? Are yow 

 willing to pay 50 cents a year more for 

 " better paper, more illustrations, and an 

 increase in valuable correspondence, etc.?" 

 We'd like to hear from our readers on this 

 point, when they are renewing their sub- 

 scriptions. We are ready and very willing 

 to give you a "my«A better " journal if you 

 are willing to pay for it. Yes, this " Barkis 

 iswillin'!" What do ?/om say ? 



F'liniig'atiiig' ^vitli Briiiistoue, — 



Bro. J. Van Deusen, of Sprout Brook, N. 

 Y., in the August Review, gives his method 

 of burning brimstone for fumigating pur- 

 poses, as follows: 



Take a clean iron kettle, free from ashes 

 and coals ; get the butt end of an old sleigh- 

 shoe as long as will lay flat in the kettle, 

 or, what is better, an iron ring three inches 

 inside diameter made from one inch iron. 

 Heat it until you can see it is red in the 

 dark. This can be handled with a stove- 

 poker. Put the roll of brimstone in the 

 kettle, and put the iron on it, and if not too 

 hot it will burn slowly, holding a fume a 

 long time. If the iron is too hot, it burns 

 quicker, and does not hold the fume as long 

 or as safely. Set the kettle up on bricks to 

 make it safe from the floor. 



This may help those who wish to fumi- 

 gate empty combs or comb honey in order 

 to kill the moths that are such destroyers. 



JBees amd Xobacco.— We learn 

 through Gleani)i.gs that in the Patent Office 

 at Washington, D. C, bee-keeping, being a 

 subject rather too unimportant to have a 

 department of its own, is assigned to the 

 department ojf tobacco-growing ! Think of 

 it— apicultural inventions mixed up with 

 the inventions for making cigars, cigar- 

 ettes, etc. Ugh ! 



Bro. Root learned of this through a Mr. 

 Danzenbaker, a Washington resident, who 

 was visiting him. Mr. D. suggestively re- 

 marked : "The Patent Office puts bees and 

 tobacco together; but A. I. Root separates 

 them." So do we. No tobacco or strong 

 drink in ours, if you please ! 



E. E. Haiiity, in the Review (in that 

 way of his which is sometimes called 

 " inimitable ") , pays his respects to the new 

 department of "Our Doctor's Hints." 

 Among other things he says : 



The matter in the department is really 

 good, and pleasantly told. 'Spects it will 

 find fully as many readers as the bee-arti- 

 cles do. Dr. Peiro, of Chicago, is the de- 

 partment conductor. 



Xlie St. .fosepli, iflo.. Fair will be 

 held Sept. 10th to 15th, inclusive. Nearly 

 $100 is offered iu premiums in the apiarian 

 department. Mr. John Krahl, 1913 Holman 

 St., St. Joseph, Mo., is the Superintendent 

 of the bee and honey part of the Fair. For 

 Premium List, or any desired information, 

 just write him. 



