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thing-s of the Review. Of course there 

 is not room, nor would it be advisable, 

 to print all of them, but the following- 

 are samples: 



The Review is high in price — eight 

 cents a copy — but I can't afford not to 

 have it. It is worth to me many times 

 what it costs. 



When so many are crying down bee 

 culture as an exclusive occupation, I 

 find great comfort in turning to the 

 Review as a champion of bee-keeping 

 as a specialty. 



I have often wondered how you could 

 get $1.00 a year for the Review when 

 there is a weekly and a semi-monthly 

 at the same price, but, after reading 

 the Review for a year, I can see how 

 it is. 



I wish to thank you for that editorial 

 about making our own hives. The edi- 

 torial shows plainly to me that you 

 have the welfare of bee-keepers at 

 heart. I am making my hives this 

 winter at a cost of only about 45 cents 

 each, including frames and all. 



The Review is like a tonic to me. 

 I always rise from its reading with 

 stronger impulses and higher ideals, 

 not only in the bee-keeping line, but as 

 a man and citizen. I am making a 

 success of bee-keeping, and the inspi- 

 ration from the Review is a prominent 

 factor. 



Although I had kept bees 18 years, 

 I did not have confidence in myself to 

 start an out-apiary, but some of your 

 special articles roused me up, and, 

 last year, I started another apiary, 

 and did first-rate. I shall start more 

 as fast as possible, and I have the 

 Review to thank that I will not always 

 be plodding along with a few colonies 

 in a home-apiary. 



TO ABANDON THE OUKEN TRADE. 



After having been in the queen trade 

 for 25 years, I am about to abandon 



it. For the last few years I have 

 reared no queens myself, buying most 

 of them of Mr. J. P. Moore, of Mor- 

 gan, Ky., he being the breeder who 

 has furnished me the "Superior 

 Stock." Buj'ing queens, and guaran- 

 teeing safe arrival, purity of mating 

 and safe introduction, even with the 

 greatest patience and good sense all 

 around, leads to more or less friction, 

 and a vast amount of correspondence. 

 Other duties are constantly making 

 demands upon my time. I am away 

 from home much of the time, and the 

 most troublesome part of my business 

 for Mrs. Hutchinson to look after, 

 when I am away, is the queen trade. 

 There is also another point: It is 

 quite likely that I have received the 

 lion's share of the queen trade of my 

 readers. This will now go to my ad- 

 vertisers, giving them better satis- 

 faction. Instead of putting more irons 

 into the fire, I think I will accomplish 

 inore if I take out some of them, hence 

 out comes the queen-trade-iron. I 

 shall do no more advertising of queens, 

 and when the orders that I now have 

 on hand are filled, I shall be done. 



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MICHIGAN, STATE, BEE-KEEPERS' 

 CONVENTION. 



Michigan bee-keepers will hold their 

 annual convention, Feb. 25th and 26th, 

 in the chapel at the Agricultural Col- 

 lege, near Lansing. The State Dairy- 

 men will hold their annual convention 

 at the same place Feb. 23rd, 24th and 

 25th, their last session ending at noon 

 on the 25th, and the bee-keepers hold- 

 ing their first session on the afternoon 

 of the same day. The Farmers' Insti- 

 tutes will hold their "round-up" Insti- 

 tute at the Agricultural College from 

 Feb. 23rd to 26th, inclusive, and on 

 Friday afternoon the bee-keepers will 

 meet with them in joint session, when 

 the Hon. C. B. Collingwood will give 

 a talk on "Farm-Law, " in which he 

 will include the "Rights of Bees." 



