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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



rr/HIS issue of the Review is a fair 

 -^ sample of what it will be for the 

 rest of the year — yes, and of what it 

 has been for the last few months. Tlie 

 Review does very little threshing- over 

 of old straw, generalizing-, or uttering 

 of platitudes. It takes up new, bright, 

 livel}', 



A more simple, cheaper and better 

 method of feeding bees has never been 

 invented than that described in this 

 issue by Mr. Alexander. If judicious- 

 ly followed it would often result in a 

 crop where none would be otherwise 

 secured. Getting the bees started in 

 the sections early in the season is one 

 of the most important steps in comb 

 honey production. Closing the season 

 with most of the sections finished is 

 another important factor. See how 

 completely it can be managed by the 

 methods described by Jas. A. Green. 

 Managing large numbers of bees in 

 out-apiaries, for comb honey, and yet 

 having no swarming, was once thought 

 an impossibility, yet see how com- 

 pletely Mr. Gill has solved the problem. 

 These are the kind of articles that are 

 published in the Review. In short, 

 the Review was never more full}' 

 equipped, in every way, than at 

 present, for helping bee-keepers; and 

 it will use all of these advantages the 

 present year in taking up and discuss- 

 ing two of 



Tl^© Most Iffiapos'tmiat 

 S^IbJ©cts 



connected with bee-keeping, viz., the 

 production of large quantities of honey, 

 cheapl}', and the selling of it at a high 

 price. The first few issues of this 

 year will be especially devoted to the 

 discussion of the first-mentioned topic, 

 then, in July or August, marketing 

 will be taken up and continued through 

 the year. I do not mean that other 

 important matters will not be touched 

 upon, but that special attention will 

 be given to these two. 



For instance, last year, Mr. F. E. 

 Atwater, of Boise, Idaho, with only 

 one helper. 



scattered from seven to eighteen miles 

 from home, and in the January Re- 

 view he had a long article describing 

 the hives, implements, and methods, 

 that enabled him to accomplish this 

 feat. 



Mr. E. D. Townsend of Remus, 

 Michigan, js 



Tl^© M©st E^t©s!isive 



.ApmrssH 



in this State; managing out-apiaries 

 with the least possible amount of labor, 

 much of it unskilled at that, and mak- 

 ing money out of the business, and he 

 is telling the readers of the Review 



