THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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This Issue of the Review goes to 

 hundreds of bee-keepers who are not 

 subscribers. Will such please read 

 Images 174, 175 and 176? 



The Strength of a man is meas- 

 ured by his courag-e, and the man who 

 knows no fear is the hero that the 

 whole world admires and exalts. 

 Fortune smiles on the courageous man, 

 and it almost seems as though even 

 adversity fears the man who has no 

 fear of her. — Mjs. liffie Brown in 

 Rural Bee- Keeper. 



H.A.KKV Lathrop, Bridgeport, Wis- 

 consin, offers to send liis book of 

 poems "on trial," so to speak. If j'ou 

 wish to see it before buying, write to 

 him, and he will send you a copy. If 

 you decide to keep it you can send him 

 half a dollar — if not, you can return 

 it and he will refund the amount you 

 have to pay as postage. 



Cuba has had a light crop of honey 

 this year, yet Harry Howe writes that 

 he has extracted about 35,000 pounds 

 of honey and made 400 pounds of wax, 

 without paying anything for help, 

 from 500 colonies. This would seem 

 pretty good for any or us here in the 

 United States, but we must remember 

 that prices for honey in Cuba are 

 very low. 



A Trip through Wisconsin, visiting 

 supply dealers, is a pleasure recently 

 enjoyed by the editor of the Review. 

 Every dealer reports an unusually 

 heavy trade, which is something of a 

 puzzle, considering the heavy winter 

 losses. Is it possible that the oft re- 

 peated admonition, "buy your supplies 

 early," made more forcible by costly 

 experience, is at last being heeded? 



A Few Subscribers have stopped 

 their paper this spring, and given as 

 a reason that the}' have lost so many 

 bees last winter that they must re- 



tranch. This is decidedly a short- 

 sighted policy. If a man has met with 

 losses, and the odds are against him, 

 so to speak, then is the time of all 

 others he ought to avail himself of every 

 possible help; and there is certainly no 

 greater help for a bee-keeper than that 

 to be found in the pages of a good bee 

 journal. 



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Fricton Top Cans and pails seem, 

 at present, to be the most promising 

 package for retailing extracted honey. 

 They are cheap and never leak. If 

 you don't know what they are like, 

 step into any grocery store and look 

 at the cans and pails in which syrups 

 are sold. Members of the National 

 Association can get the packages at a 

 discount through their General Man- 

 ager. If interested, write to N. E. 

 P>ance, Platteville, Wisconsin, for 

 prices. 



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The Names and addresses of the 

 subscribers are printed this month in- 

 stead of being written upon the wrap- 

 pers — an improvement to which I have 

 long looked forward. While great 

 care has been taken to keep out errors, 

 it is possible that a few have crept in, 

 and if any man finds his name or ad- 

 dress incorrectly spelled, or the date 

 at which his paper will expire marked 

 with a wrong figure, I will esteem it a 

 favor to re^sive a pastal bearing the 

 proper correction. 



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The Rural Bee Keeper is the lat- 

 est candidate for honors in the field of 

 apic ultural journalism. It is a 16-page 

 monthly' (with a cover) at 50 cents a 

 year, published by W. H. Putnam, at 

 River Falls, Wisconsin. It is to 

 champion the cause of the small, 

 country bee-keeper, showing him how 

 to make money out of his bees. The 

 first issue is excellent for a beginning, 

 and Bro. Putnam is to be congratulat- 

 ed upon having secured a good printer. 

 Tiie day has passed when a slovenly 

 printed magazine can succeed. 



