THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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Now, Mr. Peebles has g'ood judg-- 

 ment, notwithstanding- that he makes 

 up his mind quick as a flash. He is a 

 very busy man, but never too busy to 

 g-ive hearing- to any and every one who 

 has a proposition to offer, althoug-h to 

 receive favor, one must be short, sharp 

 and to the point. 



As he offered me a chair, I said, 

 "Mr. Peebles, you do not sell suffi- 

 cient honey for the nice trade you en- 

 joy, and I have an idea which I offer 

 to you first. It will be entirely new, 

 and at the same time interesting and 

 instructive to a marked degree. 

 'Peebles' show window will be the 

 talk of the city." Naturally, he want- 

 ed to know all about it. After I had 

 finished, he immediately decided that 

 I proceed. 



Well, the following Saturday night, 

 a professional window-dresser arrang-- 

 ed our display of bees and honey. 

 There were comb and bottled honey, 

 old fashioned straw hives, or straw 

 skeps, such as our forefathers had, and 

 observation hives with sides of g-lass 

 containing active working bees, which 



afforded passers-by an opportunity to 

 see exactly how the busy little bee 

 works tirelessly and industriously in 

 its home. At 11:30 P. M. all was 

 complete. 



The display was indeed arranged 

 very artistically. The following day, 

 Sunday, vast numbers of people 

 crowded before the window, and pe- 

 destrians squares distant were attract- 

 ed, and all came to see the display of 

 fine honey, and the active working of 

 the bees. This state of curiosity pre- 

 vailed through the entire week. 



In the store, a demonstration sale of 

 honey was going on, which attracted 

 crowds of people at all times. 



The display certainly proved to be a 

 decided success, and the time was ex- 

 tended to two weeks, although we had 

 bargained for only one. All who saw 

 it, including the proprietor, declared 

 it was the best display ever seen at 

 that store or anywhere in the city, and 

 it must have been, for it has done us a 

 world of good, in effecting a marked 

 increase in the sale of honey. 



Cincinnati, Ohio, Mar. 22, 1904. 



'©me Cliatty^ Snappy Criticlsim^ 

 Omi Fast ArticIeSo 



BY S. A. NIVER. 



Superior, Wis., July 8, 1904. 

 Friend Hutchinson — Something is lack- 

 ing to make my life perfect, up here in 

 this out-of-the-way-corner of Uncle 

 Sam's domains, and it seems to be ato- 

 tal absence of bee-keepers. At home in 

 oldGroton we used to have an impromp- 

 tu convention every day or two, as the 

 bee men came to the factory for sup- 

 plies. 



Now, here is a grist of bee papers, 

 with lots of points, which I want to 



comment on, and agree with, "or 

 agree to disagree," and, like poor 

 old Robinson Crusoe, "from the cen- 

 tre all 'round to the sea," yours truly 

 is the only bee crank in evidence. 



A CHANCE FOR MIGRATORY BEE- 

 KEEPING. 



At the same time there is more and 

 ntfer white clover to the square rod, 

 than in any other locality that has 

 thus far come under my eye. Just 

 clover, plover, all around, and not a 



