THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



303 



read the report, for he quotes me on 

 g-rading-, as you observe. 



Think of a beginner following that 

 ancient history, and getting deep cells 

 with a quarter-inch of dirty wood to 

 scrape; besides, the public eye has 

 been educated to full looking sections, 

 and would reject his as short weight. 

 A thin comb, with larger surface, looks 

 more attractive, and is finished much 

 quicker, for a deep cell takes longer 

 to cure, and get ready to seal. 



SECTIONS OF EXACTLY ONE POUND 

 ARE A DELUSION. 



Now then, about this popular belief 

 that a section holds a pound of honey, 

 and if you don't produce full pounds 

 you are cheating poor, blind — on that 

 point I claim to be pretty well posted, 

 having interviewed thousands of cus- 

 tomers in the last three years, in sev- 

 eral cities, and, in selling extracted 

 honey, that question is almost sure to 

 come up, in contrasting the price with 

 comb honey prices, and I find the per- 

 sons who have faith in sections weigh- 

 ing a pound, to be like angels' visits, 

 few and far between — the exception, 

 not the rule. 



BLACK BEES AHEAD. 



Here's a conundrum for you, W. Z. 

 If you had 18 colonies "Holy Lands," 

 which proved to be "N. G.," and two 

 colonies of big gentle blacks, which 

 gave up 236 lbs. of comb honey, to 

 nothing at all for the others, where, 

 oh! where could you get queens like 

 unto those dear blacks? (Dr. Miller 

 says he ''don't knowV) How would 

 joz^ advise? (page 458, same journal.) 



THE ARTIFICIAL COMB HONEY CANARD. 



That artificial comb honey story, I 

 run up against it every day. Of course 

 I could go into the local paper and hit 

 it a wipe, but that would help "my 

 friend, the enem}'," who has no trade 

 in honey to amount to anything now, 

 while by refuting it to each customer, 

 gives me a better standing as an ex- 

 pert, and helps me more than the pa- 

 pers. This is selfish perhaps, but in 

 the long run will do as well for the 

 bee-keepers, if I do let the grocer look 

 out for himself— but if I let my quill 

 run on at this rate you will get dis- 

 couraged in reading. 



Respectfully, S. A. Niver. 



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I Love to help people; to show them 

 how to succeed; to encourage them; to 

 fill them with hope and happiness. 



E. D. TowNSEND will have one of 

 his characteristic articles, on market- 

 ing, in the next issue of the Review. 



Samples of different kinds of honey 

 from the different States are being 

 gathered by Mr. France for exhibition 

 at the coming St. Louis convention. He 

 has asked me to gather samples [from 



Michigan. Any one who can send me 

 a pound of alsike, aster, willow herb, 

 or any other kind of honey, except 

 clover or basswood, will drop me a 

 postal. 



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Don't Forget the National Conven- 

 tion to be held the 27th, 28th, 29th and 

 30th of this month, at the Christian 

 Endeavor Hotel, in St. Louis. If you 

 have not already done so, send 50c to 

 N. E. France, Platteville, Wisconsin, 

 which will insure you special rates at 

 the hotel. Market St. street cars, 

 westbound from the Union station, will 

 take you direct to this hotel, which i^ 



