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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



cows had access to it, but the sheep 

 are preferable for several reasons. If 

 I were running- several out-apiaries, 

 and felt that I could not afford to keep 

 them mowed, and it was not practical 

 to pasture them, I would scatter salt 

 freely around each hive, at least one 

 or two feet in front. This will kill 

 the grass and keep it from growing-. 

 If there is anything- in an apiary that 

 distresses me it is to see bees strug- 

 gling- in and out of a hive the front of 

 which is covered with a great mass of 

 grass or weeds. 



Get your hives into some regular or- 

 der, set them level, keep down the 

 grass, and, having gone thus far, I 

 feel that you will abandon the habit of 

 scattering about, and leaving lying in 

 the yard, such things as extra covers, 

 frames, honey-boards, etc. 



Where most of the time, from da3^- 

 lig-ht till dark, is passed in one place, 

 it is worth while to make that spot 

 pleasant and agreeable — yes, even 

 beautiful. 



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HOW ASSOCIATIONS CAN HELP SELL 

 THE HONEY OF THEIR MEMBERS. 



Last year the General Manager of 

 the National Association published in 

 his annual report the names and 

 addresses of the members, together 

 with the amount of comb and extract- 

 ed honey produced by each member. 

 By looking over this report, dealers 

 and others who wished to buy honej', 

 found who had it to sell, and corres- 

 pondence and sales were the result. 

 Taking a hint from this, the Michigan 

 Association of Bee-keepers, at their 

 last meeting, decided to print a list of 

 its members, together with their ad- 

 dresses, and the amount of honey on 

 hand by each member. The kind of 

 honey and the manner in which it was 

 put up was also to be given. The 

 Secretary, Mr. E. B. Tyrrell, of Davi- 

 son, Michigan, has gotten out a very 

 neat little circular of 12 pages, inclu- 

 ding cover, giving the list of members 



and the particulars just mentioned, 

 and, besides, he has taken pains to 

 give some hints in regard to the care of 

 honey, why it candies, how to liquefy 

 it, how honej' is extracted, etc., not 

 forgetting to pay his respects to that 

 manufactured comb honey canard. 

 The first page opens as follows: 



"To the Retailer and Consumer: 

 This little book is issued to tell you 

 where you can purchase honey guar- 

 anteed to be absolutely pure, directly 

 from the producer. All the names giv- 

 en in this book are members of the 

 Michigan Bee-keepers' Association, 

 and this Association guarantees the 

 purity of all honey sold by its mem- 

 bers, and will prosecute any one sel- 

 ling impure honey through the Asso- 

 ciation." 



The next step will be that of putting 

 "liners" in the leading daily papers 

 of the State, offering to send the names 

 and addresses of the Association upon 

 application, thus enabling consumers 

 to purchase pure honey direct from the 

 producers. 



Here is another point: Since it was 

 announced in the Review that the 

 Michigan Association was to follow 

 this plan, nearly one-third has been 

 added to our membership — men have 

 sent in their dollars by mail and ask- 

 to be admitted. We last year had a 

 long discussion as to what could be 

 done to keep members after we had 

 gotten them, and this was the plan 

 that we decided to try. It seems now 

 as though it would proye a most excel- 

 lent plan. 



Now then, what the Michigan Asso- 

 ciation is doing can be done by other 

 Associations — by the National. In its 

 forthcoming report, the names of mem- 

 bers, their addresses, and the amounts 

 of honey produced by each, will be 

 given. Now let the General Manager 

 get up some attractive advertisements, 

 something that will rival the ads. of 

 Karo Korn Syrup, and put them in the 

 leading magazines, offering to furnish 



