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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



Lawsuits of an apicultural character, 

 or, rather the expenses incurred there- 

 in by members of the National Asso- 

 ciation, will not in the future be borne 

 wholly by the Association — one-half 

 the expense is all that will be paid by 

 the Association. This is a step in the 

 direction of cutting- down the expense 

 in petty litigation arising- from neig-h- 

 borhood quarrels. 



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A Flying Machine, something that 

 could, with the power in itself, rise 

 from the earth, propel itself, and be 

 steered up, down, and sidewise, is 

 something that I have always believed 

 would yet be invented; and it seems 

 that two Ohio young men have been 

 successful; a description of their suc- 

 cess and the machine appearing in 

 Gleanings for Jan. 1st and 15th. Of 

 course, this is now nothing more than 

 a scientific toy, so to speak, and not of 

 any practical use, but many things of 

 wonderful utility have had their be- 

 ginnings in a less encouraging manner. 

 Say, wouldn't a flying machine be just 

 the thing for use in visiting out-apiar- 

 ies ? 



Foretelling when there will be crop of 

 white clover is explained at length in 

 Gleanings by Mr. Virgil Weaver, of 

 Washington, Iowa. It all depends 

 upon the rain fall, whether the young 

 plants are nourished, or whether they 

 are killed by the drouth. Mr. Weaver 

 says the winter has nothing to do with 

 it. Nomatter whatthe winter weather, 

 the plants will be there in the spring 

 ready to do business, if they were there 

 in the fall. All this may be true, but 

 there is still another important factor, 

 and that is the kind of weather we 

 have when white clover is in bloom. 

 Bloom does not always furnish nectar. 

 I have seen the fields in June so white 

 with clover-bloom as to remind one of 

 a light snow storm that had just 

 passed, yet the bees were actually 

 starving. 



Mr. Stachelhausen calls my attention 

 to two errors in his article of last 

 month. He has used divisible-brood- 

 chamber hives for 25 years, instead of 

 15 as given in the article. On page 9, 

 line 20, second column, 500 pounds of 

 surpkis ought to read 5,000 pounds. 



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Advertisers cannot exercise too great 

 care in the preparation of their ads. 

 As a rule, an advertisement ought to 

 be changed each issue, and some 

 thought given to its preparation. Al- 

 though Dr. W. B, House, the Yellow 

 Zone man, has a whole page, he 

 changes it each issue, writing the ad- 

 vertising himself, and putting into it 

 that peculiar personality, directness, 

 candor and honesty that are so con- 

 vincing. If I did not have his reme- 

 dies in the house, his advertising 

 would make me feel as though I ought 

 to have them, and that is a good test 

 of advertising. 



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Candied Honey, cut up into "bricks" 

 of one pound each, wrapped in paraf- 

 fined paper, then in a stronger paper, 

 and, over all a fine white paper printed 

 in gilt as daintilj' as that found on a 

 box of bbn bons, is being put up and 

 sold by the A. I. Root Co. The 

 wrappers are appropriately printed 

 with an explanation in regard to the 

 cand3'ing of honey, instructions how to 

 liquefy the honey, etc. Ernest Root 

 has sent me a sample, and he writes 

 that the grocerymen who are handling 

 them find that they outsell everything 

 in the line of honey; comb honey, that 

 in bottles, or anything else. I think 

 the daintiness with which the package 

 is put up has much to do with its sale. 

 If you have some candied honey, and 

 are interested in selling- it in this waj', 

 better send 30 cts. to the A. I. Root 

 Co. and ask to have a package of this 

 honej' sent to you by mail. Remember 

 that 20 cents of this money will be 

 needed to pay the postage. 



