THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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Encouraging Farmers to keep bees is 

 something tliat bee-keepers should look 

 at from both sides. Here is one side 

 to which my friend Harry Lathrop 

 calls attention. He says: "In view of 

 some of the thing's that came up at the 

 St. Louis convention, I would like to 

 ask a question or two through the Re- 

 view. I am selling quite a lot of my 

 extracted honey, crop of 1904, to well- 

 to-do farmers in this vicinity; and I 

 would like to ask if I would not be 

 foolish to try and persuade each of 

 these farmers to engage in bee-keeping 

 so as to produce what honey he 

 needed ? What object can I have in 

 supporting a journal having for its 

 object the depriving me of these cus- 

 tomers ? Besides, these farmers are 

 mostly in the live stock business, quite 

 heavy feeders, and I hold they would 

 be money out if they began dabbling 

 in bees. When they want honey they 

 can buy it of me at about one-third 

 the price of creamery butter." 



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The Michigan State Convention. 



The Michigan State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its annual con- 

 vention Feb. 23rd and 24th, at the 

 Eagle Hotel in Grand Rapids. The 

 Michigan dairymen will hold their 

 convention at the same time and place, 

 and the bee-keepers can take advan- 

 tage of the reduced rates given the 

 dairymen. When buj-ing your ticket 

 ask for a certificate on account of the 

 meeting of the State dairymen's meet- 

 ing. The Secretary of the dairymen's 

 association will sign this certificate, 

 which will enable the holder to buy a 

 return ticket at one-third fare. This is 

 done with the knowledge and consent 

 of the railroads. Several associotions 

 often meet in this way, and the Secre- 

 tary of one association signs all of the 

 certificates. The Eagle Hotel is located 

 at 65 Market St., corner of Louis 

 street. It will give a rate of $1.50 a 

 day, and furnish a room free for hold- 



ing the convention. Grand Rapids is 

 located in a good honey producing dis- 

 trict, easily accessible from the north- 

 ern, southern and middle parts of the 

 State, and a large crowd ought to be 

 present. The editor of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal and of Gleanings 

 have promised to come if it is pos- 

 sible. Editor of Review will be there. 



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100,000 Copies of Root's A B C of 

 Bee Culture have been published. 

 There are few books that have attained 

 such a circulation as this, and none 

 that have even approached it in the 

 apicultural field. It is phenomenal. 

 There are several reasons for this, but 

 one most important factor is the up-to- 

 dateness of the book. The type for the 

 entire book is kept standing, and the 

 large sales allow of frequent editions; 

 and this, in turn, allows frequent re- 

 vision. There is probably not a year 

 passes that does not witness a com- 

 plete revision. For instance, in this 

 latest edition, I notice several things 

 that were brought out in the Review in 

 the last year. Then there is another 

 point. The keeping of the matter in 

 type allows of the printing of new 

 editions with no expense for composi- 

 tion, except that necessary for the 

 revision. This saving of expense, 

 coupled with the advertising facilities 

 of the publishers, allows the selling of 

 the book away below the usual price. 

 It is really a $2.00 book, but sells for 

 only $1.20 postage paid. Address the 

 A. I Root Co., Medina, Onio. 



Prizes on Honey at the Coming Michigan 

 Convention. 



As an encouragement to attend the 

 coming State convention of bee-keepers 

 at Grand Rapids, and, at the same 

 time, furnish some valuable object- 

 lessons to some of the members, the 

 following prizes have been offered: 



For the best ten pounds of comb- 

 honey, quality and manner of putting 

 up for market to be considered, A. G. 



