THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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can be used to adviintag^e, and in ex- 

 actly this way may be tlie best way to 

 use them. 



The point that I wish to make clear 

 is, that there is no magic, no mystery, 

 in having a weak colony build up 

 simply by setting it over a strong one; 

 the help comes from tlie strong one. 

 Notwithstanding this, I am inclined to 

 think that it may be a good thing to 

 do. What is needed is some really 

 careful experimenting. Divide the 

 apiary. Put the weak colonies on top 

 the strong ones in one half. In the other 

 half let the weak ones and strong ones 

 play it out all alone; and then see 

 which half comes out ahead. 



Then, again, there are other factors. 

 Does your liarvest come early, and 

 every possible means must be employed 

 to secure populous colonies very early? 

 Or does it come in August, or later, 

 and tliereis abundant time for colonies 

 to build up ? 



Truly, apiculture is a many sided 

 structure, and wise is the man who 

 knows every angle. 



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The Honey Producers' League — Pro- 

 spectus and Constitution. 



A crisis has been reached in bee- 

 keeping. The time is now here when 

 bee-keepers must band together, as 

 never before, fight an insidious foe, 

 and cope with the conditions of modern 

 times. In short, the wide-spread 

 ignorance regarding the value of honey 

 as a food (its deliciousness, cheapness 

 and digestibility), coupled with an 

 almost universal belief in its adultera- 

 tion, which belief is fostered by the 

 continued publication of untruthful 

 stories concerning so-called manufac- 

 tured comb honey, to which may be 

 added the fact that cheap syrups are 

 being pushed upon the market with 

 great vigor — all these combined are 

 depressing the honey market beyond 

 all precedent; and, unless something is 

 done to counteract these influences, our 



occupation, or, at least, a good share 

 of its profitableness, will soon begone. 



A large share of last year's honey 

 crop is still unsold, while the market 

 is practically dead, as is easily shown 

 by reference to the market reports. 

 The crop of the coming season will 

 soon be here, and, should it prove a 

 bountiful one, with last year's crop 

 still unsold, where will prices go then? 

 We may as well face the situation 

 squarely. Then comes the all-impor- 

 tant question: What shall we do about 

 it ? 



Three or four of us began recent!}' to 

 discuss this question, privately, by 

 mail, and we decided to act promptly, 

 to the extent of summoning (some by 

 telephone and telegraph) to a confer- 

 ence in Chicago, some eight or ten rep- 

 resentative manufacturers, dealers, 

 publishers and honey-producers. As a 

 result, such a meeting was held 

 March 14th and 15th, the whole two 

 days being occupied in forming an 

 organization, and in discussing ways 

 and means whereby said organization 

 can increase the demand for honey. 



The first step was the drafting of a 

 constitution which reads as follows: 



CONSTITUTION. 

 Art, I — NAME AND HEADQUARTERS. 



Sec. 1 — The name of this organiza- 

 tion shall be "The Honey Producers' 

 League." 



Sec. 2 — Its headquarters shall be 

 Chicago, 111. 



Art. II — OBJECTS. 



Its objects shall be to create a larger 

 demand for honey by popularizing its 

 use among the consuming public 

 through advertising in newspapers and 

 magazines its great value as a food, 

 and by such other methods as may be 

 considered advisable by the Executive 

 Board. Also by publication of facts 

 concerning the production of honey to 

 counteract anj' misrepresentation of 

 the same. 



Art. Ill — MEMBERSHIP AND DUES. 



Sec. 1 — Any bee-keeper may become 

 a member by paying to the Manager 



