146 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. June, 



peculiarities of that strain, greatly in mind material for a good article 

 facilitates such judging. for publication, let him write it out 

 Viw shall you learn? Well, look in the plainest language possible and 

 at i ae entrance of some colony, are send it to The Bee-Keeper, and 

 they more or less abundant than at either state the price at which he is 

 most of the others, are they going willing to sell, or leave the matter of 

 and coming more frequently or are compensation to the discretion of the 

 they standing around listlessly? editor. The latter is the usual way. 

 After trying to fix the appearances In conclusion it might be well to 

 in your mind try and decide what impress upon all who seek high 

 they mean, that is to say, is the honors in the literary world that the 

 colony strong, medium or weak? bee journals afford a mighty poor 

 Has it the snap and go of a stock in field for cultivation, as the rates of 

 thrifty internal condition? If you payment are generally low and not 

 know the age of your queens — as you at all commensurate to the merits of 

 should— you can make a pretty very high-class stuff. The Ladies' 

 shrewd guess as to whether she is Home Journal, Scribner's Magazine, 

 up to par or not. After you have Collier's Weekly, and such publica- 

 made up your mind as to what you tions pay much better, and The Bee- 

 believe the internal conditions are. Keeper advises those who seek a 

 open the hive and see how near you lucrative literary life to send their 

 came to the facts. Repeat until you productions to periodicals of this 

 can hit it most of the time. (M,). class, and not to anv apiarian journal. 



WANTED 



It don't pay. (H.) 



WRITING FOR MONEY. PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS. 



The American Bee-Keeper quite grant Stanley. 



often receives inquiries something It is said queens of the current year's 



like this: "I see you want articles rearing will not swarm that season, but 



on bee-keeping for publication. I of course such queens must be reared in 



have been keeping bees for several these colonies. 



hundred years, know more about_ the Dr. Miller says in his book, "Forty 



business than the man that killed Years Among the Bees," that when 



himself working with bees, and my more than one egg is found in queen 



capacity for turning out manuscript cells, laying workers are present, 



upon the subject is ample to supply " ^^ ^ ,_ _ -— — * 



several newspaper syndicates. How kftAL ESlAlE 



much are you willing to pay to se- ■ " ^ '^ *- ^ %#■*-«■ ^ 

 cure the services of an expert of the 



aforesaid calibre? I might be indu^ced 



to consider a proposition along this yorhun'relsTfcIsH buyers, who advertised 



line if the cash mducements are suf- the u. s. real estate journal and the 



r • _^ » PROSPERITY MAKER, a iiniijiie, original, illustra- 



ncient. ^ ted montlily for tlie Home, Real Estate, Businees. For 



One aspirant, more modest than wide-awakebuyers, sellers, agents, investors, a world 



., J • T"!,- T3„a TTaoT-vof wide circulation. Sample copy, 2SC or $1.0(1 per year, 



the average, advises ihe Bee-Keeper Free advice. Write j.allen Stephens, Publisher, 



that he has kept bees five years, and is WiiUrd Building, Muncie, ind. Est. 1892. 



that he is willing to help us out on ^^m,,^ .- . ^j made $10,000 



material for publication if we will ad- f I ^ Ih /VI A ^ on half AN 



vance the price of a typewriter and V/1 il-/ iTl.i\l i acre of ground 



accept his productions in payment. . .v, . ,, u^''T*'i^ ?!,°,' 



XrT , ■ 1 u c A „ „^^-,«. seng. Another is making hundreds of dol- 



We have said before, and we repeat j^^g p^^ y^^^ growing Mushrooms in an 



with emphasis that we want good ordinary cellar. others are making blgr 



material for publication. This does money growing Golden Seal and other me- 



not necessarily imply that we are vicinal plants, of which the wild supply is 



,' , ,, ■' c- ^ -^ . rr -NT^i (.^ 'ast becoming extinct and prices rapidly 



"shy on space-hlhng stutt W ot to advancing. you can do the same. 



exceed qne-half of the material sub- our new monthly magazine, profitable 



mitted finds its way into type. home industries, teiis you all about it; 



TViprP i"<; nrnhnhUr not a neriodical ^"^^ details; letters from successful people. 



ihere is proDaDiy not a perioaicdi ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ money, write us to- 



publication on earth that would con- ^a.y. Price $1.00 per year, 3 months trial 



tract for material from an unknown 25 cents, sample copy 10 cents. Address 



writer, and The Bee-Keeper is no profitable hobie iniujstries, 



exception. If anyone thinks he has 68 Thompson Bldg., Scranton, Pa. 



