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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



[August. 



are not sufficient to warrant the aver- 

 age bee-keeper making a change from 

 any other standard system. The 

 writer has used the divisible hives for 

 over twenty years and at present has 

 one apiary of them, but notwith- 

 standing the benefits of the system he 

 is making all his new apairies of lo- 

 frame L hives. 



All who wish to try the divisible 

 •hive system can do so by using com- 

 mon shallow extracting supers, those 

 having frames five and one-half inches 

 deep being best. It is essential that 

 the frames be held fast in the hives 

 by means of springs or wedges, other- 

 wise when trying to separate the 

 chambers the frames are often 

 started from the under one and 

 trouble ensues. It should be borne 

 in mind by the experimenter that such 

 nives are for a special sort of manage- 

 ment and are chiefly intended to, as 

 nearly as possible, do away with 

 handling frames. 



Nowis a good time to stock a few 

 spch hives for experiment. There is 

 time enough for the bees to get es- 

 tablished for winter and the colonies 

 will be ready for a full season's trial 

 next year. (M.) 



THE BEE-KEEPER AT HALF 

 PRICE. 



The editor of The Bee-Keeper has 

 for some time felt that a reduction in 

 the subscription price of the journal 

 would probably • be productive of 

 heavy gains in the list of subscribers, 

 even though the present price is quite 

 as low as is possible in the production 

 of a paper of this size and quality, 

 with hardly four thousand subscrib- 

 ers. If, however, the list could be 

 about doubled the cost of production 

 would be decreased to a considerable 

 extent. 



All persons concerned in the man- 

 agement of The Bee-Keeper, how- 

 ever, do not share the editor's opin- 

 ion, as to the effect of the reduced 

 price suggested; but permission has 

 been granted for him to put his plan 

 to the test, and it is, therefore, pro- 

 posed to ofifer The Bee-Keeper at 25 

 cents a year during the remaining five 

 months of the current year, to all new 

 subscribers in the United States, Cu- 

 ba, Porto Rico and Mexico. To 

 Canada, 35 cents. They may sub- 



scribe for as many years as they wish 

 at this reduced price, but cash must 

 accompany the order for the entire 

 period for which it is desired to sub- 

 scribe. 



Twenty-five cents for a bee journal, 

 of 36 to 40 pages a month, is practical- 

 ly giving it away, and we believe that 

 if our present readers will but call 

 the attention of other bee-keepers to 

 the fact that they can now subscribe 

 at 25 cents a year, we can add another 

 four thousand readers to our list be- 

 fore the close of the year. The editor 

 has faith to believe that The Bee- 

 Keper has several thousand triends 

 throughout the land who will be wil- 

 ling ^o extend such a favor and thus 

 assist in the consummation of ti'.e 

 plan. 



If any reader feels disposed to place 

 a few sample copies in the hands of 

 his bee-keeping friends, along with 

 his invitation for them to subscribe, 

 we shall gladly mail as many copies 

 as he can use. 



Now let the new subscriptions roll 

 in. Let us make a record during the 

 five months, and thus be enabled to 

 continue our improvements. (H.) 



A NEW MONTHLY. 

 The American Bee Journal, for 

 many years a weekly periodical, ap- 

 peared for July as a monthly, and will 

 be so issued in the future. The sub- 

 scription price has been reduced to 

 25 cents a year, and a very marked 

 improvement in the general appear- 

 ance of the paper results from the 

 use of a high-grade stock of paper. 

 The cover design of the first monthly 

 edition is the handsomest that has 

 adorned any bee journal of modern 

 times, 'being a skillful combination of 

 photograph, wash and air brush. 

 Really artistic pictures are rare in 

 the apicLiltural press, but the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal's cover scores an 

 average above ninety. Congratula- 

 tions, Brother York! (H). 



NEW BOOK ON BEE DISEASES. 



"Report of the Meeting of Inspec- 

 tors of Apiaries, San Antonio, Tex., 

 Nov. 12, 1906," is the name of bulletin 

 No. 70, issued by the Bureau of Ento- 

 mology, U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture, June 17, 1907. It is written 

 and compiled by Dr. L. O. Howard, 



