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EDITORIAL, 



As promised last month, we begin in 

 this number of the Bee-Keeper a 

 series of articles by T. K. Massie, which 

 will be of unusual interest to beginners 

 in bee-keeping. The first installment 

 appeared in the May number of the Bee 

 World, in which the author takes the 

 opportunity to state that he regards the 

 large and cumbersome chaff and other 

 permanently packed hives, loose hang- 

 ing frames with \ in. space between the 

 end bars and inside of hive, swarming 

 boxes, Hill's devices, loose division 

 boards and other similar loose " rattle 

 traps," as nuisances. He thinks that 

 space is about as good as packing, and 

 concludes that the thin wall hive with 

 outside winter case, packed on all sides, 

 with a cushion made of felt and filled 

 with some non-conducting material is 

 the best, On warm, sunny days through 

 the winter and spring the case can be 

 removed , the cushions taken out, aired 

 and warmed, thus giving the sun and 

 air full force and play on all sides and 



even into the top, thoroughly warming, 

 drying and purifying the hive, 



Mr. Massie's article in this number is 

 somewhat lengthy, but consists of the in- 

 stallments for the June and July World. 



Probably the greatest offerever made 

 by any publisher in this country is the 

 one made in this issue of the Bee- 

 Keeper where we propose to give a set 

 of ( Jen Grant'sMemoirs,theCosmopoZitan 

 one year and the AmericanBee'- Keep- 

 er one year for only $4.00. The Cos- 

 mopolitan alone is well worth the sub- 

 scription price, $3.00, and every sub- 

 scriber will be pleased with it. The 

 books are the same that we paid $7.00 

 for about three years ago. Take our 

 word for it, this is a chance you can 

 never have again, to almost. get some- 

 thing for nothing. 



One of the most contemptable acts 

 of which an editor can be guilty, is to 

 appropriate from his cotemporaries, 

 meritorious articles and palm them off 

 as original by failing to credit them to 

 the journals from which they were 

 filched. This has occured several times 

 with articles which have appeared in 

 the Bee-Keeper, and for which we 

 have paid a good price. The last of- 

 fender is the ( 'anadian Bee Journal, 

 who reprinted from our October num- 

 ber the address on "New Uses of Perfo- 

 rated Zinc Excluding Boards," by F. 

 H. Cyrenius, and fails to give us credit 

 for it. If this had been the Journals 

 first offense we could have overlooked 

 it, but it was not. 



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