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the Review; and Mr. Snyder, the man 

 who started the discussion, writes that he 

 would Hke to reply to some of those who 

 have opposed him. Owing to my love of 

 fairness, I presume I shall print his reply 

 if he sends one, but it is evident that this 

 is one of those abstruse subjects upon 

 which a great amount of fruitless argu- 

 ment can be brought forward. I doubt 

 the a(lvisal)ility of continuing it much 

 longer. The best rule that I can give in 

 the matter, is called the golden rule. So 

 crate your honey that, if by chance you 

 should unknowingly buy one of yoiiy 

 07vn cases of honey, you would not be 

 di.sappointed when you opened it. 



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SKiyiviNG Honey requires a careful 

 consideration of circumstances. Until 

 the last year or two, nearly all of my hon- 

 ey has been sold by commission men in 

 the large cities. Sold in this way, I rea- 

 lized more for the honey than our neigh- 

 boring grocers sold it for at retail. Un- 

 der such circumstances, what encourage- 

 ment is there to "develope the home- 

 market?' ' Of late the wholesale price of 

 honey in the large cities has been so low, 

 while that of our home-market has kept 

 so nearly up to its old mark, that I have 

 found it more profitable to sell my honey 

 near home. I believe my friend Koeppen 

 has, during the past year, obtained nearly 

 as much per pound, tiet, for his second 

 grade honey sold in our own home-mar- 

 ket as for the first grade sold in a dis- 

 tant city. A home-market is very de- 

 sirable; and, when circumstances will ad- 

 mit, should be cultivated with great care. 



RAMBI^ER ON A HII^L. 

 As mentioned in a previous i.ssue of the 

 Review, Mr. Hill, editor of the Am. Bee- 

 Keeper, pa.ssed one season in California. 

 That was befoie Rambler went there; but 

 Rambler has been hearing about him; 

 and tells some of the stories in Glean- 

 ings. Here is one item: "That Harry 

 Hill, who worked for us, could beat any- 

 body I ever saw in uncapping honey. 



Why, he could uncap with an upward 

 and downward stroke of the knife; and, 

 before you knew it, it was ready for the 

 extractor. Yes, sir; that Hill was the 

 best all-round-bee-man I ever saw. " 

 Rambler winds up with the following: 

 "Now if Mr. Hill can sling ink and scis- i 



sors, and uncap editorials with an up- .'t 

 ward and downward stroke, the rest of ' 

 the editorial family had better look out." 

 He can do those very things Mr. Ram- 

 bler. There is no one of us bee-keeping 

 editors who drives a smoother quill than 

 does our eastern brother with the lofty 

 name; besides this, he has a thorough 

 knowledge of bee-keeping, is loaded to 

 the muzzle with enthusiasm, and is rapid- 

 ly pushing the American Bee-Keeper into 

 the front rank. 



J. A. Gor^DEN, of Reinersville, Ohio, 

 is not only a photographer but an artist. 

 I'll tell you how I know. Last summer 

 there came to me, by freight, a large flat 

 box. Supposing it to be some ' ' bee-trap ' ' 

 that some one had sent me, I took it out 

 to the shop and knocked it open with a 

 hammer. When I saw glass and a pic- 

 ture-frame, I worked a little more care- 

 inWy. Over the face of the glass was 

 pasted a sheet of paper, and upon the 

 paper a nice letter signed by friend 

 Golden, and so worded that the character 

 of the picture must be guessed at, I tore 

 off the paper, and was never more sur- 

 prised in my life than to see a splendid 

 life-size crayon picture of myself. Mrs. 

 Hutchinson says that some two or three 

 years ago friend Golden asked me for a 

 photograph of myself, saying that he 

 would not tell me then what he wished it 

 for, but I had forgotten it entirel}'. The 

 picture is an exact counterpart of the pho- 

 tograph; and if any of the friends are in 

 need of work of this kind they can not do 

 better than to patronize friend Golden. 



THE OUEEN BREEDERS' UNION. 

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