THE BEE-KEEPERS' RE' 'lEW 27 



Father of the Review, the l?te A\'. Z. Hutchinson. I am sure he 

 would be pleased to see it given a permanent place in the publication. 



Among some of the journals lately has sprung up a small dis- 

 cussion as to whether that slogan should not be replaced by "keep 

 better bees." or "keep bees better." Xot much ! It is the most 

 important of them all. Let a man keep more bees and he will be 

 forced to keep them better, and will more quickly note the difference 

 between the good and the bad strains. "Keep more bees" and you 

 will either "keep them better" or you will soon be out of the busi- 

 ness. It is the little fellow who is slipshod. \\'ith a small invest- 

 ment, with other business demanding his attention, he is more apt 

 to neglect the bees. Give him "more bees" and self preservation 

 demands that he give the proper attention to those bees, or out he 

 goes. Better be entirely out than a putterer. 



But that brings us to the view many seem to have that to give 

 bees attention one should be continually meddling with them. They 

 seem to think that the extensive bee-keeper neglects his bees. Not 

 much ! They are forced to adopt a system. They must know what 

 to do and when to do it. It is as important to know what not to 

 do as it is to know what to do. It is the big fellows who have the 

 bank account. 



Michigan is becoming known as a state of specialists. Come 

 up to one of their conventions and learn Zi'hat not to do. Friend 

 Bartlett tells how with his system one man can handle 1,000 colonies, 

 exclusive of extracting and packing for winter. Another ^Michigan 

 beeman is now in Kentucky intending to ship two carloads of bees 

 north next spring. L. S. Griggs, of Flint, makes an exclusive busi- 

 ness of bee-keeping, handling over 400 colonies. E. D. Townsend. 

 of Remus, is too well known to tell about. Does it pay to "keep 

 more bees?" Ask those fellows. 



The Michigan Convention. 



Michigan conventions always bring together a bunch of real live 

 beemen. Many of them are specialists, and you can guess that 

 their discussions are intensely practical. There was not a dulT 

 minute during the whole two days' sessions. 



Space will not permit the giving of a detailed account of these: 

 sessions, but some of the "meat" is as follows: 



Next convention will be held at the xA.gricultural College^, 

 Lansing, Mich. It will probably be held in December. 



National constitution adopted by an almost unanimous vote. 

 There was a little opposition at first, but it soon disappeared when 

 the members better understood the plans. This makes Michigan 

 the first legal branch of the National, I believe. At least I have 

 not been informed of any association having taken such action. 



