THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 3f3 



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EDITORIAL 



Get out of the fright habit and into the fight habit. Alany a 

 man has missed a picnic because he was certain a cloudy sky meant 

 rain. 



The Iowa State University has added a course of bee-culture to 

 its curriculum. 



This issue is pretty well taken up with articles on "Wintering." 

 But they had to be published this month or be too late to be of 

 benefit to the readers. 



Comb Honey. 



Farmers' Bulletin No. 503, with the above title, and v.a-itten by 

 George S. Demuth, of the Division of Apiculture, Bureau of En- 

 tomology, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., has just 

 been issued. It is a 48-page bulletin, (> by 9 inches in size, and 

 covers the production, grading and marketing of comb honey. 



Indiana bee-keepers will remember ]\lr. Demuth as their former 

 hustling bee inspector. This is the first bulletin we have seen from 

 Mr. Demuth's pen, and it does credit to its author. Sent free on 

 request. 



The Fred W. Muth Co. Suffer a Disastrous Fire. 



Tuesday morning. September 10th. a disastrous fire broke out 

 at the place of business of the Fred W. ]\Iuth Co.. and according to 

 a cut appearing in the Cincinnati Times Star the l)uilding was com- 

 pletely gutted. 



]\Ir. }iluth. in a private letter, says they had $10,000 worth of 

 honey in the building, all of which was paid for, and was covered 



