THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



The Practicable Parcels Post. 



A package weighing- five pounds may be sent 1,000 miles for 39 

 cents after January 1st, 1913. This means that if the postofifice de- 

 partment will accept bees in wire boxes we can mail three pounds 

 of bees from south to north for less than forty cents. The package 

 should not weigh more than two or three pounds, feed and water 

 included. It begins to look practicable. Tlie express companies 

 will make rates even lower, no doubt. The wide-awake bee-keeper 

 can do well to look into this problem very soon. — W. F. 



Cuban Bee-Keepers Are Jubilant Over High Prices. 



The following clipping from the Cuban A^ezn's is interesting: 

 "The bee men in this vicinity are wearing 'the smile that won't 

 come off.' Honey is selling for 59 cents. Some have already com- 

 menced extracting and the rest are soon to follow. A good crop is 

 expected if the cyclones will stay out in the Carribbean Sea." 



Do not get excited ; this undoubtedly means S9 cents per gallon, 

 and not per pound. How would you northern fellows like to sell 

 your nice white clover extracted honev for 59 cents per gallon? 

 — E. B. T. 



Some of the Essentials of Bee-Keeping. 



The Massachusetts Agricultural College has issued Bulletin No. 

 5 on the above topic, which it would be well for every bee-keeper, 

 especially a beginner, to secure. Even if you are not a beginner it 

 is well to keep posted on what your state is doing along the line of 

 your pursuit, and the bulletin can be handed to some of your neigh- 

 bor bee-keepers when you are through with it. I am satisfied that 

 it is for free distribution. Simply address your letter to the State 

 Board of Agriculture, Amherst, Mass. 



J. P. Lucas Makes a Splendid Showing at the Kansas State Fair. 



According to a report received at this office, J. P. Lucas had a 

 splendid exhibit at the Kansas fair. It consisted of a display of 

 honey from different plants, showing the different qualities and flav- 

 ors. Kansas produces principally alfalfa, white clover, sweet clover, 

 Spanish needle, yellow sweet clover, and heartsease. Mr. Lucas had 

 samples of Nebraska heartsease and white sweet clover, Georgia 

 tupelo gum, Ohio basswood, and California orange, white sage, gum 

 tree comb honey, sage comb honey, Manganita, and a sample of 

 white sage honey produced in 1901 which has never yet candied. 



