THE BEE-KEEPERS- REVIEW 259 



Tell your neighbor of the treat you are having- in reauing "Three 

 Thousand Colonies of Bees Worked in Fifty Yards From One Of- 

 fice," and ask th ro snhscribe fur the Review. Then there aru 

 many other things of value they will miss by not "^ tibscribing. A 

 word from you may be the means of getting us a life subscriber. 

 Then do not forget the National fee when subscribii-"" All are wel- 

 come! , - 



When Bees Will Draw Foundation. 



The talk of efficiency is in the air and ~o -.,e want our bees to 

 be more efificient. There are quite a few jobs we can set them at in 

 an odd spell that will count if we are but far sighted enough to get 

 them at it. One of these jobs is to get full sheets of foundation 

 drawn out into combs before and during fruit bloom. They will 

 even continue this work when no honey is coming in, if they have 

 sealed stores, some of which are uncapped every few days to keep 

 them busy breeding up. — W. F. 



The Little Classified Liner. 



There is not one of our readers who does not have some bee- 

 keeping appliance that he would be glad to sell for cash or trade for 

 something else. Get the little liner habit. Th.e most successful bee- 

 keepers all have it, and you should. It will surprise you with its 

 results when used in the Review. .State your case forcefully and in 

 the fewest words and you will get results. A three-line ad. for a 

 whole year will cost you but $3.60. It is your own paper, and you 

 will be helping yourself, your association, your interests. 



Bee-Keeping in Iowa. 



"Bee-Keeping in Iowa" is the title of a little bulletin issued by 

 the Agricultural Extension Department of the Iowa State College 

 of Agriculture. It is by Mr. Frank Pellett, State Inspector of Api- 

 aries. This little bulletin is very interestingly gotten up, and the 

 intent is manifestly to get the Iowa farmers working along the line 

 of diversification, such as raising a little more honey and perhaps a 

 little less corn. Five dollars per colony is placed as a fair estimate 

 of the gross income that may be expected from bees in Iowa. The 

 production of Iowa is placed at about twenty per cent of what it 

 might be with the industry fully developed. The value of the honey 

 crop might be fully five million dollars, but it is estimated at about 

 twenty per cent, of that. Wintering and foul brood are the two 

 great obstacles to bee-keeping in Iowa, but it is pointed out that 

 Iowa has no inferior honeys, and that all the crop is fairly easily 

 marketed. Quite a large part of the bulletin is taken up with the 

 problems of bee inanagement. There are some interesting: figures 



