1905 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1279 



AFTER a man succeeds in publishing a 

 good journal, the next step is that 

 of getting it into the hands of the 

 people, of getting them to reading 

 it, and becoming acquainted with 

 its merits. This can be done by advertis- 

 ing, sending out sample copies, circulars, 

 etc. All this costs money. I think I am 

 safe in saying that for every new sub- 

 scriber 1 have received I have paid out 

 $2.00 in advertising; hence I have often 

 said that a publisher of a good journal 

 could afford to send his paper one year 



free, for the sake of getting it into new 

 hands. It would cost no more than other 

 forms of advertising, and would be very 

 effective, but, for obvious reasons, this 

 plan could not be put into practice, but I 

 am going to come as near to it as I can. 

 I have between 200 and 300 complete sets 

 of back numbers for the present year, and 

 so long as the supply holds out I will send 

 a complete set, and the rest of this year 

 free, to any one who will send me $1.00 

 for Review 1906. 



THe Review for 1905 



It is impossible, in this space, to more than touch 

 briefly upon a few points. Perhaps the leading fea- 

 ture far the year is a series of ai-ticles on keeping 

 bees in large numbers. 



10,000 COLONIES 



in the aggregate are owned by a dozen men whose 

 articles appear in the Review for this year. No one 

 of , these men has less than 400 colonies, and one has 

 1700! These men have kept bees in large numbers. 

 They have succeeded. They have made money. They 

 point the way for others. They tell how many colo- 

 nies in the home yard will justify the starting of an 

 out-apiary; how far apart out-apiaries ought to be 

 located; how locations should be selected; the best 

 methods of traveling from apiary to apiary; how hives 

 and increase shall be secured; what kind of honey 

 shall be produced; how to solve the swarming prob- 

 lem; what are the greatest obstacles, and how to over- 

 come them. 



Perhaps the one article that attracted the most 

 attention was by H. G. Sibbald, of Canada, entitled 



AHead o^ SHooR Sivarxnin^ 



The article described a method possessing the fol- 

 lowing advantages: No shaking of the bees; no han- 

 dling of the brood; no possibility of the queen being 

 in the wrong hive ; no danger of after-swarming; no 

 increase unless desired (but easy if wanted); no 

 queen-cells to hunt up and destioy, yet the whole 

 force of bees may be kept together the whole season. 



and each colony may be requeened with a queen from 

 a naturally built ceU. 

 There is no doubt that there are thousands of 



DOLLARS "WASTED 



in the rendering of wax that might be saved if proper 

 methods were employed. The best article that I ever 

 saw on the subject was written by Mr. E. D. Town- 

 send, and appeared in one of the issues of the Review 

 for this year. The number of new and practical ideas 

 furnished by him in regard to the profitable and com- 

 fortable rendering of wax will be a surprise even to 

 the veterans. He also illustrates and describes a 

 wax-press that any person of ordinary ability can 

 make for three or four dollars, and it is the equal if not 

 the superior of a high-priced, factory-made press. 



TIP THE HIVE OVER 



so that it will rest upon its back end, use a little 

 smoke along the lower edges of the brood-combs, and 

 it is an easy matter to determine if the bees are build- 

 ing queen-cells and getting ready to swarm The 

 only difficulty is that the supers are likely to slide off, 

 but Mr. F. G. Cyrenius has invented a simple, cheap 

 clamp that can be put on the hive in five seconds, no 

 matter how many supers there are upon it, and it will 

 hold the supers on so securely that the hive might be 

 rolled about the yard without their becoming loose. 

 By this method it is an easy matter to examine 100 

 colonies in an hour without ever opening a hive. It 

 was illustrated and described this year in the Review, 



Advanced Bee Culture 



*Tl NEW edition of this book is now out, 

 J\ and, without doubt, is the most 

 if^ beautifully gotten up bee-book that 

 < has ever been published in this 

 country. It is printed on heavy 

 enameled paper, profusely illustrated with 

 beautiful half-tone engravings, and the 

 front cover embellished with a green vine 

 of clover— a golden bee sipping honey from 

 one of the snow-white blossoms. 



Most important of all, however, is the 

 simplicity and freshness, the inspiration 

 and real helpfulness of its contents. From 

 iears of experience as bee-keeper and 



editor, I have told in plain simple lan- 

 guage what I believe to be the most 

 advanced methods of keeping bees for 

 profit, from early spring to the end of the 

 year. The book is almost wholly ra-writ- 

 ten, and contains nearly twice as much 

 matter as did the former editions. In 

 short, every man who would make the 

 most money out of bee-keeping, as a busi- 

 ness, must have the book. 



The price, postpaid, is $1.20; or I will 

 send the Review for 1906, and the back 

 numbers for 1905 as long as the supply 

 holds out, for only $2.00! 



W. Z. HutcHinson, Flint, Midi. 



