1903 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



979 



TWO YEARS FOR $1,001 



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After a man succeeds in publishing- a 

 ^ood journal, the next step is that of get- 

 ting- it into the hands of the people, of get- 

 ting them to reading it, and becoming ac- 

 quainted with its merits. This can be 

 done bj' advertising, sending out sample 

 copies, circulars, etc. All this costs mon- 

 ey. I think I am safe in saying that 

 every new subscriber I have received, I 

 have paid out S2.00 in advertising; hence 

 I have often said that a publisher of a g-ood 

 journal could afford to send his paper one 

 year free, for the sake of g-etting it into 

 new h.ands. 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 com- 

 plete sets of back numbers for the present 

 year; and as 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 61.00 for the Review for 1904. For a 

 few particulars regarding the numbers 

 already published this 3ear, read the fol- 

 lowing : 



REVIEW FOR 1903. 



January ilhistrates and de.scribes a Queen In- 

 cubator and Brooder which allows the bees acce.'^s 

 to the cell.s and queens at all limes. It also con- 

 ta ns several excellent articles on the subject of 

 Coniniercial Organization among bee-keepers. 



Febrtiary contains a five-page article, perhaps 

 ihe bet.t ever published, on foul brood. It tells 

 how to detect the disease with unerring certainty, 

 to prevent its spread in the apiary, to keep it under 

 control, build up the diseased colonies, .'-ecure a 

 good crop of honey, and at the same time .securely 

 rid the apiary of the pest, all in one season, with 

 almost no loss. 



MarcH gives the portrait of a veteran bee-keeper 

 of .Michigan who manages out-apiaries 50 miles 

 from home with only four visits a year, averaging 

 a profit of $l.y) each visit. He de.scribes his meth- 

 ods in this issue of the Review. 



.April has a frontispiece of broti/^e blue showing 

 Mr. T. F Bingham's apiary and wintering cellar, 

 and Mr Bingham describes the cellar and its very 

 succes'-ful management. i,.Stachelhausen tells how 

 to prevent both natural swarming and increase in 

 an out-apiary, and .secure a fine crop of honey. 



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May ilhistrates and describes a tank and method 

 for fumigating foul-broody combs with formalin. 

 This is the largest tank, and most extensive, suc- 

 cessful experiment that has been made. 



Jurke illustrates and describes the use of the cheap- 

 est power for hive-making, wood-.sawing, feed- 

 grinding, water-pumping, etc. — a power windmill. 



Jtlly has articles from such men as R. L. Taylor 

 and H. R. Boardman on "End of the Season Prob- 

 lems," those problems that come up just as the 

 honey harvest is closing and preparations for win- 

 ter come on apace. Mr. McEvoy also tells how to 

 treat foul brood after the h 'ney harvest is over. 



^September has an article from Mr. H. R Boird- 

 man, in which he describes his wintering cellar 

 above ground, and tells how he succeeds in con- 

 trolling the temperature and ventilation — some- 

 times using artificial heat. R I<. Taylor contrib- 

 utes an article on " Commercial Organization 

 Among Bee-keepers," in which he states the case 

 so clearly that no more argument is needed. 



October 's pretty nearly taken up with onlytwo 

 articles. The first'is by R. i,. Taylor on " TheCel- 

 lar-wintering of Bees." It is au old subject, but 

 Mr. Taylor has tlie faculty of saying new things 

 on old subjects. He covers the ground very com- 

 pletely, and gives many a useful hint to the man 

 who winters his bees in the cellar. The other arti- 

 cle is by the Editor, in which he writes of Califor- 

 nia as a '->ee-keepiDg State, giving eight beautiful 

 illn-trations made fr ni photos taken by himself 

 (v'neii on his recent visit to California. Several of 

 these are full page. 



November or December will be a special num- 

 ber in which the editor will describe that paradise 

 for bee-keepers. Northern Michigan using a large 

 nvimber of cuts made fr. m photos that he took la^t 

 summer while on an extended visit to that region. 



Perhaps you may have intended sub- 

 scribing at the beginning of the j'ear — 

 subscribe now and you will get the back 

 numbers — wait until January and it is 

 not likely j'ou wnll get them. 



SUPERIOR STOCK, 



The price of a queen alone is $1.50, but 

 I sell one queen and the Review for one 

 yearforonl}' $2 00. Just at present, asex- 

 Jjlained above, as long as the supply of back 

 numbers for 1903 holds out, all new sub- 

 scribers for 1904 will receive them free. In 

 other words, if you order soon you can get 

 the Review for 1903 and 1904 and a queen 

 of the Superior Stock next Spring, for 

 only S2.00. 



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W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Mich. 



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