1907 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Two Years for One Dollar 



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 advertising, sending out sample copies, circulars, etc. All 

 this costs money. I think I am safe in saying that for every new subscriber I 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 vei'y effect- 

 ive, but, for obvious reasons, this plan could not be put in practice, but I am going to come 

 as near to it as I can. I have between 200 and 3i)0 complete 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 $1.00 for the REVIEW for 1908. 



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

 briefly upon a few points. Perhaps the leadinij fea- 

 ture of the year is a series of articles by E. D. Town- 

 send. Mr. Townsend has been a specialist for many 

 years, probably 



Making More Clear Money 



out of bees than has any one else in Michigan. You 

 may have read occasional articles of his scattered 

 through the different journals, but in the Review for 

 the present year he began at the beginning and wrote 

 in a consecutive manner— just as though writing a 

 hook. One article, showing the comparative cost of 

 producing comb and extracted honey, is especially 

 valuable just now when some are thinking of abandon- 

 ing the production of comb honey. 



Another man, whose experience and success have 

 probably equaled Mr. Townsend's, Mr. E. F. Atwater, 

 of Idaho, has furnished the Review with several arti- 

 cles the present year. If asked to give the keynote 

 of these articles. I should say that it was the control 

 of increase, or 



Prevention of Swarming. 



Perhaps the most satisfactory plan was the use of 

 the Dudley tube ; a very simple device that not only 

 prevents swarming, but there is no dividing, no shak- 

 ing, no absconding, no sulking, and no scattering to 

 other hives, but bio results. 



Another successful specialist, who has been a fre- 

 quent oontrioutor, is Mr. M V. Facey. of Minnesota ; 

 atd I think the most helpful feature of his writings is 

 that of trying to tell his readers how to 



Diagnose inside Conditions 



of a colony by outside symptoms. Many bee-keepers 

 think they must open every hive and take out all of 

 the combs before they can know the condition of the 

 apiary. It is wonderful, as you will admit after read- 

 ing these articles, that an apiary may be managed 

 with so little work— so little opening of hives. 



A strong feature of the Review is its editorials. 

 By actual count, 276 have appeared this year. They 

 are helpful, inspiring, and encouraging— often the 

 result of 



Actual Personal Work 



in the apiary. The Northern Michigan apiaries and 

 their management are delightfully pictured with both 

 pen and camera, and have brought forth more en- 

 thusiastic praise than any feature of the Review for 

 several years. It is a record of actual work, with 

 hundreds of colonies— the failures and successes. 

 Two editorials deal at length with "Simplicity in 

 Hive Constructive," showing how the editor made 

 hives and frames, and wired the latter and filled them 

 with sheets of foundation, all the work being done at 

 home, and at a low cost. 



What the REVIEW has been in the past, it will be in the future — a real help to prac- 

 tical bee-keepers who are in the business to make money. Send me $1.00, and you will get 

 the REVIEW for 1907 and 1908 ; and after you have read it these two years I feel sure that 

 you will become a life-long subscriber. For $2.00 I will send you the REVIEW for 1907 

 and 1908 and also a copy of the book "Advanced Bee Culture." 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON, 



FLINT, MICH. 



Dittmer'S Comb Foundation 



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