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gest. I shall not coine with any essay, nor 

 give the subject any thought until the day I 

 take the train. Then I will fill my pocket 

 with Reviews and Quarterlys, and things, 

 together with pencil and paper, and during 

 the long hours on the train I will arrange 

 my thoughts under cues, and then when the 

 little blood I possess is lifted to the cere- 

 brum, my ideas will roll out just as freely as 

 shot off a shingle." 



If you think that Bro»Heddon holds erron- 

 eous views on this subject, come to the con- 

 vention and set him right. If you agree 

 with him, then come and help him in his de- 

 fense, and if you don't know whether he is 

 right or not, then come and hear the debate 

 that is sure to follow. 



MICHIGAN STATE BEE-KEEPEES' CONVENTION. 



The Michigan State Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will hold its 29th annual meeting 

 Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 2nd and ord, 

 at the Perkins Hotel, corner of Cass and 

 Grand River Avenues, Detroit, Mich. As 

 there will be half-fare going on the 1st, but 

 not on the 2nd. and half-fare returning on 

 the 3rd, it is suggested that as many as pos- 

 sible reach Detroit by the evening of the 1st, 

 and thus have a social time before the begin- 

 ning of the regular convention work. The 

 programme is as follows : 



FIRST DAY MORNING SESSION. 



10:00 a. m.— " Apicultural Work at Experiment 

 Stations," R. L.Taylor, Lapeer, Mich. 



FIRST DAY— AFTERNOON SESSION. 



1:30 p m.— President's Address— M. H. Hunt, 

 Bell Branch, Mich. 



3:00 p. m.— " Influence of Patents on Improve- 

 ments," T. F. Bingham, Abronia, Mich. 



FIRST DAY— EVENING SESSION. 



7:00 p. m.—" Marketing Honey," L. H. Ayers, 

 of the Arm of Ayers & Reynolds, commission 

 men, Detroit, Mich. 



SECOND DAY— MORNING SESSION. 



9:00 a. m. — " Non-Swarming Hives," L. A. 

 Aspinwall, Jackson, Mich. 



10:30 a. m.— " Wintering of Bees," A B. Mason, 

 Toledo, Ohio. 



SECOND DAY - AFTERNOON SESSION. 



1:30 p. m. — " Apicultural Literature," James 

 Heddon, Dowagiac, Mich. 



Plenty of time has been given for discu.sslon 

 and for the introduction of the question box 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, Sec. 



THE REVIEW FOR 1895. 



I believe it is considered the proper thing 

 for publishers to make announcements at 

 the end of the year regarding what they ex- 

 pect to do the coming year. I have usually 

 done this, but my not being able last year to 

 realize all my expectations makes me a lit- 



tle wary in this respect. Perhaps it would 

 be safe to say that no efifort will be spared in 

 making the Review what it has been in the 

 past and improving it as much as possible. 

 It might not be amiss to say that aside from 

 the features already possessed by the Re- 

 view, Mr. B. Taylor of Forestville, Min- 

 nesota, will contribute a series of articles 

 ruLning through the entire year. These 

 articles will deal with the various experi- 

 ments that he has made during the past 

 twenty-five years of bee-keeping. The one 

 appearing in this issue is a sort of intro- 

 ductory to those that are to follow, and, 

 by the way, although this one has but lit- 

 tle to say about bees, there are but few bee- 

 keepers who will not read it with profit and 

 pleasure. There is also an extensive bee- 

 keeper in the East who is to write a series of 

 articles that will run through the year. I 

 should be glad to say now who he is, but I 

 could secure his services only by allowing 

 him to use a non de plu-ae. I presume, how- 

 ever, that I may be allowed to say that I 

 have had correspondence with him for sev- 

 eral years, and know that he began bee- 

 keeping eighteen years ago with two colonies 

 that were bought on credit. Since then he 

 has reared and sold hundreds of colonies, 

 established out-apiaries, and raised tons of 

 honey each year. The present year he ship- 

 ped thirty-eight barrels of honey to this 

 State. After considerable urging he has 

 consented to tell the story of his apicultural 

 life, detailing the methods employed by him 

 in thus making a success of honey produc- 

 tion. It is to such men as this that we can 

 afford to listen. 



The Establishment and Management of Out- 

 Apiaries. 



In securing the highest success in apicul- 

 ture as a specialty, out- apiaries are a great 

 help. They enable one to keep more col- 

 onies so that when a good year does come an 

 enormous crop is secured. Then, again, it 

 often happens that localities only a few 

 miles apart vary greatly in the amount of 

 surplus afforded, and with several apiaries 

 there is a greater chance that something of 

 a crop will be secured even in a poor year. 

 There are few, if any, who have had more 



