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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



Say, have Genimill come down this way. 

 I will take him to the Hetheringtons, 

 with their t/iOKsaiids of swarms; and to 

 Pylwood's with almost as many more. 

 Would be glad to have him. 



South Columbia, N. Y. Jan. 25, 1899. 



CUTTING OFF DISCUSSIONS. 



Has the Editor of the Review been Consistent 

 in the Matter? 



G. M. DOOLITTLE. 



TAKAR Editor 

 ■'-' Hutchinson: 

 Will you ])lease 

 explain to the 

 readers of the 

 Review your po- 

 sition regarding 

 discussions? On 

 pages 310, 30 f, 

 302 and 303 of 

 October, 1898, 

 Review, you 

 printed a very lengthy article to show that 

 discussion on evolution, etc., was all right 

 in our bee-papers, and conmienting on 

 the same on page 30S of the same num- 

 ber you say, "As soon as the 'fur begins 

 to fly,' just when the interest in a discus- 

 .sion is thoroughly aroused, down comes 

 the editorial gavel." Then, to show how 

 fair you would be, you say, " So long as 

 the original subject is kept in view, and 

 each 'round' brings out new facts and 

 ideas, and argument takes the place of 

 dispute and personalities, I see no reason 

 for closing a discussion." And after say- 

 ing all of this, and allowing Bro. Taylor 

 to give expression to a "gratuitous, if not 

 unkind, error, "in accusing me of cursing 

 millionaires, when it was onlj' oiii- ''tin- 

 just system'''' which was robbing bee-keep- 

 ers, that I was talking about, and so ex- 

 pressed three times in my article, it seems 



quite strange to me, and a number who 

 have written me, that you should bring 

 "down the editorial gavel," as you do on 

 pape 24 of the January Review, and stop 

 the discussion. Did either Mr. Taylor or 

 myself depart from the "original subject" 

 or indulge in any dispute or personalities?" 

 Please enlighten us a little on this mat- 

 ter. But, Mr. Editor, I quite agree with 

 you that when each has had his say is 

 the time to stop, if stop it must, rather 

 than the plan advocated by Mr. Thomp- 

 son. 



Borodino, N. V. I'eb. S, 1899. 



(See editorial department.) 

 SELLING HONEY BY WEIGHT. 



Some (if the Troubles and Ouibliles that arc 

 Thereby Avoided. 



R. A. BURNETT & CO. 



EDITOR of The Bee-Keeper's Review, 

 Dear Sir: Mr. J. E. Crane, in your 

 February number, writes on "selling sec- 

 tions by count. ' ' While this practice is 

 followed, it is only to a limited extent, 

 and that only by the retailers. He asks 

 the question "now what is to be gained 

 by the honey producer still clinging to 

 the practice of selling by weight?" He 

 practically answers it by the question 

 which follows; "Is it that he fears his 

 neighbor will produce a lighter comb of 

 honey and get as much as he does? Yes; 

 but his third question, "or is it that he 

 may put the very heavy with the verj- 

 light, to even up and make them average 

 what is supposed to be wanted?" To 

 this question we would say that that is 

 not likely to be followed to anv great ex- 

 tent. 



We would say that what is to be gained 

 by selling honey by weight is that it pre- 

 vents misunderstandings, dissatisfaction, 

 and almo.st endless ti:.lk in attempting to 

 satisfy a purchaser that he is getting the 



