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torn-lands; they are more inclined to be 

 crooked, or ill-shapen. This, combined 

 with the great difficulty of getting timber 

 down off the bluffs, allows these linden- 

 crowned hills to stand unmolested; and 

 they will so remain for years to come. 

 All up and down the Kickapoo, the apia- 

 ries are strung like golden beads upon a 

 silver string. Almost the only source of 

 surplus in these valleys, is the basswood; 

 and the bee-keepers do not attempt the 

 protection of comb honey. They say 



was nearly level, nicely grassed over, and 

 adorned with a few shade trees. The 

 apiary contained about 300 colonies 

 mostly in the Heddon hive, and their 

 owner, Mr. John F. Otto, kept everything 

 so neat and snug, and managed with such 

 an admirable system, that I was captivat- 

 ed — I was really sorry when the time 

 came to say good by. As he has promis- 

 ed to describe his system for the beneiit 

 of the Review readers, I won't take space 

 now to say any more. 



PLEASE TELL WHY, IF YOU ORDER THE 

 REVIEW DISCONTINUED. 



Some of the subscribers of the best 

 journals in the world sometimes order 

 their papers discontinued. The Review is 

 no exception. When a subscriber orders 

 his paper discontinued, I know the editor 

 would like to know the reason why. Is 

 the paper lacking in some respect ? Has 

 it contained something that has offended 

 or displeased this man ? Has he no fur- 



BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATIONS; THEIR 



PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. 

 ( Read at the Ontario, Canada, convention.) 

 The time was when a man who owned 

 some bees would walk a mile or two 

 to see an article "on bees," in some 

 paper. The time was when a bee-keeper 

 would come home from a convention fair- 

 ly loaded down with the new things he 

 had learned. If the wives of the bee- 

 keepers who now attend conventions 



WINTERING-CELLAR AND APIARY OF 300 COLONIES PUKE ITALIAN EES BELONGING TO JOHN F. OTTO, FOREST JUNCTION, WISCONSIN.;^ 



thatfthe harvest is too short for the build- 

 ing, and filling, and capping of the combs. 

 The honey sometimes comes in a flood; 

 and it is only by furnishing the bees with 

 an abundance of empty combs that stor- 

 age can be furnished as fast as the bees 

 can bring in the honey. One very im- 

 portant feature is that the basswood on 

 these bluffs seldom fails to furnish honey. 

 Some parts of the State abound in both 

 clover and basswood, and the apiarists 

 produce comb honey. Over near Lake 

 Michigan, at Forest Junction, I found an 

 apiary after my own heart. The ground 



This Issue of the Review is a holiday 

 number as regards size, subject-matter, 

 wealth of illustrations and number of cop- 

 ies printed; and I hope that my readers 

 will enjoy it at much as its preparation 

 delighted me. 



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Sample Copies of this issue vrill be 

 sent a great many who are not now sub- 

 scribers. The attention of such, as well 

 as that of old subscribers who wish to re- 

 new, is called to the special offers on 

 pages 355, 358, 394, 395, and 400. 



ther use for the paper, and, if so, why? 

 These are some of the thoughts that come 

 to the editor. Now I am going to make a 

 peculiar request : will each man who 

 orders his Review discontinued, have the 

 kindness to say why? I recognize the 

 nght of any man to order his paper stop- 

 ped, and that without giving the reasons 

 ^'hy, and I am simply making a request 

 that may be granted or not, just as the 

 subscriber feels about it. I certainly 

 ■^ill appreciate the favor when the re- 

 4uest is complied vnth — possibly I may 

 get some hints. 



should ask their husbands, upon their re- 

 turn, what new things they had learned, 

 I think that some of them would have to 

 scratch their heads before replying. The 

 time was when the principal feature of an 

 association was the dissemination of 

 methods for managing bees. This is no 

 longer true. The social pleasures are 

 now the paramount feature of a conven- 

 tion. Perhaps no one has admitted this; 

 but look down deep in your heart and 

 see what answer you find to the question, 

 "Why did you come?" Editors of bee- 

 journals, and the supply dealers, may 



