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FUNT, MICHIGAN, MAY 10, 1893. 



Man Grows as higher grow his aims. 



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One Man's Story is no story at all — hear 

 both sides. 



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TheLambton (Ont. Canada) Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will meet in the Town Hall, at 

 Sarnia, on Friday, May 1!>. As this is on the 

 line between the two countries, a special 

 invitation is extended to the United States 

 bee-keepers to attend the meeting. This 

 will also be an excellent opportunity to visit 

 that triumph of engineering skill, the St. 

 Clair tunnel. The editor of the Review ex- 

 pects to be present. 



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" The Entebpbise " is to be the name of i 

 new bee journal that is to be published 

 monthly at New Haven, Conn. Burton L. 

 Sage is the editor and proprietor. I have 

 not yet seen a copy, as the first issue is not 

 to appear until the 15th of this month, but, 

 ' judging by the prospectus sent, I can agree 

 with Bro. Root in saying that it will rival in 

 appearance any of the journals now pub- 

 lished. 



" Bee-Keeping foe Profit," is the title 

 of a little book by Dr. G. L. Tinker, of New 

 Philadelphia, Ohio, When the book was 

 first brought out, three years ago, it was 

 given an extensive review in these columns. 

 Geo. W. York & Co., of Chicago, 111., have 

 now re- published the work, adding a chapter 

 on " Pasturage a Necessity," taken from 

 Mr. Newman's book, " Bees and Honey." 

 Some additions have been made to the work, 

 particularly in regard to perforated zinc and 

 its uses. 



"The Pbogbessive" comes out with a 

 new title page engraving which, among 

 other things, shows the evolution of the bee- 



hive. At the bottom is the straw hive, next 

 the log gum, then the old style of Langs- 

 troth, next the Dovetailed, and at the top the 

 "hive we prefer," or the " Higginsville 

 Hive," which is a dovetailed hive with a 

 raised cover. The last number gives an il- 

 lustration and write-up of some of the lead- 

 ing smokers. A department for beginners is 

 to be added, and this is to be printed in Ger- 

 man. The Progressive is living up to its 

 name. 



Eight extba pages again this month, and 

 still there are several articles that it seemed 

 must go in. I could only commence the dis- 

 cussion of " Extractors and Extracting," 

 and I have articles from such men as E. 

 France, Frank McNay and Dr. Miller. I 

 commenced on the one sent by Mr. Daggitt 

 as it was so long that it could not all have 

 been given in the next issue. I have always 

 rather prided myself on the small size of the 

 Review. I have felt that it should be small 

 but good. When it was enlarged to 28 pages 

 I said to myself, " This is the last time it 

 shall be enlarged," yet this is the third time 

 within the last six months that I have been 

 compelled to add eight extra pages. Is it 

 possible that another permanent enlarge- 

 ment is actually forcing itself upon the Re- 

 view ? 



Me. R. C. Aikin writes that he would be 

 glad to have bee-keepers try his plan of run- 

 ning two colonies together and preventing 

 swarming, and that it may be done without 

 buying his hive. Almost any ordinary hive 

 may be used by fastening the frames so that 

 the hives may be inverted, or the hives may 

 be alternated, but with the alternating plan 

 the queen cells would not be inverted, and 

 whatever advantage, if there is any, that may 

 be gained from their inversion would be 

 lost. If hives were used that had no space 

 at the bottom, the separating board would 

 need a bee space on each side. The equal- 

 izer and alternator are a little difficult to 

 describe, and samples are needed to work 

 from. They can be mailed for 15 cents. 



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Peevention op Swabming by shifting the 

 field force, and with it the supers, from one 

 hive to the other, is certainly a new idea, and 

 it appears to be an important one. There 

 are different methods of accomplishing this, 

 that of turning the hives end for end, as de- 



