THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



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him a bill for adv. the money always comes 

 back by return mail. I have in mind other 

 men who send in an adv. in June, and stop it 

 in August or September, saying it does not 

 pay them. I am well satisfied that a man 

 can commence now and so advertise that he 

 will have a good trade next season in almost 

 anything that bee-keepers need to buy. See 

 what a trade Mr. Trego secured by getting 

 out an attractive line of ads. last year. It's 

 none too soon to begin advertising for next 

 season's trade and the better the advertising 

 the greater will be the trade. I feel perfectly 

 free to talk in this way, if I do have adver- 

 tising space to sell, because I know that what 

 I say is true, besides, I " take my own medi- 

 cine," as they say, and find that it does me 

 good. 



HOW CAN THE EEVIEW BE IMPKOVED ? 



Some editors make just such a paper as 

 suits themselves, foolishly imagining that 

 what pleases them must of course please 

 every one. Others edit their papers with the 

 idea of receiving praise from their contem- 

 poraries ; or they strive to "scoop" their 

 competitors, to secure some feature that will 

 overwhelm the other journals of that class. 

 This is all right in itself, but such prominent 

 features should be chosen mainly with a view 

 to pleasing the majority of the readers. 

 Some of us edit our journals too much from 

 our own personal point of view, whereas we 

 should try and edit them more from the 

 standpoint of the public. The one question 

 that an editor should put to himself, in de- 

 ciding as to the availability of an article, is, 

 will this please, interest or irastruct the ma- 

 jority of my readers ? 



Several times before have I been greatly 

 benefitted by securing the advice and criti- 

 cism of my readers in regard to the manage- 

 ment of the Review, and I should be glad to 

 avail myself of it still farther. This is the 

 time of the year when renewals will be sent 

 in, and it will not be very much trouble to 

 simply say in a few words what you think of 

 the Review, which feature, or writer pleases 

 you best, which is of the least interest, and 

 what new features you would like to have 

 added, or what subjects you would be glad to 

 see discussed. For instance, I am at present 

 interested in photography, and frequent ref- 

 erences to it are creeping into the Review. 

 Now, if these references are afifording me 

 more pleasure than they are my readers, 

 they can't be dropped too quickly. But how 



am I to know unless you tell me ? It's just 

 the same with other things. I am trying 

 most earnestly to edit the Review from the 

 reader's standpoint as well as from my own, 

 and shall be most thankful for a little help. 

 If you like the Review, say so ; if you don't, 

 say so ; but be sure and give the why in 

 either case, as that is the most important 

 point. 



MICHIGAN STATE BEE-KEEPEES' CONVENTION. 



The Michigan State Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will hold its 28th annual meeting in the 

 Common Council Chambers, at the City 

 Hall, in Flint, on Tuesday and Wednesday, 

 .January 2d and 3rd. The room is nicely 

 carpeted, furnished with chairs, desks and 

 tables, well lighted, and away from the rack- 

 et of the main street. There is a convenient 

 room adjoining in which supplies and imple- 

 ments can be exhibited. The headquarters 

 for bee-keepers will be at the Dayton House, 

 a most excellent, clean, and well furnished, 

 but home-like place, where rates to bee- 

 keepers will be only $1.00 per day. The time 

 for holding the meeting is placed when in all 

 probability there will be holiday rates on all 

 railroads. 



The following programme has been ar- 

 ranged : 



FIEST DAY — MOBNING SESSION. 



lOKX) a. m.— " Experimental Work at Experi- 

 mental Stations," Hon. R. L. Taylor, Lapeer, 

 Mich. 



FIEST DAY — AFTEENOON SESSION. 



1:30 p. m — " Advantages of Northern Michigan 

 for Honey Production," Hon. Geo. E. Hilton, 

 Fremont, Mich. 



3:00 p. m.— "The Futuro of the Supply Trade," 

 M. H. Hunt, Bell Branch, Mich. 



FIEST DAY — EVENING SESSION. 



7:00 p. m.—" Advantages that Bee-Keepers may 

 Expect from Bees and Honey Having been 

 Shown at the World's Fair," H. D. Cutting, 

 Tecumseh, Mich. 



SECOND DAY — MOBNING SESSION. 



9:00 a. m.— " Moisture in the Bee Cellar ; What 

 it can do and What we can do," S. Comeil, Lind- 

 say, Ont. 



10:30 a. m — "The Future pf Bee-Keeping," 

 James Heddon, Dowagiac, Mich. 



SECOND DAY — AFTEENOON SESSION. 



1:80 p. m. — ■' Preparing the Apiary for Winter," 

 R. F. Holterman, Brantford, Ont. 



3:00 p. m.— " Selling Honey Without Employ- 

 ing Commission Men," Byron Walker, Evart, 

 Mich. 



It will be noticed that care has been taken 

 not to crowd the programme, as the Secre- 

 tary believes that a few topics thoroughly 

 discussed are more profitable than a greater 

 number but briefly touched upon. There is 

 also time in which to discuss the little side 



