The Platform on Whicti the 

 Review was Built. 



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In order that now subscribers, and those re- 

 ceiving samples, may more thoroughly under- 

 stand the character of the Review, and the plan 

 upon which it is conducted, the following intro- 

 duction, which appeared in the first number, is 

 republished : 



INTRODUCTORY. 



As indicated by its name, one of the dis- 

 tinctive features of the Review will be that 

 of reviewing current, apicultural literature. 

 Errors and fallacious ideas will be faith- 

 fully but courteously and kindly pointed out, 

 while nothing valuable will be allowed to 

 pass unnoticed. But few articles will be 

 copied entire, but the ideas will be extracted, 

 given in the fewest words possible, and com- 

 mented upon when thought advisable. 



Another feature will be that of making 

 each issue what might be termed a " special 

 number :" that is, the extracts, correspon- 

 dence and editorials of any number will 

 nearly all have a bearing upon some special 

 subject. We shall gather together, from 

 every available source, the best that is known 

 upon any given subject ; put it into the best 

 shape, and publish it in a single number. 

 In other words, each number will be. to a 

 certain extent, a little pamphlet containing, 

 in the fewest words possible, the best that is 

 known upon some given topic. 



Oar own apiary will, hereafter, be largely 

 experimental, and of this our readers will 

 have the benefit. 



We shall endeavor to advance bee-culture 

 by increasing the prosperity of existing bee- 

 keepers, rather than by adding to their 

 numbers. 



Instead of devoting space to " hints to 

 b^srinners," we shall turn our attention to 



the solution of the unsolved probleni 3 

 advanced bee-culture. 



While we shall eagerly welcome valuable 

 truths and ideas from any and every source, 

 we shall do our utmost to secure as corres- 

 pondents practical and successful bee-keep- 

 ers who will be able to write, from experi- 

 ence, such articles as will help the man who 

 is trying to get his bread and butter by rais- 

 ing honey to spread upon the bread and but- 

 ter of others. 



In short, we shall try to make a journal 

 that will be brimful and overflowmg with 

 ideas that are especially valuable to honey 

 producers : and having now introduced the 

 Review, and given a brief outline of its pro- 

 posed character, we will allow it to speak for 

 itself. 



Another short editorial, that appeared in No. 

 1, may also shed some light upon the character 

 of the Review. It reads as follows : 



PBIOE OF THE BEVIEW. ■ 



As the Review will be run independent of 

 supplies, it is evident that the price must be 

 such that there will be a profit in its publica- 

 tion ; but we will guarantee that it shall be 

 practical ; that its articles shall be the result 

 of bright brains and brown hands : that 

 many of them will " first see light" among 

 the hives — be written, perhaps, upon hive 

 covers, and with fingers to which the pencil 

 sticks — that it will come fresh with the odor 

 of the apiary upon it ; and it will always de- 

 pend for support, not on puffery, " premi- 

 ums,'" and a starvation price, but on an in- 

 telligent, popular appreciation of a good 

 thing. 



