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The Dr. says : 



"But the one-piece section is always a 

 frail affair, and it is next to impossible to 

 make them true. On the contrary, the four- 

 piece, if properly made, is much the strong- 

 er, and it is easily made perfectly true, both 

 in size and width. Again, unless the former 

 are securely clamped in tlie super, they will 

 speedily assume a diamond shape and be- 

 come both unsightly and difficult to crate." 



Now, if I admire one thing more than an- 

 other in Dr. Tinker, it is liis nerve in mak- 

 ing the assertion contained in the foregoing 

 quotation — one so contradictory to what the 

 majority of bee-keepers know from their 

 own experience to be true. Probably nine- 

 tenths of the sections used are one-piece. 

 Will the Dr. explain why so much stupidity 

 in a class of men that are admitted to be 

 progressive ':* 



Beklin Heights, Ohio. Dec. 31, 1888. 



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FLINT, MICHIGAN, FEBRUARY 10, 1889. 



TAE ADVANCE. 



The Bei'-KcepevH' Advance has shed its 

 bright, yellow cover, and gathered itself to- 

 gether until it is about the same size as the 

 Review, except that it has twice as many 

 pages. It is printed from new type: has a 

 cut of its editor: also a full-page, illustrated 

 title page. ( )h yes, and it is now stitched and 

 trimmed. Taken all in all, it is decidedly 

 an "Advance." 



Since the above was written, a private let- 

 ter from Bro. Mason informs us that he has 

 bought the Bee-Keepers' Magazine, and will 

 consolidate it with the Advance. We offer 

 our most sincere congratulations. 



SAVE the BASSWOODS, 



After there was more matter in type than 

 could possibly find room in this issue, there 

 came to hand quite a long article from Mr. 

 H. R. Boardman, in which he pleads most 

 earnestly and eloquently for the preservation 

 of the basswoods. Had this timber been used 

 only for making one-piece sections the case 

 would not be so serious, but its use for this 

 purpose was followed by the making of 



frames, cases, crates, etc., etc.; and its use 

 by bee-keepers seemed to make known its 

 value for other purposes, and a wholesale 

 destruction has followed. He looks upon the 

 cutting off of the basswoods as the killing of 

 the goose that lays the golden egg, and as one 

 of the greatest mistakes of which bee-keep- 

 ers have been guilty. 



HONOH TO WHOM HONOE IS DUE. 



Different periodicals, notably those devo- 

 ted to rural pursuits, have, at different times, 

 gotten out "special numbers;" that is, some 

 one number is principally occupied with 

 the discussion of some special topic. Mr. 

 Alley, of the Ajjiculturist, is inclined to 

 blame the Review for having made a 

 specialty of "special numbers" without hav- 

 ing given hitn credit for the idea. We think 

 that Mr. Alley was the fiist apiciiltui-al ed- 

 itor to get out a "special number;" and the 

 Review most cheerfully accords to him 

 whatever honor there may be due for such 

 action; but when asked to give him credit 

 for having been the first to originate the 

 "special number" idea, the Review says 

 Nay; and that most emphatically. 



THE AMENDE HONOKABLE. 



I have much admired the fairness and 

 kind spirit of the Review, and would be no 

 true friend did I not raise my voice against 

 the first departure. I can but think that 

 friend Heddon made a mistake in closing 

 his article in the December number with 

 such an unkind thrust at Doolittle, even if it 

 were true: and I think W. Z. H. made a mis- 

 take in admitting it, thus breaking his envi- 

 able record. Dr. C. C. Miller. 



The foregoing came on a postal, and its 

 perusal caused pain; but it was the pain of 

 the surgeon's knife cutting away an exci'es- 

 seiice, and we hereby acknowledge our grat- 

 itude to the Doctor. When reading over the 

 "copy," those uncomplimentary references 

 regarding Mr. Doolittle and his methods 

 were marked out. Afterwards they were re- 

 considered; and, finally, they were reluc- 

 tantly admitted upon the ground that they 

 were used as arguments to show how unde- 

 sirable were the views and methods of Mr. 

 Doolittle. But courtesy ought to have exclu- 

 ded them; and, by the way, any man ought 

 to be honored for standing by his convic- 

 tions, even though opposed by the whole 

 world. Mr. Heddon is the editor of a polit- 

 ical i)aper, and he wrote that article just 



