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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



enmity on the part of any man to cause 

 him to go out of his way to oppose me, 

 instead of continuing his excellent con- 

 tributions along the lines for which he 

 is so well qualified, and for which he has 

 gained a deserved reputation. As a 

 new contributor I have been compelled, 

 in self defense, to enter a personal con- 

 troversy very distasteful to me; but as to 

 the merits or demerits of either side, the 

 intelligent reader is capable of studying 

 both sides, and of forming his own opin- 

 ion without the aid of either principal or 

 any partisan. As my friends understand, 

 I never attempt to compete with, nor to 



ontdo, any other contributor. I do not 

 seek "an" explanation nor a "better 

 one" but the truth; and it is a pleasure 

 to give bee-keepers any benefit which 

 may be derived from a particular com- 

 bination of research, study and experi- 

 ence which may differ from their own. 



My limited time, and the limited space 

 the Review can afford to give at this sea- 

 son, render it necessary to complete this 

 contribution next month. Glossometers 

 and tongue values, must wait until red 

 clover, (second crop. ) 



Cuba, N. Y. June 2, 1902. 



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Mr. F. Danzenbaker, the inventor 



of the hive that bears his name, has re- 

 cently been called upon to mourn the 

 loss of his dear wife, who, for 42 years, 

 has trod life's pathwa}' by his side. 



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Mr. Simpson requests me to correct 

 an oversight of mine in the March Re- 

 view. The Stock Farm is is the property 

 of Mr. Wm. Simpson. His son, F. B., 

 acting in the capacity of manager. The 

 covered track is just 1,110 feet in length. 



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Referring to Mr. Simpson's words 

 on page 43, "This is evidently Mr. Getaz' 

 own statement." Mr. Getaz says: "That 

 statement is in Prof. Cornevin'sTraite de 

 Zootechnie Generale. Similar assertions 

 are found in a number of other authori- 

 ties." 



COOK'S MANUAI, OF THE APIARY — A NEW 

 EDITION. 



I have to thank the publishers, Geo. 

 W. York & Co., of Chicago, Ills., for a 

 copy of the latest edition, just out, of 

 Prof. A. J. Cook's Manual of the Apiary. 

 There are two books on apiculture that 

 are kept pretty nearly up with the times; 



they are Root's A B C of Bee Culture, 

 and Cook's Manual of the Apiary. They 

 are gotten out in small editions ( 1,000 or 

 2,000) and thoroughly revised and 

 brought up to date between each edition, 

 extra pages being added when necessary. 

 About 80 pages and 75 engravings have 

 been added to latest edition of the Man- 

 ual. If a man wishes to read a thorough 

 description and exposition of the leading 

 hives, appliances and methods, he can- 

 not do better than to get Cook's Manual 

 of the Apiary. 



Nominations of candidates, as propos- 

 ed in this issue by W. F. Marks, strikes 

 me very favorably — much more so than 

 the plan that /proposed. The more com- 

 pletely the great mass of members can 

 have their say in all matters, the better, 

 in my opinion. Mr. Marks is correct in 

 his contention that not too much power 

 should be placed in the bauds of the few 

 members that meet in annual conven- 

 tions. On the same ground, I do not 

 favor the plan proposed by Mr. Elwood 

 of allowing the board of Directors to 

 choose the General Manager. I know 

 that the board is held responsible, to a 

 great extent, for the acts of the General 



