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Owen Sound ; S. Corueil, ot Lindsay ; Allan Pringle, of Selby ; R. T. Holtenian, Brant- 

 ford ; and F. A. (ieinmel, of Stratford, it would be (juite safe to start sujh a department. 

 As for myself, I am not much of a writer, and would not promise to write regularly for 

 any paper, but would contribute at times to the bee department in the Horticcltuki.st, if 

 you make such an addition. 



B. B. Chalmers, Pook, Ont. 



Sir,— Thank you for the sample copy of the Horticultdrist, with which I am much 

 pleased. As to the advisability of adding a department on bee-keeping, I think it would 

 be a step in the right direction, and I think it would pay. I do not anticipate any trouble 

 in getting matter to fill a reasonable space, thus making it, if possible, still more interest- 

 ing. 



A. Pickett, Nassagaweya, Ont. 



Sir, — I do not think it would do any harm to add the subject of bee-keeping to your 

 paper. It might do a great deal of good, as many fruit-growers keep bees, and nearly 

 every keeper raises more or less fruit. I do not know whether bee-keepers would write 

 for such a department, as generally our best bee-keepers write the least. Yet, I think you 

 would receive sufficient support. 



The HoKTicrLTUKi.sT was highly spoken of at the meeting of our Association, and I 

 have no doubt that many bee-keepers would take a great interest in your journal, if that 

 department were opened. 



Martin Emigh, Holbrook, Ont. 



Sir, — Your card and sample copy of the Horticulturist to hand. I agree with you 

 that the two industries go hand in hand, horticulture and apiculture ; and therefore think 

 that the opening of the latter department in your journal would be of benefit to all con- 

 cerned. 



F. A. Gemmill, Stratford, Ont. 



Sir, — Concerning the propriety of adding a department of bee-keeping to your journal, 

 I think favorably of it. Writing for the press is out of my line, but 1 think there are 

 plenty of bee-keepers in Ontario who would be willing and competent to contribute to such 

 a department. 



F. A. Rose, Balmoral, Ont. 



Sir, — I have no doubt that you conld keep up an interesting bee-keeping department 

 in your journal. On the other side of the lines I know some of the foremost writers in 

 America contribute to journals not exclusively devoted to their own pursuit. I have no 

 doubt that you could get contributors, but you might have to pay them. Your proposal 

 to start a bee department strikes me as interesting, in view of the discussions on bee 

 journalism in Ontario Bee-Keepers' Association. As a single director, it would be unwise 

 for me to express an opinion as to the future possibilities, but I will bear the matter in 

 mind when onr next meeting comes off. 



S. CoRNEiL, Lindsay. 



.Sir, — I think the proposition to have a bee-keeping-department in the Horticul- 

 turist a good one, but you might not have very much to put in it sometimes. I think that 

 while bee-keepers would be glad to contribute to such a department, there would some- 

 times be a deluge and again none at all. I was wishing for such a department in your 

 journal when this spraying was under consideration. 



J. K. Darling, Almonte, Ont. 



Sir, — My opinion with reference to the proposed amateur bee-keepers' department in 

 your journal, is that such an undertaking would be hailed with pleasure both by bee- 

 keepers and fruit growers, as their interests are mutual. Thank you for the sample copy 

 of the Canadian Horticulturist. 



^V. J. Brown, Apiarist, Chard, Ont. 



Sir,— I think it would be an excellent idea to open a department on apiculture in the 

 Canadian Horticulturist. Fruit and bees go well together, and a great majority of the 

 bee-keepers in Michigan are great fruit-growers, and would presume that the Ontario 

 climate is much like that of Michigan. I have no doubt that you can manage that depart- 

 ment with credit to your journal, providing you make it a -.tudy yourself. 



A. I. Root, Publisher, " Gleanmjs in Bee Culture," Medina, Ohio. 



