THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



447 



"kinks" will be dropped at the Na- 

 tional in Denver next February. 

 Will you be there to profit by 

 the experience of others! It is a 

 slow process, that of working out 

 your o^vn system, all alone. Most 

 producers die before this is accomp- 

 lished. Will you be one of them? 



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Were each one to send in a new 

 subscriber for 1915, it would not 

 t?.ke but little time and would be 

 a "land-slide" for the Review. Can 

 we expect this little from each? 



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It costs the Review nearly a 

 hundred dollars a year to finance 

 the National. This should not be 

 so. A fee sufficient to cover all 

 regular expenses should be levied 

 upon each member. 



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Director Fester is "hustling" 

 around Denver to make the 19] 5 

 meeting of the National a record 

 breaker. Boulder is but thirty miles 

 from Denver, so he is close by and 

 the members can rest assured that 

 liO stone will be left unturned to 

 make this meeting a hummer. Bring 

 your neighbor beekeeper along 



with you. 



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IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO IM- 

 PORT MORE BREEDING QUEENS 



Our breeders are now putting 

 out the very best stock obtainable. 

 We have a long list of breeders 

 whose stock is much superior to 

 the original imported, so why send 

 to foreign countries and pay more 

 for inferior stock. 



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Tlhe Michigan state branch of 

 the National will meet in East 

 Lansing, Dec. 9-10. You should at- 

 tend this best of all conventions. 

 You may gain information that will 

 help you many dollars worth, in 

 advanced ideas at this meet. Come 

 out, bring the women folks and have 

 a regular outing, you will not regret 

 it! 



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The great NATIONAL meeting in 

 Denver will be the biggest thing in 

 be; dcm during 1915. Those who can 

 possibly attend should do so. It is 

 becoming more essential each year 

 to post oneself upon the principles 

 of modern production. We would 

 call your attention to the fact that 

 it is those who attend conventions 



and read all the bee journals are 

 among those who count their num- 

 ber of bees by the hundred or 

 thousand swarms. Are you satisfied 

 to lag in the rear! "Get in the 

 swim! " 



Honey Production in the Rocky 

 Mountain Region 



The honey crop report given in 

 Bulletin Number 620 of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture entitled "The 

 Agricultural Outlook" is illuminat- 

 ing as regards honey production in 

 the Inter-Mountain west. 



Of the eleven Rocky Mountain 

 states of Montana, Wyoming, Colo- 

 rado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, 

 Nevada, Idaho, Washington, Oregon 

 and California, Montana alone fell 

 below an average crop of forty 

 pounds in 1914. In 1913 California 

 and Montana alone of all these 

 states fell below 40 pounds average. 

 None fell below 35 pounds while in 

 the U. S.'ten states fell below a 

 35 pound average. TJie average of 

 the U. S. in 1913 was 40.6 pounds 

 while the average for the eleven 

 Rocky Mountain states was 55.5 

 pounds. In 1914 the average for the 

 whole U. S. was 31.6 and in these 

 eleven states was 5 7.5 pounds. 



In 1913 24 states reported an 

 average crop of forty pounds or 

 more and 9 of them were Rocky 

 Mountain states, all but two. In 

 1914 sixteen states reported crops 

 of forty pounds or more and ten of 

 them are Rocky Mountain states, 

 all but one reporting forty pounds 

 or more. 



In 1914 eighteen states fell be- 

 low an average of thirty pounds 

 while none of the Rocky Mountain 

 states have so small a crop. 



The average crop in 1913 of the 

 thirty-seven states not counting the 

 Rocky Mountain states was 38.2 

 pounds compared with an average of 

 55.5 pounds for the Rocky Mountain 

 states or about 50 per cent larger 

 crop on the average. 



In 1914 the average crop for the 

 thirty-seven states was 27.2 pounds 

 while the average crop for the 

 Rocky Mountain states was 57.5 

 pounds, more than double the 

 average. 



There are two things about the 

 larger crop of the west that dis- 

 counts the attractiveness of the 



