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THE BEE-KEEPE'RS' REVIEW 



Brawley, Calif., 10-9-'] 4 

 Editoi- Bee-Keepers' Review: — 

 Your story about that association of 

 dealers in beekeepers' supplies 

 which was trying to kill the Re- 

 view is very interesting, but it is 

 incomplete. I think I voice the 

 sentiment of every subscriber and 

 member of the National in asking 

 for the firm names of those six- 

 teen dealers. We have a right to 

 know who our foes are, as well as 

 our friends. 



I do not approve of your method 

 of raising money to pay the Review 

 debt. Calling for subscriptions is 

 too much like begging, but I have 

 an idea which may answer *he 

 seme purpose and in any event the 

 enclosed check will help some. I 

 am so far away that I cannot pro- 

 fitably do much business through 

 the National, but I did get a Na- 

 tional engine which has given me 

 excellent service throughout the 

 past summer and the check for my 

 co-operative discount on that pur- 

 chase was just $4.50. This was a 

 direct saving which the National 

 made me and I herewith return this 

 amount. If otheis will do likewise 

 either for past purchase, or those 

 in the near future, the Review debt 

 vv'ill probably be paid in short order 

 and no one will really contribute' 

 anything. 



Sincerely, 



J. EDGAR ROSS. 



Member Ross: We want to thank 

 you for your kind words regarding 

 the National and Review. It might 

 not be out of place here to state 

 that what thanks we get is about 

 all anyone working for the National 

 aiid Review are getting. Your hum- 

 hie servant, the Managing Editor 

 has worked almost night and day, 

 with not a cent of pay since Janu- 

 ary, answering thovisands of let- 

 ters, besides the work of getting 

 out the Review, still, no one that 

 we know of is complaining, only if 

 we were sure our work was appre- 

 ciated we would feel much better. 

 No! Neither do we approve of pay- 

 ing for the Review by subscription, 

 but what better could we do! No 

 one seemed to be in a position to 

 suggest any way out, so the Man- 

 aging Editor took it upon himself to 

 raise what money he could by sub- 

 scription. If it turns out a failure I 

 will take all the blame and if a suc- 



cess (as it now looks it would be) 

 we hope for just a little cre- 

 dit for making the effort. We al- 

 so want to thank you for your lib- 

 eral donation of the $4.50 you re- 

 ceived, as a rebate on the National 

 engine we sold you. We are also 

 glad you are pleased with the en- 

 gine. There is nothing small or 

 cheap about the engine, except the 

 price we are selling it for. We 

 know for we are using one our- 

 selves. For a list of those 

 who have withdrawn their support 

 from our advertising pages, we 

 refer you to a current number of 

 the Review. — Ed. 



We expect to be able to an- 

 nounce in the January number of 

 the Review the date of our Febru- 

 ary National meeting in Denver. 

 Watch for this announcement. 



Do not forget that the Michigan 

 branch, of the National hold their 

 annual meeting in East Lansing, 

 December 9-1 0th. This is always 

 one of the very best and profit- 

 able meetings in beedom. You 

 Si.ould attend if you live in Michi- 

 gan. For program and further par- 

 ticulars, address President J. E. 

 Morse, 323 Genesee Ave., Saginaw, 

 Michigan. 



W^e quote in part from a member 

 in Ohio who says she is a beginner 

 with bees but hopes to have more 

 bees in the near future. We quote 

 as follows: "Kindly give me in- 

 formation regarding the location of 

 bee yard, distance from road and 

 rules regarding protection as re- 

 gards fences for raising flight of 

 bees from disturbing people." An- 

 swer: We do not think there is any 

 rule, or law relative to how far bees 

 should be from highways, or what 

 protection people as passersby have 

 regarding stings from bees. If your 

 property does people damage, you 

 would be liable for it. A few bees 

 can be kept in town, or near neigh- 

 bors, without their bothering much 

 if any, but as your yard grows, as 

 you propose and the flying force 

 gets heavy, you will likely wish you 

 and your bees were located in some 

 quiet nook, away from near neigh- 

 bors and passersby. Were we locat- 

 ing a yard of bees near a neighbor, 

 or highway, we would try and get 



