THE BEE-KEEPE'RS' REVIEW 



I am urging the secretaries to use 

 every effort to have a full attendance 

 of delegates, and where they cannot 

 attend in person, to have pi'oxies ap- 

 pointed, fully instructed how to vote 

 on all matters likely to come up. I 

 am doing this to get out as full an 

 attendance as possible." 



We are still short of January and 

 February, 1914, numbers of the Re- 

 view, to supply those who are short. 

 If you do not preserve the numbers 

 of The Review and will mail those two 

 numbers to this office they will be 

 appreciated. 



Beekeeping is advancing with, 

 strides. The only way to keep pace 

 with this adviancement. Is to ttend 

 conventions and read all the bee 

 papers, and then hustle. You will 

 gain inspiration by attending the 

 National convention at Denver next 

 February. Will you take advantage 

 of this opportunity? 



Our genial contributor, Mr. J. A 

 Pearce of Grand Rapids, Mich, has 

 finally been prevailed upon to re- 

 write his book, "Pearce Method of 

 Beekeeping." He is now spending 

 the long winter evenings on this 

 work and he informed the writer at 

 the Michigan convention that the 

 work was nearly ready for the 

 printer. Those who want to produce 

 comb honey without swarming and 

 the necessary fussing will hail this 

 new work with delight. It will be 

 ready for distribution the latter 

 part of winter or early spring. 



Mr. L. G. Purvis, Elwood, Kansas, 

 has secured five members to the Na- 

 tional and sent in two subscriptions 

 to the Review during the last few 

 months. Good, member Purvis, we 

 only wish more of our members 

 would consider themselves active 

 members and "roll up their sleeves" 

 and go after new members as you 

 have. Wouldn't we soon have a rous- 

 ing membership! In behalf of the 

 Association, we thank you, member 

 Purvis. 



Secretary Williams is making an 

 effort to get enough members to- 

 gether at Chicago to have a tour- 

 ist car secured for the members' 

 special use from there to Denver 

 to attend the National convention. 



Those east of Chicago who will at- 

 tend kindly write Secretary Wil- 

 liams to that effect, so arrange- 

 ments in detail can be made. 



This is December 14th. The last 

 of our bees go into winter yards 

 today, 1135 colonies. They are dis- 

 tributed in ten yards as follows: 

 Salt, 103; Chippewa, 72; Frost, 

 107; Manchester. 96; Swift, 96; Bad 

 River. 96; Welch .79; Stanton. 96; 

 Jenner. 96; Wolf 86; Cellar, 208. 



The first six mentioned yards 

 are packed in cases containing from 

 three to six inches of straw, chaff 

 or forest leaves. The last four men- 

 tioned yards are packed with for- 

 est leaves and clover chaff, ncased 

 in tarred paper. Tlie 208 is in the 

 cellar under my oldest son's dwell- 

 ing house. 



Seals for Popularizing Honey 



The American Bee Journal is now 

 offering for sale, at only 35 cents per 

 thousand, seals for pasting on the 

 back of your letters, similar to the 

 Red Cross Seal. They are in two 

 colors and read "Eat Honey." The 

 Review recommends them to the pro- 

 ducer as a novel way of keeping 

 honey before the public. Buy a thou- 

 sand and stick one on every package 

 you mail, and it would be a good idea 

 to paste one on each freight and ex- 

 press package shipped. They are 

 gummed all ready to stick on, the 

 same as a postage stamp. Dr. Bon- 

 ney's fertile mind should be given 

 credit for the idea. Send your order 

 direct to the American Bee Journal, 

 Hamilton, 111., or if more convenient, 

 you can order through this office. 



Something About the Review Con- 

 tract with Mr. Tyrrell 



We quote in part from a private 

 letter of recent date from Ex, Sec- 

 retary Tyrrell as follows: 



Now, regarding the Review debt, why the 

 hurry for having it paid up this fall No 

 one has heard of me crowding the Asso- 

 ciation and I am afraid the fellows who are 

 crowding you may be doing so because they 

 can see in that a means of getting the Re- 

 view separated from the Association. Send 

 me, at any time, whatever you desire and 

 take your time on the balance. If it is not 

 paid for at the end of five years and things 

 are going as they are now with the Review, 

 we can make a new contract. It is not my 

 desire to in any way embarrass the Asso- 

 ciation and I don't like to see the other fel- 

 lows embarrass it. 



