THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



47 



A Subscriber Writes an Editorial 



The great big problem for the Am- 

 erican beekeepers to solve is not how 

 to produce more honey, but how to 

 dispose of it at reasonable prices; and 

 yet, the programs of most of our as- 

 sociation meetings show about nine 

 tenths of the time given to the pro- 

 duction end. 



It would seem, also, that we might 

 for a time ease up in our campaign 

 for inducing beginners to enter the 

 field of procluction. It would be dif- 

 ficult to find any other business ex- 

 tensively engaged in courting com- 

 petition.— E. S. MILLER. 



Metal Hive Covers 



So far as we are personally con- 

 cerned, the last word has been said 

 in hive covers. We refer to the metal 

 covers, with a wooden (or canvas) 

 under cover that is called super cover 

 by some. After ten years of trial 

 of practically every kind of cover that 

 man's ingenuity could devise, from 

 wood to paper, we have hailed with 

 joy unspeakable the advent of the 

 metal cover. We first ordered 100 

 of these covers from the Root people, 

 as a sort of trial. We shall hence- 

 forth use no other. Made of gal- 

 vanized tin, they stand the heat and 

 the dampness of our southern sum- 

 mers, whether they be painted or not. 

 That means no leaks, and no leaks 

 means dry colonies. The two and one- 

 half inches of telescoping on sides 

 and ends give ample room for se- 



curity, even after the super board is 

 placed under them, we have even put 

 both a super board, and also stored 

 the queen — excluding honey — board, 

 both, under the cover, and still found 

 that it would not blow off in heavy 

 winds. We prefer, of course, to have 

 but the one board under; then we 

 can view with complacency either a 

 hard wind or a heavy rain. Another 

 fine feature is that one can set his 

 hot smoker, going full blast, down 

 on a hive cover and not find the "tar- 

 nish" of a black burned slot, as he 

 sui'ely will, at times, if he sets the 

 smoker down thus on a wooden cover. 

 We have never been able to make a 

 board cover shed water, always and 

 under all conditions! Who has? This 

 metal cover is light, even lighter than 

 the excelsior cover, at least lighter 

 than the Colorado cover, which is the 

 former with side telescoping rims add- 

 ed. These are good, but not equal 

 to the metal covers. They can also 

 he stacked up much more evenly and 

 easily, and lie flatter, than most of 

 the covers we know of. (E. G. B.) 



In the January number of the Re- 

 view, through an error we reported 

 Mr. L. J. Hawkins, 4 Emery St., Ev- 

 erett, as Secretary for the ensuing 

 year of the Eastern Society of Bee- 

 keepers, when it should have been Mr. 

 Benjp.m-in P. Sands, 1051 Old S. Bldg., 

 Boston, Mr. Hawkins only acting as 

 temporary secretary. 



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Where the Convention Will he Held 



The very latest from Chairman 

 Poster, just as we go to press. "All 

 delegate sessions will be held at the 

 Auditorium Hotel and the public 

 sessions will be held at the Tram- 

 way Auditorium three blocks from 

 the hotel. This auditorium will seat 

 460 while the Convention hall of 

 the hotel will accommodate about 

 175 to 200.1 The Tramway auditorium 

 costs sixty dollars for the conven- 

 tion sessions but this matter is 

 handled by the Denver Convention 

 League so we get the Tramway au- 

 ditorium complimentary. This au- 

 ditorium is equipped with motion 



picture machine if we' care to use it. 

 Exliibits will occupy an entire 

 store room of the auditorium Hotel 

 building and a custodian will be in 

 charge to demonstrate and look 

 after the exhibits. 



A special honey cooking demon- 

 stration will be in operation 

 throughout the convention. 



The railroads of Colorado will 

 announce the convention dates, etc. 

 in their advertising space carried 

 in the country and city papers of 

 the state." 



WESLEY POSTER, Chairman. 



