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left the first time. Once he appeared 

 at headquarters, spending the early 

 part of one night with me, and leav- 

 ing on an early morning train. He 

 came again several times and looked 

 over home yard during my absence, 

 but never halted. I saw him at an- 

 other time as he was leaving one of 

 the yards in Floi'ida. I came up just 

 in time to shake hands with him and 

 have a few words with him. As he 

 was leaving I said to him. "How is 

 it, my boy?" and he replied, "We 

 are making a great crop of honey," 

 and went on his way. When the har- 

 vest was over and the pack finished 

 there were over 200,000 pounds sur- 

 plus all told. 



Thus our fourth year's work was 

 crowned with great success. 



Valparaiso, Ind. Jan. 20, 1915 

 BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



Northstar. Mich. 



The big problem for the bee- 

 keepers to solve is not how to pro- 

 duce more honey but how to sell 

 what we have. We want the Na- 

 tional to ass'st in solving this prob- 

 lem. If it is decided at the Denver 

 meeting that the Asscciaticn is to 

 be a mere social organization, re?.l 

 beemen are not going to take 

 much interest in it. What we need 

 is a business organization that will 

 accomplish results when it comes 

 to disposing of the crop at a reason- 

 able price, and whfch will also 

 assist in purchEsirg supplies. 



By all means keep the ReV'ew; 

 it is a big asset. — E. S. Miller. 



(Here is our hand Brother Miller: 

 We cannot see for the life cf us, 



why the National cannot be aa all 

 round beemans' association. The 

 new proposed constitution will, if 

 adopted, be broad enough to take 

 care of every individual want, in. 

 which case why will some insist up- 

 on shuting out a feature not to 

 their individual liking, when THEY 

 KNOW this same proposed proposi- 

 tion will help many of our members. 

 BTother delegate to the Denver con- 

 vention you will be called upon to 

 decide several perplexing questions. 

 We entreat of you to be broad in 

 your deliberations, always' remember 

 the wants of others, the majority 

 should be considered, as should the 

 minority.' These who would make the 

 association a scientific one should 

 be considered, those who would 

 make the association a source of 

 jonularizing honey should be con- 

 sidered, those who would through 

 the association buy their supplies 

 at a less price, or sell the product 

 of the hive to better advantage 

 shculd be considered, those wh 

 want the National to continue the 

 publication of the Review should 

 be considered. In fact, our constitu- 

 tion shculd be so broad that it 

 would take in the needs of every 

 member, no matter what his taste. 

 Brother Miller says "by all means 

 keep the Review; it is a big asset." 

 The point is well taken, Brother 

 Miller. Although the Review under 

 the present management may not be 

 as well up in letters, as it ought, 

 nevertheless, it seems to be filling 

 "a long felt wart" among the pro- 

 diTcing classes. We would make a 

 great mistake to let the Review 

 go at the presert time. Ed.) 



National Comb Honey Grading Rules 



By AVESLEY FOSTER, Bouk!er, Ctlorado 



The National Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation adopted grading" rules for 

 comb honey at the Cincinnati con- 

 vention in 1913. 



These rules have been published in 

 the bee journals, but it is doubtful 

 if they have been used lo any great 

 extent throughout the country. The 

 writer is aware that upon a casual 

 reading of the rules, the average bee- 

 keeper will gather that these are a 



Z numberless set of different grades, 

 t' This is very nearly true, but that is 

 ;' not saying that every beekeeper who 



■ grades by these rules will have num- 

 berless grades. As an actual fact, 



■ he will have not more than three or 

 possibly four. 



If the beekeeper will grade his 

 honey carefully according to the rules, 

 each case will be uniform in the make- 

 up of that case, so far as weight, 



