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are directly indebted to her and her cousins for their very exis- 

 tence. The pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving would be unknown ex- 

 cept her majesty and her close kin scattered the pollen to the blos- 

 soms. The cucumber, tomato, and the other kitchen garden veg- 

 etables would become extinct but for her, and we would have left 

 only the onion, potato and the carrot. 



In all these and a thousand similar ways our little friend puts 

 us in her debt by her untiring industry and unflagging energy. In 

 view of the manifold blessings conferred on us by our little friend, 

 it is fitting that we pause and pay a tribute to her in the manner 

 and in the spirit of Thanksgiving Day. Let us all on the 25th day 

 of next November eat a little honey. Eat it in the manner and in. 

 the spirit our forefathers ate their Thanksgiving offerings. Eat 

 it to give us spiritual and physical power to bravely meet the battle 

 of this world and to face the responsibilities of the next. 



The Beekeepers' Review: — 



From my experience I could have told you. you cannot sell 

 much honey in large lots by mail, at any price. You will occasion- 

 ally sell a can, as I do, but the bulk of your orders will be for the 

 smallest size you advertise, just as there are vastly more small 

 packages of other foodstuffs sold in stores. 



Evidently you tried to get forty-five cents or better for a three 

 pound can. My experience says it cannot be done, and I spent good 

 money finding out what price would make sales. 



I have a great advantage in making selling prices, as wife has 

 the postoffice here, and it actually costs me but two cents to mail 

 a three pound can into first and second zones, and three cents into 

 third. In this way at forty cents for a three pound can I make 

 the difference between two cents for postage and three cents plus 

 for can, or eleven and two third cents the pound. However, I get 

 the same price in the store, which, the number of sales being equal, 

 makes the honey bring me twelve cents the pound. It is the same 

 with the five and ten pound containers. 



I am this season putting up some six ounce jelly tumblers, 

 which will mean fifteen cents a pound for the honey, or very close 

 to it. I have not yet solved the problem of stopping capillary at- 

 traction leakage, and may have to get a machine to cap the tumbler 

 with a rubber ring to stop leakage. 



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I have invented the verb to "demaree." I use a modification 

 of the Demaree method to prevent swarming, in that I demaree 



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