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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



being run at a loss and can never be a suc- 

 cess, it is the height of folly to continue its 

 publication until the last cent is expended. 



Eknest Root says that he is misunder- 

 stood in regard to the "hitching" and 

 " catching " of deep frames when attempting 

 to draw them out of a case. He says they 

 are liable to " catch " because the frames are 

 not always exactly square, are diagonal, and 

 the deeper the frames the greater the oppor- 

 tunity for " diagonal-ness." I fail to see 

 the point. Suppose a frame is diagonal, 

 aren't the opposite sides just as parallel as 

 though the frame was exactly square? See? 



SwABMiNG OUT sometimes causes some 

 trouble to the queen breeder. After the 

 queen has filled the cells of a small nucleus 

 with eggs, and perhaps gone over them the 

 second time putting a second egg in many 

 of the cells, she becomes discontented and 

 swarming out is the result. J. F. Mclntyre 

 prevents loss from this source by covering 

 the entrance with queen excluding zinc as 

 soon as the queen begins laying. I find this 

 in a very interesting account of Mr. Mcln- 

 tyre^s apiary written by Geo. W. Brodbeck 

 and published in Gleanings. Two splendid, 

 full page illustrations of the apiary accom- 

 pany the sketch. 



Carniolans, at least some strains of them, 

 are good workers and not such great swarm- 

 ers as some say they are. Mr. Andrews, of 

 Patten's Mills, N. Y., writes that one colony 

 gave him 120 pounds of coml) honey, and 

 three others over ninety pounds each, and 

 they made no attempt to swarm. He agrees 

 with Dadant that the presence of many 

 drones incites the bees to swarming. What 

 he wrote was not intended for publication — 

 "just for a chat with you," he wrote — but 

 when the Carniolans give a good yield of 

 honey the bee keeping world wishes to 

 know it. 



NORTH AMERICAN CONVENTION. 



The North American Bee Keepers' Society 

 will hold its annual meeting at Albany, N. 

 Y., Dec. 8 to 111 Reduced railroad rates 

 have been secured from the West and South 

 and the indications are that the meeting will 

 be well attended. For further particulars 

 address the Secretary, C P. Dadant, Hamil- 

 ton, 111. 



LABEL YOUR HONEY. 



When over at Port Huron this fall, award- 

 ing the premiums in the apiarian department 

 of the fair, I had quite a little chat with G. 

 G. Baldwin, one of the exhibitors, who is 

 quite an extensive bee keeper. Among other 

 things he told me that he always labeled his 

 honey, stamped each section, I believe he 

 said, with a rubber stamp. At first he sold 

 his honey through commission men, but 

 soon the retail dealers and even the con- 

 sumers began writing to him for prices, and 

 the result is that now a large share of his 

 honey is sold direct, without passing through 

 a commission man's hands, thus leaving the 

 commission charges in the hands of the pro- 

 ducer who has the necessary enterprise to 

 label his goods. 



THE APICULTURIST A CIRCULAR FOR THE 

 BUSINESS OF ITS EDITOR. 



Bro. Alley of the Api. admits that the 

 August issue of his paper was intended to be 

 but little more than a " great, big, booming 

 circular for his business," and boasts of its 

 effectiveness in that direction. He says he 

 pays the bill and asks why he shouldn't 

 boom his goods in the Ajyi. Yes, he pays 

 the bills, that is true, but the money with 

 which they are paid comes from the pockets 

 of those who are foolish enough to pay him 

 75 cts. a year for his circular. Awhile ago 

 his paper was good; so good that it was sev- 

 eral times praised by the Review ; but it 

 has degenerated into what is but little more 

 than an advertising sheet for the business 

 of its editor and a medium through which 

 he can publicly abuse those with whom he 

 does not agree. 



THE NORTHWESTERN CONVENTION. 



The Northwestern Bee Keepers will hold 

 their annual convention Nov. 1!) and 20, at 

 the Commercial Hotel, corner of Lake and 

 Dearborn streets, Chicago, 111. This date 

 occurs when excursion rates on the railroads 

 will be one fare for the round trip. 



There is no city that offers greater facili- 

 ties than Chicago for the getting together of 

 a large number of successful, practical 

 honey producers. It is the railroad center 

 of a great honey producing country, and at 

 the time when the convention is held a man 

 living 200 or ;?00 miles distant can go and 

 return for only $r,.{)0 or $('..()() car fare. Re- 

 duced rates can be had at an excellent hotel, 



