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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



hive that I could not use the swarm catchers 

 on ? No sir, I am not going to plow my 

 ground with a forked stick when I can have 

 a good swarm catcher to do it with. The 

 hives are to be packed with fine planer 

 shavings and excelsior sawdust one and one- 

 half inches thick next the building. I want 

 the benefit of the warm sun near the hives 

 there, and on top, bottom and back ends the 

 packing is five inches thick. I have it fixed 

 for a small stove in the space back of tlie 

 hives to warm and dry up with occasionally if 

 needed. I have a three inch hole over each 

 hive closed by a slide. There is one window 

 with both wire cloth and glass. I can slide 

 one or both out of the way. I shall place 

 twelve of my very best swarms in double 

 hives in it, and next year I shall know things 

 that I only guess at now, for I shall pack six 

 or eight hives in first class shape on their 

 summer stands, shall bury six or eight more 

 in a clamp, notwithstanding I have plenty of 

 No. 1 cellar room. " Fad." Don't you see ? 

 Half past nine p. m. Adieu, friend H., un- 

 til the Chicago N. W. Convention on the 

 19th and 20th Nov. 

 FoBESTViLLE, Minn., Oct. 23, 1891. 



Bee-Keepers' Review. 



PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 



W. Z. HUTCHlNSOfl, Ed. & Ppop. 



Terms : — $1.00 a year in advance Two copies, 

 $1.90 ; three for $2.70 ; iive for $4.00 ; ten, or more, 

 70 cents each. 1^= The Review is stopped at 

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FLINT, MICHIGAN, NOV. 10, 1891. 



Fresh, Bright, New, crisp, original ideas 

 are what the world is clamoring for. 



Medina, Ohio, is a place I have often 

 longed to visit ; and on my way to the Albany 

 convention I expect to stop off there a day 

 or two. 



In the cellar is where my bees were put 

 Nov. 13. The hives were stacked up a la 

 Boardman. 



In the State or N. Y. is where I was 

 born and lived until I was four years 

 old. Since then Michigan has been my 

 home, and I have never "been back East" 

 farther than Cleveland, Ohio ; lience I am 

 looking forward with pleasurable anticipa- 

 tions to a trip through my native State when 

 attending the North American Convention 

 at Albany, December 8 to 11. 



Gleanings for November 1 gives a bird's 

 eye view of the " Home of the Honey Bees," 

 accompanying it by a brief description of its 

 size and growth. The manner in which Mr. 

 Root's business has grown is really some- 

 thing wonderful. There are probably sever- 

 al reasons for this, but none have been more 

 important than those of jrro))iptness and 

 fairness. Goods are not misrepresented, 

 are sent promptly, and every customer is so 

 treated that he comes back again and again. 



Two Conventions, the Northwestern and 

 the North American, will probably be visited 

 by the editor of the Review ere the Decem- 

 ber number is gotten out. It will be desir- 

 able to have as much as possible of the 

 December issue in type before leaving for 

 Albany, so correspondents will please send 

 in their communications as soon as possible. 

 A generous space will be left for giving some 

 of the freshest, brightest things that can be 

 gathered at these two national gatherings. 



How interesting and piquant (at least, to 

 me) are the extracts from the letters sent in 

 reply to my request for suggestions in regard 

 to how the special topic plan should be 

 treated. If every subscriber would only 

 write, if only on a postal, when he had some 

 little item or suggestion to give, what a spicy 

 page or two might be given each month in 

 something the same style as this "advice" 

 to the editor has been given. If you will 

 help, I'll start such a department. What 

 shall it be called ? 



Mr. Larrabee, who has charge of the apia- 

 rian experiments at the Mich. Agricultural 

 College, rode over from Lansing on his bicy- 

 cle and made us a short visit a few days ago. 

 I went out in the road in front of the house 

 and tried, for the first time, to ride a bicycle, 

 while the "folks" gathered at the window 

 to "see the fun." I went down "ker slap," 

 "full length," just once; and after half an 

 hour's rather exciting exercise I found my- 

 self dripping with perspiration and went 

 back into the house. "Honest -John" ad- 

 mitted, however, that it seemed as though I 

 had learned how to get o(f'. 



