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from $1750 to $850, and this balance is now 

 in such shape that I will have only the inter- 

 est to pay until I am prepiired to pay on the 

 principal, which arraiiyemeiit will allow me 

 to put more money into the Review than I 

 have heretofore. 



HIVING 8WABM8 ON STABTEKS ONLY. 



At the Chicago convention B. Taylor told 

 me that he never secured better results in 

 comb honey production than when he fol- 

 lowed the plan given in my little book on 

 the " Production of Coml) Honey." I called 

 his attention to the fact that the combs were 

 not always perfect. He admitted that some 

 of them were sometimes imperfect, but as- 

 serted, in a sort of jocular manner, that the 

 profit was so great that we could afford to 

 throw away the combs. But, of course, he 

 added, this isn't necessary. They can be 

 sorted over and the imperfect ones melted 

 into wax. 



HOW 8UB80BIBEKS MIGHT HELP THE REVIEW 



I have sometimes seen in other journals 

 very earnest, I might say in some instances, 

 almost frantic appeals to subscribers to help 

 extend the circulation of the journal, to 

 " get up a club," to " secure one subscriber," 

 etc., etc. While the Review has never asked 

 for such favors, it has received many sub- 

 scribers through the personal influence of 

 its friends, and is truly thankful for the 

 same. To Mr. R. B. Leahy it is probably 

 indebted for nearly half its subscribers in 

 Missouri. At conventions and upon every 

 possible opportunity he urged the merits of 

 the Review, and secured a subscriber when- 

 ever he could. One or two such men in every 

 State would double the Review's subscrip- 

 tion list within a year or two. For once I 

 am going to ask the friends of the Review 

 to do all they can in the way of getting sub- 

 scribers. Anyone already a subscriber may 

 retain thirty cents on each new subscription 

 sent in. Remember that each additional 

 subscriber enables me to make the Review 

 just a little better — gives me just so much 

 more money with which to improve it. 



TEMPEBATUBE AND MOI8TUBE. 



Now that the bees are in the cellar the 

 matter of temperature is all-important. 

 Don't forget that moisture has a great l)ear- 

 ing on this point. The drier the air the 



lower may be the temperature without injur- 

 ious results. Have a wet and dry bulb ther- 

 mometer in the cellar, as was explained in 

 the Review for Oct., 1888. The greater the 

 difference in the markings of the two instru- 

 ments the drier the air. Next month I expect 

 to publish a table, furnished by Mr. S. Cor- 

 nell, which will enable bee keepers to deter- 

 mine the percentage of saturation in their bee 

 cellars from observing the markings of a wet 

 and dry bulb thermometer. If the atmos- 

 phere of a cellar is too moist, unslacked 

 lime will absorb the moisture. The proba- 

 bilities are that more cellars are too moist 

 than there are that are too dry, for the wel- 

 fare of the bees. 



MICHIGAN BEE KEEPEES ASSOCIATION. 



The Michigan State Bee Keepers will hold 

 their annual convention at the Eagle Hotel, 

 in Grand Rapids, Dec. 31, 1891, and Jan, 1, 

 1892. Hotel rates will be only $1.25 per day, 

 and there will be reduced rates on all roads. 

 The following is a list of the topics that are 

 to be found in the program : 



Tlic Best All-Purpose Brood Frame, 



J. H. Larrabee, Agr'l College, Mich. 

 Tlie Bicycle vs. Tlie Horse for Out-Apiary Trips, 

 E. R. Root, Medina, Ohio. 

 Bees, Poultry and Fruit, 



J. A. Pearce, Grand Rapids, Mich. 

 " Trying New Things," 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Mich. 

 Cellar vs. Out-of-Door Wintering, 



A. J. Acker, Martiney. Mich. 

 What Biisin(^M8 can be Profitably Ct>nibined with 

 Bee Keeping ? 



Wm. E. fiould, Fremont, Midi. 

 Cause and Cure for Foul Brood, 



Dr. A. B. Mason, Aiibiirndale, Ohio. 

 The Uses and Abuses of Foundation, 



M. H. Hunt, Bell Branch, Mich. 



Carniolan Bees, H. D. Cutting, Clinton, Mich. 



Ernest Root has promised to come via. 



of Flint, when going to this convention, 



and give the Review a call. 



SMALLEB sections. 



Those who have read the contributions of 

 •T. A. Green may remember that he sells most 

 of his honey direct to grocerymen. These 

 dealers sell the sections by the piece. When 

 sections are built between separators, as 

 they are in Mr. Green's apiary, and are as 

 carefully graded as he grades them, there is 

 no injustice in selling them by the section, 

 instead of by weight, and it is handier to 



