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any honey to show for the summer's 

 work on the bees, it is trying: to bring- 

 himself to ^"'vethem their proper zvinler 

 stores. If you can do this without 

 flinching- you'll pass. 



Another cause of partial failure is 

 where the bees, being a side issue, 

 their owner being rushed with other 

 work, gives his bees a glance, and, 

 seeing that they have their upper 

 stories ready for the extractor, hur- 

 riedly places a lot of additional upper 

 stories on and goes off contentedly be- 

 lieving that he has done the best pos- 

 sible for them. This is also a fault of 

 old bee-keepers. I have often met with 

 this condition — it has happened among 

 my own bees — but it has almost invari- 



ably resulted in disappointment It is 

 a condition which the partial bee- 

 keeper, on account of the exigencies of 

 his work, can hardly avoid. 



How many colonies should a person 

 have before taking up bee-keeping 

 exclusively? I can perhaps answer 

 this best by giving my own experience. 

 When I took my bees as an exclusive 

 occupation I had only 35 colonies for 

 the first two or three years; and I re- 

 ceived from $72 to $80 a year outside 

 of my bees; but after they had reached 

 100 colonies they were quite capable of 

 meeting all demands made upon them 

 without help from any other source. 



Preston, Minn., Jan. S, 1907. 



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Our Bees are wintering well. 



New Type has been ordered for the 

 printing of the next issue of the 

 Review. 



R. L. Taylor was again elected as 

 chairman of the Board of Directors of 

 the National Association. 



Postal Cards for use in soliciting sub- 

 scriptions were sent out to subscrib- 

 ers last month. To the one securing 

 the most subscribers by Feb. 1st a 

 a gold watch will be sent, and the in- 

 dications are that a surprise is in store 

 at the small number of subscribers 

 that will secure the watch. While a 

 large number of subscribers have come 

 in from this source, they are very scat- 

 tering, no subscriber yet being credited 

 at this date (Dec. 17), with more than 

 two subscriptions. If you have not 

 sent out the cards, better do so at once; 

 or, if you have sent them, and can use 

 more let me know. 



A Man says a thing can't be done, 

 and then he has to dodge to get out of 

 the way of the man who IS doing it. 



Picture Postals are an interesting fad 

 the world over, but the first one in the 

 bee-keeping line was gotten out by 

 Bro. York. See his announcement in 

 the advertising pages. 



Gleanings for Dec. 15th, the Christmas 

 number, is certainly a work of art. 

 The picture on the front cover shows 

 an apiarj' in winter's grasp, hives sur- 

 rounded by snow, and trees covered 

 witli frost. The front cover is also 

 printed in three colors, and compares 

 favorably with the popular magazines 

 of the da}'. Inside there is a wealth 

 of pictures that out does anything that 

 even Gleanings has before done in this 

 line. I am honestly and sincerely 

 glad, and proud, to know that the fra- 

 ternity to which I belong can get out 

 such a specimen of modern journalism. 

 May Gleanings continue to blossom. 



