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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



Poor Packages and poor packings stand 

 in the way of lower freight rates on 

 honey, saj's Mr. Fred Muth of Cin- 

 cinnati. See his article in another 

 column. 



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E. D. Townsend never said truer words 

 than he does in his article this month, 

 when he sa3'S that the foundation of a 

 honey crop lies in "having a colony 

 rirk in stores for a period of six weeks 

 previous to the main honey flow." 



Starting Out-Apiaries seems like a for- 

 midable undertaking to many. They 

 say that they can't do it, as other work 

 keeps them tied up. Here is what a 

 subscriber writes down in Pennsyl- 

 vania : — 



"I am going to start an out-yard of 

 25 colonies in the spring. It will be 11 

 miles awa}' — out in the berry region. 

 You maj' wonder how I can manage it, 

 working six days in the week, as I do 

 in a factory. I'll tell you : I quit 

 work at 5:00 p. m. Saturday, and there 

 is a passenger train that leaves at 

 5:05. I must catch this train, care for 

 my bees, and return Sunday morning. 

 What I have been gathering from the 

 pages of the Review, and what I expect 

 to get from Mr. Townsend, and others, 

 will, I am sure, enable me to do it." 



Colorado State bee-keepers will hold 

 their annual covention .Tan. 22nd and 

 23rd, in the Chamber of Commerce 

 Building, Denver. 



The State Horticultural Association, 

 the State Forestry Association, the 

 Dry Farmers' Congress, the the Ameri- 

 can-National Stock Growers' Associa- 

 tion will hold their annual sessions in 

 Denver during the same week. Besides 

 this, there will be the greatest Live 

 Stock Show in Denver that ever came 

 ofif west of Buffalo. 



The railroads have given a rate of 

 one and one-third fare for that week. 



At the Bee Convention there will be 

 a contest in putting up sections. 

 Frank Rauchfuss, 



Vice President. 



The Stability, or sureness of getting a 

 crop, is greatli' increased by the estab- 

 lishment of out yards. This point has 

 been mentioned many times. In a 

 private letter to myself, Mr. Frank 

 Coverdale of Iowa, says, "The past 

 season has again demonstrated the 

 wisdom of the out-yard. If I had had 

 only yard No. 1, I would now be look- 

 ing fo>- a new location; but about ten 

 miles west of that yard a nice crop 

 was secured. Yard No. 3 also fur- 

 nished a fair yield, so that, taken alto- 

 gether, I got an average crop." 



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Working Bees on Shares. 



A reader of the American Bee Jour- 

 nal asks for partidulars regarding the 

 taking of bees on shares — wants to 

 know if the owner should give one- 

 half the surplus and one-half the in- 

 crease, each furnishing half the sup- 

 plies. In replying to the inquiry, Dr. 

 C. C. Miller says that this division is 

 quite in fashion, and not far out of the 

 way. 



I believe that the increase should re- 

 main with the apiary — that is, remain 

 the property of the owner. The in- 

 crease is often needed to make up the 

 winter losses. 



The Doctor says that it is well to 

 have a very definite agreement, and put 

 it in writing, which advice I can en- 

 dorse most heartily, as that very pre- 

 caution saved us a world of trouble 

 the past season. 



Photographs of bee-keeping subjects 

 are solicited for use in the Review. As 

 far as possible let them be useful pic- 

 tures — those that illustrate some useful 

 implement or idea. Pictures of apia- 

 ries have been given so much that, 

 unless there is something peculiar, 

 or particularly interesting, about an 

 apiary, it is scarcely worth while to 

 photograph it. This is not meant to 

 bar apiaries. Beauty alone may be a 

 sufificient reason, but let there be some 



