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tion superior to all others. Were there 

 such a location it would soon be over run 

 with bee-keepers, and its bonanza char- 

 acter would disappear. 



I once thought that the irrigated regions 

 of Colorado were about as near a bee- 

 keepers' paradise as it was possible to 

 find. but. of late, there are short crops 

 there some years. Still. Colorado, some 

 parts of it, would satisfy me pretty well 

 for the production of honey. Wisconsin. 

 Michigan. Ontario. New York, in short, 

 the white clover belt of the Northern 

 States, can scarcely be excelled, if the 

 exact spot is chosen with good judgment. 

 Basswood and the wild red raspberry still 

 offer extra inducements in a few locali- 

 ties, but it is only a question of time when 

 they will be swept away. At present I 

 know of no better locality than Northern 

 Michigan. 



But there is another question fully as 

 important, and that is the understand- 

 ing of a locality, so as to make the most 

 of its capabilities. 



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A Change in the Office Where the 



Review is Printed. 



Most of the old subscribers know that for 

 years the work of making the Review was 

 done at the home of its editor, each mem- 

 ber of the family doing a share of the 

 work. Finally the daughter who set the 

 type married, and her husband, Mr. A. G. 

 Hartshorn, came to work in the Review 

 office, a small press being purchased that 

 he might find enough work to keep him 

 busy. At the end of the year smother 

 young man. Mr. M. M. Hallack, was taken 

 into partnership and a large press added 

 to the equipment. At the end of a year 

 the business outgrew its surroundings and 

 moved into modest quarters down town. 

 Business soon compelled the purchase of 

 another press, and finally it became neces- 

 sary to seek larger quarters, and a fine. 

 large room.. 20 x 75 was secured within less 

 than a Mock of the very heart of the city. 

 But there was one drawback- Mr. Harts- 

 horn's eyes could not stand the strain 



that is put upon the eyes of the printer. 

 Oculists were consulted, treatments given, 

 glasses worn, etc.. but the final verdict 

 was "Give up the printing business, or 

 lose your eyesight." The printing busi- 

 ness has been sold, and Mr. Hartshorn 

 has gone back to his old position with the 

 leading dry goods house of the town. 



The purchaser of the printing ofifice is 

 the Hamaker Printing Co. The manager. 

 Mr. John S. Hamaker, has spent nearly his 

 whole life in the printing and publishing 

 business, havmg worked in large ofifices in 

 the East, where only perfection is tolerated. 

 The new firm has added still another press, 

 several other labor saving appliances, a 

 lot of new type, cases, cabinets, etc.. and 

 the Review, which will be printed at this 

 office, will be able to blossom, typographi- 

 cally, in a way it has never done before. 

 If those who have been sending me job 

 work to do will now send it to the 

 Hamaker Printing Co.. 1 am sure the pat- 

 ronage will be appreciated, and that 

 customers will be more than satisfied 

 with the work. 



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Minnesota Bee-Keepers' Association. 



The Minnesota Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, which was founded in 1888. has 

 made a new departure this year by incor- 

 porating, with a membership of 51. under 

 the educational laws of the State of 

 Minnesota. 



By the acceptance of its three delegates 

 to the meeting last month of the Minne- 

 sota State Agricultural Society, it is 

 recognized as the State Association. 



With its new lease of life it has adopted 

 a new Constitution and By-Laws. Its 

 objects now being the promotion of 

 scientific bee culture and of the general 

 interest of the bee-keepers of the State 

 of Minnesota; to assist the state authori- 

 ties in the enforcement of laws against 

 the adulteration of honey; for the stamp- 

 ing out of foul brood: and to co-operate 

 with the'" National Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion in defense of its members in their 

 lawful rights. 



