THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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The Northern Michigan Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its annual conven- 

 tion April 10th and 1 1th. at East Jordan, 

 Mich. Special rates of SI. 00 per day 

 at the Russell House. The editor of the 

 Review expects to be present. 



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The Far Western Bee-Keeper is the 

 name of the latest candidate for apicul- 

 tural favors. It is a 50-cent monthly; has 

 18 pages and a cover; is very neat typo- 

 graphically; hails from Riverside, Califor- 

 nia; and Henry E. Horn is its publisher. 

 Mr. Horn shows, in this first issue, that 

 he wields a facile pen; he has had experi- 

 ence in bee-keeping; and this first num- 

 ber shows that he can give the Far West- 

 ern folks a very creditable journal. The 

 Review wishes him abundant success. 



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In a Bee Cellar, which is the better 

 material for the cellar bottom, cement or 

 simply a bottom of earth? A subscriber 

 wishes this point discussed in the Review. 

 The idea has been advanced that having 

 an easy communication between the cel- 

 lar and the surrounding earth was an ad- 

 vantage, in that it allowed the earth to 

 absorb dampness arising from the bees, 

 also any abnoxious gases. How much, if 

 anything, there is in this I don't know. 

 This is the third year that 1 have been 

 wintering bees very successfully in the 

 cellar under my house, and the bottom 

 and walls of this cellar are of cement. 

 Our cellars up north have bottoms of 

 earth, while the sides are simply boarded 

 up with narrow strips of lumber. The 

 bees are wintering perfectly. 1 would be 

 inclined to think that it would be better 

 to have the bottom and sides of cement in 

 a heavy, damp, clay soil; but, in a dry 

 sandy soil I doubt if it would be any ad- 

 vantage, and it might not be a disadvan- 

 tage. 



Hauling Honey Home to extract, a la 

 Miller, is endorsed by Mr. W. A. Chrysler, 

 of Chatham. Ontario, providing the supers 

 and appliances are adapted to that mode 

 of working; and Mr. Chrysler believes 

 that it will pay to make them suitable for 

 this system. 



Songs of Beedom is the title of a neat 

 neat little pamphlet gotten out by Geo. W. 

 York & Co., S34 Dearborn St., Chicago, 

 Ills. Bee-keepers are blessed by having 

 within their ranks some genuine poets 

 and musicians who occasionly break forth 

 in songs of beedom. These have been 

 published here and there in bee journals, 

 or programs, etc., and it is very com- 

 mendable that they should all be gathered 

 together in one neat little book. Send 

 Bro. York 25 cents for a copy. 



Let individuality Have Full Play. 



The rank and file of bee-keepers are 

 too much given to pinning their faith upon 

 some one else— upon some one of the 

 "leading lights." It is all right to read, 

 study and consider the methods that have 

 been adopted by others, but each man 

 ought to have some initiative, some orig- 

 inality about him. Be able to think and 

 plan for himself. The Messrs. Miller and 

 Facey. bring out this point very strongly 

 in this issue. A part of one sentence in 

 the article of Mr. Facey will certainly 

 bear repeating. In speaking of the sys- 

 temization and comprehension needed 

 when managing out apiaries, he then 

 adds "intuition and trained perception, 

 and prompt judgment will tell us what to 

 do without following any one else, or even 

 ourselves, only as our grasp of the case 

 may point the way." 1 wish those words 

 could be printed in gold and set up over 

 the door to every honey house in the land 



