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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



honey do oot dry up as sugrar sweetened 

 g-oods. Also call attention to Pure Food 

 Lav/s and no adulterated honey now sold. 

 These articles should leave the reader 

 with his mouth watering to test the true 

 deliciousness of honey. These articles 

 must be short, not oYer300^to 400 words, 

 and will be judged v/ith reference to their 

 value. ' 1 St' Will this article attract at- 

 tention ;'ni interest the general reader? 

 (2nd) ¥/iil the reader who is not acquainted 

 with the use of honey, be likely to investi- 

 gate and use honey ? Of course, it would 

 be an easy matter for us to employ one 

 man to write a series of articles for tliis 

 purpose, but the committee wishes to 

 secure the very best that the country can 

 produce, and takes this method of inviting 

 everybody to send in articles of this 

 nature. Not over 400 words, perhaps less, 

 to include the thought. Mai! each article 



to W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Mich , who 

 will read and mark each according tc its 

 mierits. The best to be marked 1 0, n 5xt 

 best 9 and so on. They will then be S3rt 

 to R. L. Taylor who will also read End 

 mark the same. They will then be sent to 

 N. E. France who will also mark thfm. 

 Tha articles receiving the highest mark- 

 ings in the aggregate will be used, and 

 the authors paid S5 for each article us-3d. 

 Everybody is invited to contribute. No 

 limit to num.ber of articles each person 

 m.ay send in. Perhaps 30 or more articles 

 will be used. Please write plainly on one 

 side of paper, or better still, use a tyje- 

 writer if possible 

 Committee : — 



N. E. France, PlattviHe, V/is., 

 W. Z. Hutchinson. Flint, Mich., 

 R. L. Tayor, Lapeer, Mich. 



QULt-N RrAR'NC7. 



Can it E.ver bo Miide as Profitable as 

 Honey Production ? 



Occasionally som.e one writes to me and 

 ask my advice as to whether he better 

 embail' in tlio queen rearing business, and 

 my reply k^ s been almost exactly like 

 that given by Mr. W. H. Laws in his ex- 

 cellent p^voer on t^' - r.'.-ijject that he read 

 at the Scin Anl-nio mieeting of the 

 Nation -il. The fe> paragra.ph-^ that fol- 

 low cover the whol'j> ground. 



There is, only cne reason why a person 

 shoi.jd embark i~ the queen rearing busi- 

 ness in a cciTimercial way, and that is 

 environrro'-t, coupled with a natural love 

 for '-.hc. Las-ncss. 



By '.nvircnment. we m.ean where a 

 person is so situated that he ccn not 

 secure a marketcLie product of honey 

 ''rorn h\^ U'ca^ity, or wliere the flow of 

 in.ci:di ;=; si'ovv a..d of long duration, so 

 r.i.-it the bees use tho. greater portion of 



the season in swarming, or as v/as tne 

 case with myself in a former looalifv 

 where at tim.es the honey was to bitter 

 that it was impossible to dispose of it >>n 

 any market. 



Where the above conditions exist v'e 

 can readily see where the queen-breed 3r 

 might do well, while the honey- producer 

 might have a profund failure. 



On the other hand, any locality that h<is 

 short, heavy flows, one or more during 

 the season, and between these flovvs coni- 

 parative idleness i^f ^he bees, these con- 

 ditions would be much br,.-., for ti^e 

 honey-producer than the queen-breeder. 



The best possible condition therefo'e 

 for the queen-breeder is one long-cor- 

 tinued. slow flow of nectar througho'it 

 -the entire season. 



Since the keeping of out-apiaries f(T 

 honey has become so practicable ard 

 popular, the advantage to the honey- 

 producer exceeds that of the queen- 

 breeder. Hundreds of colonies of bees 

 can be run for honey, systematized into 

 out-apianes, and be made more profitable 

 to their owner than if he were to devote 

 t\\e same ainount of labor to the produc- 

 tion of queens, and. necessarily, to a 

 fewer number of colonies. 



