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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



Eldon, Missouri. Mr. Abbott remains 

 editor of the bee department. 



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The American Bee Journal as a month- 

 ly shows more polish — there is more time 

 to do the sandpapering— and the front 

 pag-e has been embellished, each month, 

 with a most beautiful apicultural picture. 



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To produce a good crop of honey and 

 sell it at a good price, to make a success 

 of bee-keeping as a business, is what I 

 am trying to teach bee-keepers; and that 

 I may know exactly what 1 am talking 

 about I am trying to do that very thing 

 ■myself. 



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Mr. Stachelhausen, of Cibolo. Texas, 

 after a long illness, passed away the 7th 

 of last month. Mr. Stachelhausen was 

 one of those thorough-going Germans who 

 know what they are talking about, and 

 he will be missed, not only in this country, 

 but over the waters. 



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Bee Veils are receiving some attention 

 these days from inventors. 1 have just 

 received one from Walter S. Pouder. It 

 has a front, or "window" of celluloid- 

 Glass has been tried for this purpose, and 

 the difificulty is that the breath condenses 

 upon the glass. Possibly the thin cellu- 

 loid may behave differently. 



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Seventy colonies of our bees were 

 moved on wagons about fifteen miles this 

 week (Aug. 16) to the buckwheat region. 

 It cost S7.00 for teams. We won"t need 

 to secure very much honey to pay the 

 cost of moving them. We are having 

 quite a little expei'ience this year with 

 migratory bee-keeping. 



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An Lxtracting Tent that is cool and airy 

 is described to me by Mr. C. W. Rees, of 

 California. There is a frame-work six 

 feet high having a roof of canvas, but the 

 sides are of mosquito netting, which al- 

 ows the air to circulate freely. Two men 



lift it off or on a wagon, and, after the 

 season is over, the top and sides may be 

 removed and folded away for future use. 



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General Manager France, of the National, 

 has gathered a list of "no pay " dealears. 

 If a man does not pay, he is told that this 

 list is soon to be published, and. unless he 

 pays up, or gives a good reason, his name 

 will go on the list. Nearly all pay. 



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The Perfection Oil Stove mentioned in 

 another column is furnished by the Stand- 

 ard Oil company; costs S5.00; is about 

 two feet in height, and can be made to 

 burn a gallon of 0)1 inside of eight hours. 

 Just to see what we could do, we ran the 

 temperature up to 127 degrees incur 

 "oven." A room of ordinary size could 

 be easily warmed in cold weather with 

 this stove. 



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California has some beautiful scenery. 

 Here is an extract from a letter written 

 me some time ago by Mr. F. M. Batty of 

 that state. He says: — 



"This location looks out upon a beauti- 

 ful view. At our feet lies the Sespe val- 

 ley with its orange and lemon groves in- 

 terspersed with fields and meadows, some 

 freshly tilled, and some just relieved of 

 their golden hay, while here and there 

 stand guardian groves of Eucalyptus. 

 There are occasional glimpses of the 

 Sespe and Clara rivers winding their 

 silvery ways to the sea, and above all the 

 grandure of the surrounding mountains. 

 The little brooks play leap frog over the 

 rocks, the quail may be heard calling from 

 the bushes, while the verdure of spring is 

 over all." 



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The American Bee-Keeper embraces 

 every opportunity, and sometimes manu- 

 factures one, for attacking the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Association. Because the 

 publishers of the Bee-Keeper are furnish- 

 ing goods at wholesale to a company of 

 Eastern bee-keepers, is no excuse for this 

 journal to be continually belittling and 

 misrepresenting the only National apicul- 

 tural organization in this country. If any 



