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cesses; hence it is always with a sort of 

 sorrowful sympathy that 1 read "Vol. 1. 

 No. 1." 



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A 5|)ecial Request. 



Several times 1 have asked favors of 

 my subscribers, and they have never 

 failed me, and I now have one to ask in 

 which it seems they ought to be equally 

 interested with myself. It is a simple re- 

 quest, and one that, it seems to me, can 

 be easily granted. I wish each reader to 

 write and tell me what particular subject 

 he would like discussed in the Review, 

 and, if possible, give the name of the bee- 

 keeper in whose views he is particularly 

 interested. For instance, just write on a 

 postal something as follows: "I would like 

 to have Mr. J. E. Crane tell me the most 

 practical way to improve my stock — Wm. 

 Streeter."' Or: "Get Mr. F. Greiner to 

 tell us how co-operation is working out in 

 New York— Orville Skinner.'" Or: "What 

 is the best use that can be made o*f the 

 honey that does not drain out of cap- 

 pings ? — John Williams." 



The foregoing are given simply as sam- 

 ples. Now, please, dear reader, don't 

 neglect this, nor put it off, thinking: "Oh, 

 the others will write; it won't be neces- 

 sary for me." For once, put on your 

 thinking cap, and decide just one thing 

 that you don't know about bee-keeping 

 but would like to know. What is the one 

 question that you would like answered, 

 the one problem you wish solved, and, if 

 there is any particular bee-keeper in 

 whose views you are particularly inter- 

 ested, let me know his name. 



The editor of a bee journal does not al- 

 ways know in what particular subjects 

 his readers are most interested. In many 

 instances it would be an easy matter to 

 secure the information, if he only knew 

 what was wanted. If my subscribers 

 will only take hold of this matter, it will 

 do much to make the Review more helpful 

 than ever. Once more let me urge you 

 not to neglect this. Write this very day 

 --do it right now, 



Strive to Stcind at the Head. 



How we do enjoy seeing a man do a 

 thing even just a little better than the or- 

 dinary, and when it is done much better, 

 our admiration is boundless. The other 

 evening, in company with my wife and 

 daughter, 1 visited the Bijou theater. As 

 a rule, 1 care very little for seeing clog 

 dancing, but there were two men at this 

 entertainment whose performances in 

 this line I thoroughly enjoyed. It did not 

 seem possible to me that the human 

 body could be made to perform such mo- 

 tions, and I will admit that my admira- 

 tion was great. Then I asked myself 

 why 1 had enjoyed this dancing, and I 

 unhesitatingly answered that it was be- 

 cause it was so much better than I had 

 ever before seen. Then I said that this 

 little thing should be an object lesson to 

 me; that 1 would begin right then and 

 there, and put forth my best endeavors to 

 advance in m,y chosen profession, to stand 

 at the head, and help my readers to do 

 the same. 



Dear reader, where do you stand? If 

 not at the head, why not, and still fur- 

 ther, why not resolve that you will stand 

 there, and then carry out your resolve ? 

 Are you barely making a living with a 

 few colonies ? Why not arouse yourself, 

 and branch out. and keep more bees, and 

 learn to keep them in such a way as to 

 make some monsy? Three years ago 1 

 did not own a bee, now my brother and 

 myself are managing over 500 colonies, 

 owninfj most of them, and in the past two 

 very poor seasons have produced about 

 40,000 pounds of honey. Perhaps this is 

 nothing to boast of. Others might have 

 done better; but here is the point; others 

 fully as bright as myself have made no 

 advancement. The starting point is to re- 

 solve to advance, and it is the most im- 

 portant of all. Just decide that you will 

 stand at the head, that you will "dance 

 better than any one else," that your lo- 

 cality shall be the best, that your stock 

 shall be unexcelled, that your hives and 

 fixtures shall be of th§ best, and your 



