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derstand that you are honest, that your 

 goods are honest, and that you will not 

 tolerate any false accusations. They 

 may not have the test made, they may or 

 may not continue your customer, but the 

 chances all are that they will thereafter 

 believe in your honesty and will not pub- 



lish you amongst their friends as a vendor 

 of fraudulent goods. Taking it altogether, 

 if we treat people fairly, considerately, 

 and honestly, they are quite ready to ex- 

 tend to us the sam3 consideration we ex- 

 tend to them. 



Preston, Minn., Aug. 7, 1907. 



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Caucasians ripen their honey more per- 

 fectly than do the Italians, according to 

 a report of J. J. Wilder, Georgia, in 

 American Bee Journal. 



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The Review's Creed is to discuss in- 

 telligently and impartially timely subjects 

 which belong in its sphere: to be con- 

 structive rather than destructive; decrying 

 evil if- necessary, but offering remedies; 

 and striving at all times for the upbuild- 

 ing of apiculture. 



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A Gold Medal was awarded Mr. S. D. 

 Matthews, of Hamilton, North Carolina, 

 at the Jamestown Exposition, for comb 

 honey in 4x5, plain sections; and a silver 

 medal was awarded to Mr. N. W. Saund- 

 ers, of Brockville, Maryland, on the same. 

 The Twentieth Century smoker was 

 given the highest prize for a bee smoker. 



The Michigan State bee-keepers' asso- 

 ciation will hold its annual convention 

 December 18. 19, and 20 at Saginaw. 

 First session on the evening of the 18th. 

 Headquarters will be at the Sherman 

 House, an excellent hotel that gives us a 

 rate of 81.50 per day. R. F. Holtermann. 

 of Canada, a first-class bee-keeper and 

 convention man will be present. 



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5mall Nuclei for queen rearing are still 

 a success with W. H. Laus, but he now 

 reports that, taking the whole season 



through, there is really less labor by em- 

 ploying three-frame nuclei of the regular 

 siz3. Such nuclei take care of themselves 

 right along, month after month. 



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Paste made by mixing common wheat 

 flour with cold water, then brought to a 

 boiling point, will stick labels to tin. If 

 mixed up with warm or hot water it will 

 not stick, says Mr. W. H. Laus. 



Lack of Brood in the spring is not al- 

 ways the fault of the queen, but rather of 

 the bees, or of existing circumstances. 

 Instead of trying to help matters by put- 

 ting two queens in a hive, we will make 

 more progress by so changing conditions 

 that one queen will lay to the full extent 

 of her powers. So said Mr. Holtermann 

 at the Harrisburg convention. 



Several Queens cannot be introduced 

 to a colony at tha sams time when the 

 colony is in a normal condition, but it may 

 be done if we throw the colony into an 

 abnormal condition; so said Mr. E. E. 

 Pressler at the National convention. He 

 also said that, with him, a colony with 

 more than one queen, made no attempt 

 to swarm. He had tried it with as many 

 as 20 colonies at one time. 



Chunk Honey is mostly a product of 

 Texas, and Mr. J. B. Colton, of that State, 

 asks if it would not be wise to take time 



