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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



,L8e.n-trap. This will by no means sup- 

 ply the, place of an attendant, except. 

 perhaps, fc^r limited periods: say. three or 

 four days, bnt it has several important 

 advantages over clipping. It wilinotpre- 

 vent altogether the mixing of bees, but 

 will greatly mitigate it. because the queen, 

 being caught in the trap, with a consider- 

 able retinue, will generally furnish an at- 

 traction that will recall the bees to their 

 own hive; then the trap will be crov\/^ded 

 with bees and will remain so until the 

 visit of the apiarist, in the course of two 

 or three days, when this condition will 

 direct him with ease and certainty to the 

 colonies that have cast swarms, so that 

 any remedy he chooses can be promptly 

 applied. 



Another advantage not to be overlooked 



is that the trap is as effective with virgin 

 queens as with the others — in other words, 

 the trap prevents the escape of swarms 

 while clipping does so only partially. 



It only rem.ains for me to say that 1 

 think 1 have made out a good case against 

 clipping queens, but I have drawn my 

 facts mainly from the conduct of my own 

 bees and from conversations with a few 

 other bee-keepers, and it may be that 

 there are other bees in other localities 

 that conduct themselves so differently 

 that other rules may be applied than can 

 be successfully used with bees having the 

 traits mine possess, and the fortunate 

 owners of such will, of course, adopt 

 measures appropriate to their case. 



Lapeer, Mich., Nov. 19. 1907. 



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Canadian subscribers will please send 

 SI. 10 for the Review for 1908. 



Foreign subscribers, except those of 

 Cuba. Mexico, Porto Rico and Hawaii, 

 will please send $1.24 in renewing their 

 subscriptions. 



Election of National officers resu'ted as 

 follows: President. Geo. E. Hilton: Vice 

 President, Geo. W. York; Secretary, W 

 Z. Hutchinson; General Manajrer, N. E. 

 France; Directors. Wm. McEvoy, E. W. 

 Alexander and R. C. Aikin. 



The Caniiflian Bee Journal, since pass- 

 ing into the hands of the Hurley Printing 

 Co.. has taken on new life in a wonder- 

 ful way. If the present excellence is 

 maintained, it will become ^ne of the best 

 bee journals ever published in Canada. 



Avoid the Cheap. 



Some people, when travelling, look for a 

 cheap hotel or restaurant: when buying 

 clothing, they select something cheap; in 

 buying a watch, or any tool, or even in 

 building a home, this same "cheap" policy 

 IS kept in view. The result is a cheap 

 man. with cheap ideas and ideals. I am 

 no advocate of reckless extravagance; 

 but, as a rule, the best is the most profit- 

 able and satisfactory in the end, and by 

 surrounding yourself with the best, you 

 are unconsciously induenced in becoming 

 a first-class instead of a "cheap" man. 



By E-xpress is a very poor way to ship 

 comb honey. A bee-keeper complains in 

 the American Bee Journal of his honey 

 being smashed when sent by express. 

 The rapid handling of express packages 

 is what c-i.uses the trouble. Freight ship- 

 ments are handled more leisurely, and if 

 properly packed in large crates, adorned 



