THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



373 



their readers the first of the month, and 

 the consequence is a feeling that a// mag- 

 azines ought to corns out th3 "first." 



An advertiser sends in an announc3- 

 ment mal<ing some special offer for July, 

 for instance, ordering his advertisement 

 to appear in the July issue. The result is 

 that the month is more than half gone be- 

 fore his announcement is before the read- 

 ers. This is only one instance of how this 

 "lateness" of issue plays hob with adver- 

 tisers. 



Again, considerable effort is made to 

 have each issue seasonable — to tell things 

 in October that can be put in practice 

 during that month and if the paper does 

 not reach its readers until the month is 

 more than half gone, the seasonableness 

 becomes a little out of season. 



It may not be possible to get the Janu- 

 ary issue to readers as early the first of 

 the month, but we will come as near to it 

 as we can — the February issue certainly 

 ought to be out on the first of the month. 



g-^^^rf^*^^^*"^ 



Michigan State Bee-Keepers' Convention 



The first session will be on Wednesday 

 evening, December 18th. There will be 

 three sessions on Thursday, and two ses- 

 sions on Friday, the meeting closing on 

 Friday afternoon. December 20th. 



Headquarters will be the Sherman 

 House; the rate SI. 50 per day. The 

 meetings of the convention will be held in 

 the convention room in the City Hall 

 of Saginaw through the courtesy of the 

 city and the Board of Trade. 



There are to be some excellent speak- 

 ers, all of whom we cannot announce 

 here. Mr. R. F. Holtermann. of E.-ant- 

 ford. Ont., will have the subject, "Co- 

 operate Experiments in Apiculture:'" Mr. 

 L. A. Aspinwall will talk on the subject, 

 "A Years"s Experiments;" Mr. W. J. 

 Manley will take the topic, "Winter 

 Losses," dealing particularly on how to 

 turn them to best advantage when they 

 come. F. J. Miller, of London, Canada, 

 Mr. E. D. Townsend, Remus, Mich , and 

 also Mr. W. Z. Hutchinson will be on the 



program. There are also several very 

 Interesting questions for general discus- 

 sion. 



We stand an excellent show of getting 

 the next National Bee-Keepers" Conven- 

 tion to come to Detroit. We want to 

 make .plans for this at Saginaw, especial- 

 ly to make the attendance of Michigan 

 Bee-Keepers so large that it will be the 

 best National Meeting ever held. Let us 

 make them glad they came. 



The fare is two cents a mile straight; 

 no trouble with certificates, no difference 

 as to how many go. Take note that this 

 is the same as our old one and one-third 

 fare. 



Will you also help out the exhibit ? We 

 want to make a special feature of it this 

 year, and we want every member to 

 make an entry for at least one premium. 

 Best single section of Comb Honey — 



One Advance Bee Veil by The A. G. 

 Woodman Co. 

 Best six sections of Comb Honey — 



500 Lewis sections by The A. G. Wood- 

 man Co. 

 Best 5 lbs. Beeswax — 



One Hilton Hive by Geo. E. Hilton. 

 Best 5 lbs. Extracted Honey — 



Choice of one year to Review or copy 

 of Advanced Bee Culture, W. Z. Hutchin- 

 son. 



Best suggestion or plan for increasing 

 membership in the Association; same to 

 be in writing, and not more than 150 

 words — 



One copy de luxe edition of new ABC 

 of Bee Culture, M. H. Hunt & Son. 

 Best new apicultural invention — 



500 Sections by Lengst & K^enig, 

 Saginaw, Mich. 



»»*'..»»»u»v» 



The Chicago Pure Food Show. 



It is said that the Coliseum at Chi- 

 cago has the largest floor-space, of 

 any one room, in the world; and from 

 November 25rd to November 26th it was 

 occupied with th^first annual Pure Food 

 Show. 

 The booths were uniform, in size (14 



