Ci Ack Er Jil. 
PATENT AND NON-PATENT HIVES, BEE 
JOURNALS, ETC. 
HAVE learned from bitter experience, as has nearly 
| every one who has kept bees for any length of time, 
the dishonesty, and utter disregard for truth, of a class 
of speculators who prey upon the unsuspecting bee- 
keeper. Patent Hives—the great majority of them—are 
a curse and a hindrance to successful and profitable bee- 
keeping. Ihave no time to describe the multitude of 
worthless patent hives, and the many tricks and swindles 
of the venders of the same, but I advise every bee-keeper 
to consult his own interests, and have nothing to do with 
them. Ninety-nine out of every hundred are a swindle. 
I have tested their merits and know whereof I affirm. 
I am sorry to find that many of the bee journals and 
bee-keepers’ associations are conducted on prejudiced 
and selfish motives, and in the interest of some individ- 
ual, or company of men, for the sole purpose of making 
money from the sale of some particular hive or fixture, 
without regard to merit, or value to the practical bee- 
keeper. All honest discussion, with a view to bring out 
facts and figures to guide the inexperienced bee-keeper 
in his labors is suppressed. The bee journals should 
