184 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Each child has an influence, be it ever so small, among his companions. Shall 

 that influence be for good and right, that the world may be better for his having 

 lived? 



Train the spiritual, and the temporal will not come far short. Teach the child 

 that when the school life is done, he has only just begun his education. 



Teach the child at an early age to know himself, to know his own body. Many of 

 the ills of this world would be avoided if the child were taught the laws of health 

 and how to care for his body. 



Children will ask questions, and had not we as mothers better answer their 

 questions than have them answered in a vulgar er improper way by some com- 

 panion? They will learn somewhere. Answer their questions yourself. 



This is a subject which has been very much neglected in the past, but as the 

 world grows wiser we will learn where we have failed in our duty. 



As for the temporal, teach perseverance. We can never succeed in life if when- 

 ever we put the hand to the plow we turn back. ¥/hatever we undertake we 

 must persevere unto the end. Do with our might whatever we do. Work is the 

 watchword; activity the motto. Whatever our circumstances may be we must 

 teach our children to be able to be self-supporting or we fail in a great duty. 

 Idleness is a great curse to any nation. Each one has some talent. God has 

 endowed each child with some gift. Learn where the talent lies and educate along 

 that line. Each one will succeed best if allowed to follow the vocation he is fitted 

 for. 



Then we must study the character of our children to know what they are fitted 

 for. Train in that Uine but never forget that truthfulness, honesty and sobriety 

 are the main things for a good character, and therefore for success. 



BEE KEEPING. 



W. J. MANLEY, Sanilac Centre, at SANILAC COUNTY Institute, Sanilac Centre. 



Sanilac county ranks among the best in the State in the production of honey. 

 As with other crops, conditions must be favorable for the production of large 

 quantities of money. Good soil and plenty of moisture are important essentials, 

 as they insure an abundance of wild as well as cultivated forage for the bees, and 

 go a long way towards making the successful bee keeper. However, with these 

 conditions, failure is quite possible. In fact, in my experience I have found the 

 business so uncertain, taking one year with another, that I would not think of 

 depending solely upon the product of the apiary for a sustenance. On the other 

 hand, when carried on in connection with my other farm operations, I may say that 

 nothing else has paid quite so well as the apiary. 



Bees require attention, and they must have it at the right time. Often the differ- 

 ence of a few days in attending to them would make the difference between 

 success and failure. Honey flows are sometimes very short in duration, only a 

 few days, may be very profuse, and if the bees are not prepared for it, it means 

 I've missed it, that's all. Be ready! is the watchword. 



We usually have four flows, during the season, in this locality. First, fruit bloom, 

 then clover, and in the fall, buckwheat, followed by autumn flowers. 



I aim to have my colonies strong in the early spring, and in order to secure this 

 I begin the fall before by packing them snugly. This should be done immediately 

 after the fall flow closes. By being kept warm during the winter they are not 

 so liable to get the diarrhea, and they begin to build up much earlier in the spring. 

 I never unpack until settled warm weather has ai-rived. 



I prefer to put on the sections early, as it tends to check swarming; so as soon as 

 the bees begin to whiten the top bars I put on the sections and extracting bodies. 

 I usually bait the supers containing sections with a section or two of drawn 

 comb, as this induces them to enter the supers much sooner than they otherwise 

 would. The plain section has proven entirely satisfactory in the limited test I 

 gave it the past season, but will require a more thorough testing before I adopt it 

 entirely. 



I consider it very important that the bees should have plenty of ventilation dur- 

 ing the hottest weather of July and August. About the time clover flow begins, 

 I go through the yard with a chisel and a basket of small blocks. I insert the cliisel 

 at the entrance and raise the front end of the hive an inch from the bottom board 



