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while became very enthusiastic over the Italians. Some of the men used 

 the dequeening method with Italians this year with good success. For 

 several reasons I believe the Italians are better in fighting foul brood. In 

 regard to the hives will say I much prefer the lO-frame Langstroth hive 

 to any other kind, but the main thing is to have the bees on movable 

 frames. 



I have spoken of the helps in dealing with foul brood, first because I 

 believe in looking on the bright side. We have spoken of it at greater 

 length than we had meant to do, and will only mention or emphasize 

 some of the hindrances. We said the beekeeper was the greatest help, 

 and he may also be the greatest hindrance. We liave already cited one 

 instance among many others which were more or less of the same kind, 

 and we recall one other instance of a case where we did not see the owner 

 of the bees, but the boys tried to pilot us around through the blackberry 

 bushes and underbrush in the back yard and show us the bees. Such a 

 time as we had trying to find those bees. Finally we found all but one 

 new swarm down in the corner where" they left it after hiving. The 

 boys watched me at a safe distance saying those were the Grossest and 

 blackest bees in nine counties. I proceeded to give the bees a good smok- 

 ing and the poor things, so unaccustomed to such a thing as being 

 handled at all scurried up among the combs in the old box glad to find 

 a place of refuge in the farthest corner. I lifted the box from its 

 bottom board and found it had been placed on top of bees and evergreen 

 brush and the poor little fellows had to make their way through that 

 brush all summer to gain the inside of their home. I gladly removed the 

 brush and placed the box back on the bottom board, and not one of those 

 little blacks offered any resistance. But such a way to keep bees. It is 

 just keeping them, it isn't caring for them. Not a frame hive in the 

 whole bunch and the only way I could get a peep at their brood was to 

 tip the boxes up or break a piece of comb out of the hive to examine it. 

 It is nearly impossible to do even this in some cases, as the hives or boxes 

 are nailed to the bottoms, and some are so badly decayed that it is nearly 

 impossible to handle. Thus we find in this case as in many others, the 

 man, the bees and the hives are the greatest hindrances. 



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Our handsome secretary, Mr. Snyder, coaxed me a long time to talk 

 to you today; that is, he wrote me, stating he would like me to choose a 

 subject, and I picked on advertising. When I told wafe that I was going 

 to talk here today she giggled. 



"You do nothing but talk," she declared. This is a libel, but I may as 

 well confess that I have a very discerning little wife, the best one I ever 

 had, and I did not get her by advertising for her, either. To show you 

 how cute she really is, she remarked to me one day that "a bee hive is just 

 like a home. The men do all the flying about, while the wives stay at 

 home and raise the families." 



