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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



mind than to always find everythiug 

 in its place, to liave everything move 

 oft' like clocli-w^ork, to work in neat, 

 tasty, even beautiful surroundings. 



A PROFITABI^E BUSINESS IS NEVER DONE 

 SI,OVENI,Y. 



Of course, the majority of us are in 

 the business for tlie money tliere is in 

 it; but I have noticed this, whether it 

 is bee-keeping, farming, manufactur- 

 ing, merchandising, or what not, the 

 most profitable business is never done 

 in a slovenly manner. Neatness, tidi- 

 ness, and beautiful, artistic surround- 

 ings will not, alone, insure success, 

 but that trait of mind that does every- 

 thing so well, so thoroughly, so per- 

 fectly, that cleanliness and beavity are 

 not overlooked, is the trait that brings 

 success. Straightening up the hives, 

 mowing the yard, planting some vines 

 or flowers, cleaning out the honey- 

 house and painting it, will not of 

 themselves bring success, but the man 

 who can so arouse himself that he will 

 see the necessity of doing these things, 

 and the help that will come from their 

 doing, will not stop there. He will 

 get better implements, and adopt bet- 

 ter methods if there are any, and he 

 will find out if there are. 



I said that I had seen apiaries that 

 m.ade my heart ache. It is a pleasure 

 to say that I have also seen those that 

 brought a thrill of pleasure. Away 

 off in the woods I once found an 

 apiary where the owner had worked 

 days at wheeling eai'th to level off a 

 piece of ground upon which to set the 

 hives, and, to crown all, he had plant- 

 ed beds of flowers. Morning glories 

 ran riot over every stump or unsightly 

 object. I have seen apiaries in which 

 the greensward was like a velvet car- 

 pet, hives systematically an-anged and 

 bright from the touch of the paint- 

 brush, and the honey-house pretty 

 nearly as neat as my wife's kitchen. 



I presume it is possible to carry this 

 matter too far, especially in the rush 

 of the season when there are several 

 apiaries to look after, but, if every- 

 thing is properly arranged and system- 

 ized, there need not be sloveliness. It 

 is too expensive. 



If there is any one who can keep 

 his yard neat, and also indulge in the 

 artistic, it is the amateur bee-keeper — 

 the man who is keeping bees for pleas- 

 ure — the man who makes his living 

 out of some other business, and keeps 

 bees simply because he loves them— 

 the same as I take pictures. I have 

 never seen a more beautiful illustration 

 of this than that shown by our fron- 

 tispiece this month. Mr. Hoi-stmann 

 is a letter carrier in Chicago, and 

 keeps bees for pleasure. Down in the 

 basement he has a snug little shop 

 where he whiles away his leisure 

 I'.ours; and quite a number of them 

 wore thus employed last winter in the 

 production of the beautiful Capitol 

 hive, which is an exact miniature of 

 the National Capitol at Washington. 



II contains Inree colonies of bees. 

 One occupies the Senate cham1)er, one 

 the House of Representatives and one 

 the central part under the dome. 

 There is also i-oom for tAvo or three, 

 five-frame nuclei in the back part of 

 the structure. The lawn is nicely 

 juowed; there is a fountain at which 

 the bees can drink; there are flowers 

 and vogetahlcs growiiig in Hk^ yard, 

 and the honey-house is iicit both in- 

 side and out. I know, because I saw 

 it when I was there at the time of 

 the Chicago convention, and took the 

 jiiiotograph from which the picture 

 v.'as made. 



Brothers, oui's is a noble pursuit, 

 l-ot us deal with it as such Let us not 

 degracU^ it by slovenlj^ methods, even 

 ir we can't keep all our bees in Capitol 

 liives. 



Flint, Mich., Feb. 2, 1903. 



