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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



hand, I have never known anj^ one to 

 becojne well-to-do froai the keepiuj.'' 

 of bees nnless he kept a lot of them. 

 It is so simple as to be almost self- 

 evident, j-et it seems to have taken 

 bee-keepers a long time to comprehend 

 it and to act accordingly. 



By the way, I have asked the man 

 who managed his apiary with only 

 four visits a year, to describe his meth- 

 ods for the benefit of tlie readers of 

 the Review. 



In line with the foregoing, it might 

 be mentioned tliat tlie electric car 

 routes, now threading tlie country in 

 so many directions, greatly favor the 

 establishing and management of out- 

 apiaries. Even witli only one line of 

 road, a bee-lveeper can have one apiary 

 out three miles in one direction, an- 

 other six miles ovit, another nine 

 miles, and the same number and ar- 

 rangement in tlie opposite direction, 

 thus giving an apiary for each day in 

 the Aveelv, and any one can be reached 

 in a few minutes, at all times of the 

 day, at a cost of only a few cents. 

 Shook-swarming and trolley cars may 

 yet almost revolutionize bee-keeping. 

 Friends, do Avake up to the possibil- 

 ities for commercial success in our be- 

 loved pursuit. 



HAVE TOIvERATlON. 



This country is large, and bee-keep- 

 ing is being pursued under widely dif- 

 fering circumstances. Even in the 

 same locality, the needs, tastes, and 

 wants of all bee-keepers are not the 

 same. Some keep bees simply for the 

 pleasure or recreation to be found in 

 the pursxiit. Otiiers are chiefly inter- 

 ested in solving the scientific problems 

 connected tlierewith. Of course, the 

 great mass of bee-keepers are in tlie 

 business for commercial reasons, for 

 the money to be made in producing 

 and selling honey. Even Mith this 

 class, the individual-needs may be 



widely different. Locality also plays 

 an important part. Some localities 

 are excellent honey producers, but the 

 question of marketing is a serious one. 

 In other localities, there is no trouble 

 in marketing the honey; help is need- 

 ed in securing a crop. In the North- 

 eni States, the wintering problem is 

 paramount; in the South it awakens 

 no interest. A little consideration of 

 these points will show how difficult 

 it is to make a bee journal in which 

 all readers will be interested in every- 

 thing that appears in every issue. The 

 man in Southern California cares noth- 

 ing about the best methods of winter- 

 ing bees in cellars, while the bee- 

 keeper in New York or Vermont, who 

 has little difficulty in marketing his 

 honey at a good price, takes little in- 

 terest in discussions about commer- 

 cial organization for the purpose of 

 co-operation in the matter of selling 

 and shipping. A year ago some sub- 

 scribers dropped out because the Re- 

 view devoted so much space to a dis- 

 cussion of fine points and theories re- 

 garding scientific breeding. Others 

 are now doing the same because so 

 much attention is being paid to com- 

 mercial organization. Let me suggest 

 toleration. In some parts of the coun- 

 try there must be organization, or 

 profitable bee-keeping cannot exist. 

 The time may not yet be ripe for Na- 

 tional commercial organization, it may 

 never be needed in exactly the way 

 that some of us have thought it 

 would come, but this discussion is 

 needed to enable us to work in the 

 right direction. To show that this dis- 

 cussion has already borne fruit I have 

 only to point to the fact that three 

 local organizations have been formed 

 since it began— one in California, one 

 in Ontario and another in Colorado. 

 At the Michigan convention held this 

 month at Lansing, there was much 

 talk about the need of some band for 



