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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



brood in from one to three combs, I 

 drive the bees from the crooked conil)S 

 and old boxes up into a set of these 

 desirable combs that have been fitted 

 up for them. I tlien cut out what 

 little brood they have and insert it 

 into holes of the same dimensions cut 

 in the combs on which they have been 

 driven. A colony thus treated will 

 come up to the honey harvest in just 

 as good condition as if it had been 

 undisturbed, and can be given its sur- 

 plus arrangements, instead of a set- 

 back, which many times is the differ- 

 ence between profit and loss. This, in 

 fact, is the only use I have for old 

 combs; for, if I cannot linve them 

 filled with brood during March, April 

 and May, to give me workers for the 

 harvest, then I would rather make 

 them into wax; for I would rather 

 have starters than old combs after 

 June 1st. 



Longmont, Colo., Feb. 20, 3903. 



The Pacific Bee Journal has not 

 come to this office since last Novem- 

 ber. 



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Flint, Michigan, March 10, 1903 



N. E. France has qualified as Gen- 

 eral Manager, the office has been 

 turned over to him, and all communi- 

 cations for the General Manager 

 should now be addressed to him at 

 Platteville, Wisconsin. 



The Southland Queen is to be resur- 

 rected, so :Mr. Atchley writes the edi- 

 tor of the Rocky Mountain P.ee Jour- 

 nal. 



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An experienced hand to work in the 

 jjpiary could probably be secured by 

 writing to Porter A. jNI. Feathers. 

 AVhiteslnirg. Tenn. 



Western Cuba is a veritable para- 

 dise for bee-keepers, so writes Dr. 

 E. M. Davidson, of La Gloria, Cuba. 

 He says that part of the island is 

 rapidly filling up with American bee- 

 keepers. 



Northern Michigan bee-keepers will 

 hold a convention, March 25 and 2(1, 

 in the Town Hall, at Bellaire, Antrim 

 county. Special rates of .$1.00 a day 

 have been secured at both the Bellaire 

 and the Ellis Houses. 



Drone Comb is more likely to be 

 built when swarms go together in 

 hiving, or the bees l)ecoine mixed up 

 in any way, if they are hived on start- 

 ers; at least, so writes Mr. S. Coul- 

 thnrd, of Shelby. :Michi.L;aii. In my 

 ex])erience I luive not noticed this pe- 

 culiarity of mixed swarms. Have 

 any of the readers of the Ileview tak- 

 en notice in this direction? 



A Printing Oft"ice has always held 

 for me a sort of fascination. The 

 click of the tyjies, the clank of the 

 presses, the smell of tli(> ink. the grow- 

 ing piles of beautifully printed sheets, 

 all creali' ati atmosphere that. to me, is 

 both soothing and invigorating.. Near- 

 ly all day T work at a desk crowded 

 into one corner of a room filled with 



