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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



square dealing and the rearing of 

 good queens is taliing advantage of liis 

 advantages wlien lie rears queens for 



sale. 



A man possessing a thorough knowl- 

 edge of bee-keeping and an apiary in a 

 locality abounding in an abundance of 

 honey producing plants, takes advan- 

 tage of his advantages when he estab- 

 lishes out-apiaries. 



A man is foolish to embark in a 

 business for the conducting of which 

 he possesses no advantages. On the 

 other hand, he should study well his 

 advantages, and make the most ot 

 them. 



FOUL BROOD BEING ERADICATED IN 

 ONTARIO. 



Mr. McEvoy says that foul brood 

 will soon be a thing of the past in 

 Ontario. This is the result of years 

 of faithful work on his part. I think 

 Mr. France is getting the upper hanu 

 of it in Wisconsin. T^Iichigan has been 

 a little slow in getting started in this 

 work of eradication,, and the task be- 

 fore the inspector is almost herculean. 

 It will require years of hard, earnest 

 work before we say of Michigan what 

 Mr. McEvoy says of Ontario. When 

 talking last fall with Mr. Rankin, he 

 said that if a line were drawn across 

 the State from Bay City to Muskegon, 

 nine-tenths of the foul brood would 

 be found south of this; -'and," he 

 added, "nine-tenths of the honey is pro- 

 duced north of it." From what experi- 

 ence I have had, I think he is cor; 

 rect. The northern part of the State 

 is practically free from the disease, 

 but the southern part is fairly "seeded 

 down" with it. 



It is also true that the northern part 

 of the State is far ahead of the south- 

 ern part for honey production-tlie 

 land is under too close cultivation in 

 the older portions of the lower penin- 

 sula. 



Tact, diplomacy, and a good judg- 

 ment of human nature are the reiiui- 

 sites for a successful inspector of 

 apiaries. If he has a knowledge of 

 foul brood, and how to treat it, well 

 and good, but, unless he has plenty 

 of tact, not much will he accomplish. 

 Mr. McEvoy puts it in this form: It 

 is much more difficult to manage the 

 bee-keepers than it is foul brood. Ig- 

 porance is the greatest obstacle. Well 

 informed bee-keeping specialists give 

 the inspector little trouble. The 

 farmer with a few colonies, who 

 knows very little about bees, and cares 

 less is the man wlio puts the inspec- 

 tor on his metal. To be able to con- 

 vince such a man that you are doing 

 him and his neighbors a favor m 

 burning up his bees, is certainly a 

 hue art. 



HOW THE REVIEW HELPED AND ENCOUR- 

 AGED A BEE-KEEPER IN CUBA. 



Three years ago Mr. Glen E. Moe 

 left New York and went to Cuba, 

 where he engaged in bee-keeping. In 

 renewing his subscription, he said 

 ■ some very encouraging words for the 

 Review, and I feel sure he will excuse 

 me for allowing my readers to see 

 them. Among other things he said: 



-If it is not out of place, I would 

 like to say that your editorials are, to 

 me, the strongest feature of your 

 journal. They have been of great 

 value to me in various ways. Your ad- 

 vice to extend one's business in bees 

 has been the one encouragement that 

 I needed. It was my ambition to in- 

 crease my business, biit some caution- 

 ed me, fearing that I would over-reach. 

 Your advice gave me the needed 

 'nerve' to push on. and I am happy 

 to sav that the venture has been a 

 grand success. 1 now have 1.000 col- 

 onies, and shall increase to 1,300, or, 

 possibly, 1.500, the coming season. 

 Extracted honey is down to 27 cents 



