THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



•■1 unlloii. ill Si»:uiisli i^'ohl. so you can 

 readily soo tliat siicc-oss ilos only in 

 producing it in large tiuantities. 



1 took up the ])('(> business three 

 ycai's ago. witlioul any knowledge of 

 lis dt'lails, lU'llidils or work, invested 

 my last dollar in the business, with 

 nothing else to depend upon, and when 

 1 note the results I feel tliat 1 have 

 been successful." 



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ADV.^NTACES OF A SWARM CATCHER. 



Mr. .McKvoy tells in (i leanings how 

 he prevented a "snarr' in his apiary, 

 when several swarms issued at once, 

 l>y covering each hive witli a quilt, 

 as soon as a swarm was seen issuing 

 from it. Not ln'ing able to escape, the 

 bees returned to their hive; afterwards 

 the colonies were divided. I have 

 caught swarms in tliis way. by setting 

 a tent ovei- the liive. but a swarm 

 catcher is away ahead of everything 

 else in this line. If I were running a 

 large apiary in wliicli natural swai'ni- 

 ing was allowed, and an attendant 

 always present in swarming-time. I 

 should have lialf a dozen swarm catch- 

 ers sc-attered about the yard. As soon 

 as a swarm is seen issuing, when an- 

 other is already in tlie air, it is tlie 

 work of about five seconds to clap the 

 catcher in front of the hive, when all 

 troulile from that swarm is over. The 

 swarm, when it h:is clustered in the 

 catcher, may be set away in the shade, 

 and hived at leisure. ]Mr. McEvoy's 

 plan is infinitely lietter than to have 

 a grand mix-up, but it necessitates an 

 artificial division of the colonies that 

 have swarmed, or else undergoing a 

 repetition of the swarmiuir the next 

 flay, while witli the catchers it is only 

 necessary to hive the swarms at your 

 leisure, and the work is done. The ad- 

 vantages of the swarm catcher must 

 certainly have been overlooked or mis- 



understood, or it would have come into 

 more general use. 



nKES AND HONEY .\T THE ST. I^OUIS 

 WORI^D'S FAIR. 



The following bulletin has been ro 

 (cived ii, re.gard to bees and honey at 

 tlie '•uniiiig World's Fair: 



'•(Jroup Iti; of the official classiflc'i- 

 tioii of th(> St. Louis World's Fair, 

 covers the sub.iect of bees, honey and 

 accessories. Tlie management is plan- 

 ning to so install the exhibit as to 

 meet the views of the enthusiasts in 

 thi-; line. A north light will be se- 

 cured which will abundantly light the 

 exhibit of honey, and at the same time 

 protect it from the rays of the sun. 

 In juxtaposition will be arranged, un- 

 der proper glass protection, colonies of 

 the various races of bees, such as the 

 Italian or Ligurian bee, the Egyptian 

 bee, the common black or German bee 

 and any other kinds may be hived and 

 seen at work with access to the open 

 fields, but closed to the building. Here 

 the bee enthusiast may find all that 

 pertains to his calling and compare re- 

 sults. It should prove of striking in- 

 terest to the .general visitor and will 

 be made a feature in the Great Show. 



Those who intend to make exhibits 

 of bees, honey, wax, hives, etc., etc., 

 should correspond early with Mr. 

 Frederic W. Taylor, the Chief of the 

 Departments of Agriculture and Horti- 

 culture, with the view of -securing an 

 allotnuMit of space." 



THE EDITORIAL OFFICE ON BOARD THE 

 CARS. 



On the train, going from one part 

 of the State to another, looking after 

 foul brood, is where nearly all of the 

 editorial work of this issue of the Re- 

 view was done; and where nearly all 

 of the editorial work will probably be 



