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Flint, Michigan, June lo, 1903 



The Southland Queen is on clock 

 jijjain, and is the same old Queen as 

 of yore. 



A Little Child does not tear its hap- 

 piness to pieces to see what it is made 

 of: and we older, philosophizing-, mor- 

 alizing mortals might have more fun 

 by being more childlike. 



INIr. Wm. A. Selser, of Philadelphia. 

 Pa., has been appointed by the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee of the National, to 

 succeed the late Thomas G. Newman, 

 as member of the Board of Directors. 



Fumigating of section honey was 

 found necessary by Dr. Miller years 

 ago, when his bees were mostly 

 Idacks, but now that they are mostly 

 Italians, the necessity for fumigating 

 has disappeared. 



Mr. T'do Toepperwein, of San An- 

 tonio, Te.\., h;is been appointed by the 



Executive Committee of the National, 

 to succeed Mr. A. I. Hoot, as meml)er 

 of the Board of Diinntors. Mr. Root 

 resigned recently. 



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The Busiest man that you can find 

 is the on(> to employ if you wish a .job 

 done (niickly. The m:iu of leisure does 

 things leisurely. The busy man has 

 learned to hustle; and he "gets there" 

 i)ef()re the man of leisure gets through 

 thinking aljout it. 



"No doubt more money could l)e 

 made at bee-keeping if everything in 

 the business were fully settled and 

 we knew beforehand just exactly the 

 right step to take in any given case, 

 but there wouldn't be nearly the fun 

 in it."— Dr. Miller in his new book. 



As a brush for removing the bees 

 from a comb, l^v. Miller knows of 

 nothing better than one made of some 

 growing plant, such as asparagus, 

 sweet clover, goldenrod, or aster. No 

 little bit of a thing, but a good, big 

 bunch, well tied together with a string. 



The Cover of a bee hive is a most 

 important feature, and I agree most 

 heartily with Dr. Miller when he says: 

 "I would rather pay a good price for 

 a good cover, rain-proof. l)ee-proof. 

 non-warping, non-twisting, with a 

 dead-air space, than to take a poor 

 cover as a gift." 



Dr. Miller has changed from one 

 style of hive to another so often, and 

 "don't know," but he may keep up the 



