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THE ];ei':-ki'.kpers' review. 



IP the s'ootl fortune that has widened 

 his field of labors. 



Honey in the making of good candy 

 for bees in queen cages, ought to be 

 heated to 110 degrees when the pul- 

 verized sugar is kneaded in, says A. 

 D. D. Wood, of Lansing, Mich. If 

 the honey is at a lower temperature, 

 not enough sugar can be worked in, 

 and when tlie atmosphere is damp, 

 the candy will absorb sufficient mois- 

 ture so that it will become sUcky, and 

 jiossibly so soft as to daub the cage 

 ajid bees. 



A C.\R LOAD OF BEE-KEEPERS CROSSING 

 THE CONTINENT. 



On August 12, a party of bee-keep- 

 ers will leave Chicago en route for the 

 Los Angeles convention. If this party 

 consists of eighteen persons a tourist's 

 sleeper will be furnislied for the ex- 

 clusive use of tlie party, and this car 

 will be their liome for four days and 

 nights, and, if the stop-over is made 

 at Grand Canyon, this car can be their 

 sleeping place (I suppose) Avhile they 

 stop over there from Saturday initil 

 Monday. What could be more delii;ht- 

 ful for eighteen bee-keepers, those 

 who are sufficiently interested in bee- 

 keeping to cross the continent to at- 

 tend a convention, than tliis unconv(>n- 

 tional convention of four or five days 

 on wheels going across the continent V 

 No convention could possibly approach 

 it for solid enjoyment. I shall take 

 my camera along, and the whole party 

 and the car could be photograpliod. 

 snd the picture be kept as a memento 

 of the happiest journey ever enjoyed. 

 I know of about half enough persons 

 who are going to make up the party, 

 and there are probably others that 

 have said nothing about it. Let all 

 who intend to go write at once to Geo. 



W. York, 144 Erie St., Chicago, Ills., 



so that it may be known how many 

 are going and what the prospects are 

 for getting up a car load. 



A BUSY MAN — I, I CO COLONIES— SHOOK 

 SWARMING A SUCCESS. 



I wrote to Mr. M. A. (Jill, asking 

 him for an article on the best manage- 

 ment at the close of the honey har- 

 vest. His letter in reply, while on a 

 different subject, is so bright, pointed 

 and grapliic, that 1 feel I must ler 

 my readers enjoy it with me. It 

 breathes success in every line. Here it 

 is: 



Longmont, Colorado, 



June 21, IDOa. 

 Friend Hutchinson: 



Yoi;r letter r-cMiuesting me to write 

 an article on closing the season is 

 at hand, and I am going to ask you to 

 let me off until the August issue. You 

 see, my head now, night and day, is 

 full of the other end of the season. 

 You will realize how busy we are when 

 I tell you that wife and I. with one 

 good man, have eleven apiaries to 

 handle for swarms. We are having 

 from 20 to 40 queens coming each day 

 from the East. As you know, we are 

 handling them by the shaking plan, 

 and wdien we ride from 15 to 20 miles 

 each day, visit two apiaries, go to the 

 l)ottom of. say 200 colonies, and shake 

 from 20 to HO swarms, I am getting 

 rather more practice than theory, and 

 sleep is about the only thing I need 

 when I get home nights; and I should- 

 n't expect my '"think sliop" and pen 

 to connect very often if 1 should at- 

 tempt to write anything for print. 

 Later, one can trust more to luMp, 

 but now is the time for the practical 

 and interested party to be on deck. 

 Forced swarming to prevent swarm- 

 ing works like a charm if properly 



