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TIIK liKKKEEPERS' REVIEW. 



an out-apiary liad not been dreamed 

 of when Laiigstrotli wrote his boolv. 

 It possesseil no apparent merit over 

 other metliods of artitieial swarming. 

 Witli tlie establishment of out-apia- 

 ries came the necessity for some 

 method of controlling swarming, and 

 "shook swarming" was re-discovered 

 along with its value. 



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The Headquarters for bee-keepers 

 at the Los Angeles convention will be 

 at the Natick House, Corner First and 

 Main Sts. Let no one forget that the 

 social feature is the most enjoyable 

 part of the convention. These little 

 chats between the sessions, at the 

 tabl(> and in the hotel office, where all 

 restraint and conventionalism are 

 thrown aside, allow us to form new 

 acquaintances and renew old ones in 

 a way that could not be done if the 

 mendx'rs were scattered all over here 

 and there. Let us all go to the Natick, 

 wheiv everything is strictly first-class. 

 On the American plan the price is 

 from .fl.25 to $3.00 per day. On the 

 European plan, from 50 cts a day up. 



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•"An apiary for each day in the 

 week may be all right for Mr. Gill, 

 but it won't work here, where it some- 

 times rains every day for jv week. 

 Out in Colorado, where it does not 

 rain, it may be all right, but here in 

 Michigan, we must have more lee 

 way." This is about one of the first 

 things that Mr. E. D. ToAvnsend fired 

 at me when I visited him this sum- 

 mer. This goes to illustrate that a 

 man must thoroughly understand his 

 locality and its peculiarities. An apia- 

 ry for each day in the week is all 

 right for Colorado Avhere it seldom 

 rains, but in Michigan some pi-ovision 

 must be made for the rainy si)ells. 

 There must be fewer apiaries, or else 

 enough help to visit several ajiiaries 

 the same day when it stops raining. 



In l)ottliug honey for market, there 

 is an advantage in doing this early 

 in the season, b(>fore it shows any 

 tendency to granulation. So great a 

 degree of heat is not needed, to pre- 

 vent granulation, and it is not neces 

 sary to keep it hot so long. I recent- 

 ly visited Mr. Ira. D. Rartlett, of East 

 Jordan, Michigan, and found him bot- 

 tling honey of the present season's 

 crop. He heated it to 150 degrees, 

 sealed it up at once, and said tli.nt past 

 experience had proved to him that 

 honey so treated wouid not granidate 

 (luring the coming winter. 



The beeswax that is wasted in this 

 country is something enormous. The 

 State inspector of apiaries sees 

 enoii<'h in this direction to make his 

 heart ;iche. Some farmer-bee-keopers 

 pay scarcely any attention to saving 

 wax. If colonies die during the win- 

 ter, the hive and combs are left stand- 

 ing for the bee moth's larvae to eat 

 up. Yes, it does sometimes seem as 

 though the hives themselves were 

 I)retty nearly eaten up — on the inside. 



I have seen as many as 30 hives ly- 

 ing about the yard, in all positions, 

 tilled with moth eaten and rotten 

 combs. "Too busy," was the excuse; 

 and I think it was a true one. Rut 

 why keej) bees if there isn't time to 

 care for them? If there is one lesson 

 that is sinking deep into my heart 

 as the result of my observations whih^ 

 working as inspector of apiaries, it 

 is the folly of trying to do too m;uiy 

 things. Do fewer things and do them 

 better. 



Odor or scent may or may not play 

 ;in impoi'tant part in the introduction 

 of a (ineen. ^Nfr. Arthur C. Mi!l(>r 

 thinks not, and his published views on 

 the subject lead Mr. ,T. L. Lewis, of 

 Potterville, Michigan, to remark: 



