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I like lo put tlic liccs ill licforc sc- 

 vrrc cold wcit luT, iiiid in ;i f.-illiiit; 

 tcinpiTiil lire ;is tliry will lie more (juict 

 aii*l liMiidlc Ix'ltcr. 



SliCURINC. INDIVIDUAI, VI';nTII,ATI()N I'OK 



KACir iiivi:. 



Ill (lie Iter lidlisc Ilic lljvcs wllicU 

 lire wilhoiit ImiIIoiiis jirc placed six 

 iuclics aparl, ami I icecd up, each over 

 llic open space lielow. The llrsL row 

 is set oil hi\ccn\ crs arraiip'd in llie 

 same way. 'I'his ^ivcs abundant, ven- 

 tilation, and allows tln' dead bees to 

 drop out of the hives. 



I used to thiiil< it necessary for the 

 wclfari- of tlie bees, to sot them o\i( 

 for a nielli during' the winter, but I 

 now prefer to have them remain in un 

 til they are set out to stay, which tiiuo 

 deixMids u])oii the season. 



I do tliinU it ncessary for the 

 welfare of the bees to set them out of 

 the winter reitository for their lirst 

 tlij,'ht on a warm, pleasant da.v. I set 

 each liive on the old stand fi'om 

 which it was taken. .My hives are all 

 lettei-ed and numbered to correspond 

 with the stands, wliich enables me to 

 do this readily. All of the {-olonies 

 that have been put in to winter (piar- 

 tors in normal oondition I oxpcct will 

 como otit In jx'rfeet order, and T am 

 sf'Kloni disappointed. 



E. Townsend, Oil if). Sept. 4, 1903. 



OMMERCIAIv ORGANIZA- 

 TION MUST BEGIN LOCATv- 

 LY. BY R. h. TAYLOR. 



It would not n.Mpiire a great strotcli 

 of imagination to conjure up a Nation- 

 al Comniercl.il OrKanizjition of Boe- 

 l<e.''pers liiat would be able to control 

 the price of honey, and to protect be<'- 

 Ivcejiiuf; interests in all their details. 

 Thus, within easy driving distance of 



my home lliei'c are pcrhaitH a liundred 

 jtersoiis directly interested, in a great- 

 (■!• or less degree, in llic management 

 of bees .Hill th(^ itroduction of honey; 

 and one may easily imagine that of 

 this iiiimbei' a ma.jorily at least lif- 

 t.\ might be so impressed witli the 

 jxissible advantages of siu'h an organ- 

 ization as to lead them to take an a<.'- 

 Ii\(' and iiersisfent interest in forming 

 and sustaining a local society with the 

 ultimate view of securing tluj para- 

 mount, all powerful association. If 

 that could be done here, the sann; 

 thing could b<- accom|ilislied in a hun- 

 dred other jilaces in .Michigan, and a 

 State organization would, as a iii;it- 

 ter of course, follow, with a constit- 

 uency of at least live thousand at tiie 

 outset. Then, of coiirsi', the same 

 tiling could be brouglit about in the 

 other States, and there would result, 

 :iy. if i).\ magic, a National Organiza- 

 tion with two hundred tliousand 

 members! 



MEN MOVK ONI.Y FROM SOMIC MOTIVK. 



I'ut this is a superficial view, and 

 takes no account of the attractions 

 that must be offered, and tiie obsta- 

 cles that must be overcoiiu;. There is 

 a difference between the "might" and 

 the "can;" ])etween tli(! abstract "pos- 

 sibl(!" and the "practicable." 'i"he 

 citizens of Michigan might banish the 

 traffic in intoxicants from her bor- 

 <lers in six niontlis' time, but. :is yet, 

 there is no audible sound from the dry 

 bones. To make the iiossibie practic- 

 able, a motive must lie jirovided. Men 

 will not mo\'e when (n'ci'y desirable 

 a(! vaiit:ig(> is iiit.ingible — merely a dim 

 sjiectre In tlie air— or, if they do. they 

 are liable to lie confin(Ml in asylums 

 for the insane. What definite, desira- 

 ble ob.ject is offered of sufficient im- 

 jiortance to stir men? Is it sentiment- 

 al and social? Not tliese, I think. Sen- 

 timent sometimes displays itself as rt 



