THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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scrijitions of Northern Michifj^an strunj^- 

 out so loiii; that they crowded it <>ut. I 

 shall try ami .i;ive it next month. 



DuM-Ni;ss. so it seems to me, is the 

 one unpardonable sin of a bee journal. 

 Not only should the reader find helpful 

 instructions, but, as he reads, his en- 

 thusiasm should be kindled, his cour- 

 ii^e revived and his ambition aroused. 

 When he lays down tlie paper he should 

 feel fairly jubilant, just like g'ettin},'- up 

 and goinj^ to work as he never worked 

 before — with his whole beinj^; body, 

 mind antl soul. 



Thk bei,'"innin,i;- anil the cud of the 

 comb honey season are critical points. 

 To induce the bees to promptly take 

 possession of the supers, to wind up the 

 season « ith nearly all of the sections 

 completed, yet lose none of the honej' 

 that the bees can store, are most desir- 

 able accomplishments; and Jas. A. 

 (xreen, of Coloriido, has sent me an ar- 

 ticle telling" ho.v all of these thing's maj' 

 be successfully mangaed by what he 

 calls his "Combination Sj'stem. " It 

 will appear in an early issue of the Re- 



f^^^nif^tnM* 



Eknkst Root positively declines to 

 be a candidate for re-election as a Di- 

 rector, and urges his friends to vote for 

 Wm. McEvoj', of Woodburn, Ontario. 

 Manag^er France also writes that On- 

 tario now has over 60 members, and that 

 Mr. McEvo}' has been of great assist- 

 ance in helping to settle up some Asso- 

 ciation suits over there, and he would 

 like to see Mr. McEvoy elected. I might 

 sa\' that last j^ear Mr. McEvoy received 

 the greatest number of votes of anj' one 

 who has not since been appointed as 

 Director. Canada certainlj- deserves a 

 Director, and I shall vote for Mr. Mc- 

 Evov', and hope the readers of the Re- 

 view will do the same. 



Mk. E. D. Tovvnsend, of Remus. 

 Mich., who last year managed an 

 apiarj', 50 miles from home, with only 



four visits a year, this year managed 

 it with only three visits once to remove 

 the winter jiacking and put (jn two 

 upper stories of emptj' combs, once to 

 extract, and (mce to pack the bees for 

 winter. 



He has already selected a location in 

 Kalkaska County, Northern Michigan, 

 where he will move an apiary in the 

 spring, and I half suspect that this is 

 only the beginning of a series of out- 

 ajiiaries that he will eventuallj' estab- 

 lish in that region. 



He recentlj^ buried an apiary of 88 

 colonies; putting them in two pits, and 

 the editor of the Review went up and 

 helped him one day with the work. 



By the way. Mr. Townsend expects to 

 begin in the January Review, a series 

 of articles on "Mone3' in the Apiarj'," 

 in which he will describe his methods 

 — piarticularly the short cuts. 



DEPKND UPON VOUR OWX JUDGMENT. 



A few times in m3' life I have allow- 

 ed mv'self to be "talked over," that is, 

 persuaded to do something against my 

 own judgment, and I have never failed 

 to regret it afterwards. Sometimes 

 arguments have been used that have 

 convinced me that I was on the wrong 

 side of the question — that is different — ■ 

 but to yield to another's judgment 

 when my own reason said "no," has 

 always proved disastrous. I don't wish 

 to pose as a seer, but it sometimes 

 seems as though a man, if he gives a 

 subject serious thought, is usuall}' bet- 

 ter able to decide it for himself than is 

 anyone else. Something depends upon 

 how a man has been "brought up," so 

 to speak. If he has alwaj-s allowed 

 others to decide things for him, his 

 judgment maj' be lacking development. 

 It is all right to listen to the views and 

 arguments of others, but in the end a 

 man ought to decide for himself. Times 

 may ofien come when there is no one 

 near upon whose judgment you can de- 

 pend. Learn to use j^our own and you 

 will eventualU' find it the most handy 

 and efficient of any for your own use. 



