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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



more than half as many bees when 

 taken from the cellar. 



The great point is to have the work- 

 ers, the field- workers, at the time that 

 they are needed— when there is honey 

 to gather. Had there been a big har- 

 vest to gather within a week after the 

 bees were taken from the cellar, ii is 

 quite liKely that those populous colo- 

 nies would have outstripped everything 

 in the apiary but such was not the 

 case. When the harvest rt'/(^/ come, they 

 had passed their prime, su to speak. 

 And this brings up a point that Bro. 

 Doolittle clid not mention, viz , that a 

 queen that begins laying too late is 

 just as detrimental to success as the 

 one that exhausts herself too early. A 

 colony with a hive full of brood to 

 nurse when the heavy flow is on will 

 not store the surplus that will bestored 

 by the one that has its bees already 

 reared, and of the right age, when the 

 main How opens. There must be a lot 

 of bees of the right age, and the right 

 proportion between the bees and the 

 brood when the honey flow comes, or 

 there will be no harvest gathered. 



The moral of all this is that each 

 bee-keeper must thoroughly understand 

 his own locality, and how to make th^i 

 mosi. '■}" it. Wnen I go to the conven- 

 tioi - in Northern Michigan the mem- 

 bers are always asking how to have 

 their colonies strong early in the sea- 

 son, because the flow from the rasp- 

 berr}' comes early. A bee-keeper liv- 

 ing where his main crop comes from 

 buckwheat would have little interest in 

 this proposition. The bee-keeper in 

 Northern Michigan gets his bees out of 

 the cellar early in the spring, and pro- 

 tects them if necessary, and encourages 

 early brood rearing — the bee-kieper 

 whose surplus comes in the fall, needs 

 to do nothing of the kind. Study yjur j 

 location, your honey resource;^., and 

 learn how to so manage as to bring 

 upon the stage of action a large field 

 force of workers at just the right time, 

 then success will crown your eft^^orts. 



CAUCASIAN QUEENS 



I am makiiiiJ: pr-.parations to rear these queens 

 in large numbers another season, using the best of 

 stock. If interested, send for particulars and 

 prices. 



Iff You Want the Best 



Dovetailed Bee Hive with a cor- 

 ner that will not give way to 

 sun or rain, you can get it of 

 the Wood Bee Hive and Box Co , 

 Lansing. Mich., for*?!. 25. They 

 are a bargain you cannot well 

 oi'erlook. They are li4 story for 

 comb honey, using 4/i beeway 

 sections, no separators, sections 

 nor fa'n. We make them and 

 know they are just what we say. 

 All kinds of supplies man'f'd 

 and for sale. Wax made up for 

 ca h, or exchange foundation for 

 wax. Send for circular and ask 

 for our little book on Italian and 

 Caucisian queens v\hich will be on about Jan. 1st. 



The Wood Bee=Hive & Box Co. 

 Lansing, Mich. 



People say 



Review subscribers do not read the 

 ads. or the.v do not know a bar- 

 gain when they see it. 



CO = OPERATION 



Means --You Work for Me, and I 



Work for You for Mutual Beneht. 



A well-known manufacturer wishes to 



cash $2,000 worth of goods during 



JANUARY. 



He has made me the lowest prices I 

 have been able to secure in years, viz: 

 The 8-fr. Dove, hive, l>^-st. at $1.00 

 each — any frame, any cover, etc. 10- 

 fr., 11.10. 



No. 1 White Basswood Standard 

 Size Sections a $3.30 per 1000. No. 2, 

 $2.80. 



I will take you Mr. Bee-Keeper, into 

 partnership. There are three condi- 

 tions, viz: 



1st. Cash to reach me not later than 

 January. 30, 1906. 



2nd. You stibscribe for Rural Bee- 

 Ketper, one year, $1.00, 



3,d. You pay me a comission for 

 m\- services, viz. 



10 percent, on all orders for $50 or less. 

 8 percent. ' " $50 or more. 



No catalog. Prompt shipemnt. Money 

 refunded in case all are sold. No risk. 



W. H. PUTNAM, River Falls, Wis. 



