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dilation here and there, the next trip 

 reveals the fact, but you have not lost a 

 swarm. Clipping- is a splendid precau- 

 tionarj' measure; and helps to keep 

 track of the ag^e of the queens. 



BKK-K(CKP£MG A KAMCIDOSCOPK. 



Now, Mr. Kditor, there are hives and 

 hives, methods and methods, and a 

 great multita le of variatio.is in locali- 

 ties and seasons. This bee business is 

 a kaleidoscope; change one factor and 

 alt is different. Uut, while this is 

 true, principles do not change What 

 bees will do in Michigan they vv-ill do 

 in Colorado, or anywhere under litie 

 conditions. The first thing for iiny 

 prospective bee-keeper to do is to learn 

 principles, then the application can be 

 attained by various rjutes or methods 



I have pointed out some principles 

 and a way, or ways, of applying- them. 



The man who has not the capacitj', or 

 the willingness, or the means, to put in 

 practice these principles, will not suc- 

 ceed. Swarming can be controlled. 

 Various fields, seasons, or climates, 

 need var3'ing- d^^grees of effort to give 

 and keep control, but when the factors 

 are known, each apiarist must apply 

 them to suit conditions and environ- 

 ments. 



Paste these in your hat: 1st. Larg^e 

 brood chamber roo n and sufficient 

 stores at all times outside of the har- 

 vest flow. 2nd. During the flow, 

 plenty of empty or available brood 

 room beneath the queen with store 

 room above. 3rd. Keep the colony 

 comfortable always in the swarming- 

 season, so far as room and ventilation 

 can do it. 



LovELAND, Colo., Jan. 11, 1906. 



Editor to Av©Mo 



E. D. TOWNSEND. 



" T7VER since going into Northern 

 -1^^ ^Michigan I hiive had a long-ing 

 to have an apiary in that part of the 

 State, ■" * ■••' I would like to go 

 somewhere in the region where you 

 are. There are yourself, Kirkpatrick, 

 Chapman, Bartlctt, etc., who are in a 

 good bee country, and I would like to 

 be a neighbor to some of 3'ou, without 

 at the same time encroaching upon oc- 

 cupied territory." 



The above is an extract from a letter 

 written to me by the editor of the Re- 

 view, under date of Oct. 16, 1905; and 

 I think I voice the sentiment of the bee- 

 keepers of Northern Michigan, when I 

 saj' he is welcometo establish apiaries 

 in our beautiful part of the State; espe- 

 cially, when he comes in the spirit ex- 



pressed in the above extract; and we, 

 "in this neck of the woods," will very 

 closely watch each step of progress 

 that he makes, in this new venture. 



OBJECTIONS TO CROWDING THK HIVES 

 AND PUTTING THEM IN LONG ROWS. 



In opening- the Review for December, 

 the first to ciitch my eye, was the Re- 

 view-apiary of 104 colonies, and m\' 

 first thoug-ht was that the ed'tor had 

 brought his bees home, preparatory to 

 putting them into the cellar, and had 

 unloaded them all in a bunch, and 

 then photographed them; but after 

 reading his description, I saw this 

 was all the room the 104 colonies had 

 during the season. They do not ap- 

 pear to occupy over four square rods of 



