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disappointed so man}' times, after 

 driviiif^ miles to see some promised 

 land, tliiit we ceased to put any de- 

 pendence whatever upon what some- 

 body told us. As I have said, those 

 men who are not bee-keepers don't 

 understand all the points as I have 

 given them in these pag"es, and are 

 almost certain to be misled. A resi- 

 dent bee-keeper, thoroughly acquainted 

 all over a county, would be a God- 

 send to a prospective bee-keeper; but, 

 as a rule, men are not acquainted, ex- 

 cept in a general waj', outside of their 

 own immediate neighborhood; hence, 

 as I have said, the only way to find a 

 location is to hunt for it; and this to a 

 certain extent, is largely luck and 

 chance. A man might blunder upon a 

 good location the first day out, and he 

 might drive a week before he found 

 one. 



LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP. 



I would LOt advise anyone to pull up 

 stakes, and leave his present location, 

 and move here, withoiit first coming in 

 person and investigating. 



To come here and establish a home 

 and an apiarj', or apiaries, will re- 

 quire a lot of enthusiasm atKl grit, 



patience and perseverance, and time 

 and money. If I had not had a pretty 

 fair stock of the first two, I should 

 never have attempted it. 



BUSY TIMES AHEAD. 



We have now taken the first and most 

 important step — we have selected the 

 locations. Next, Elmer will move up 

 there. Then the bees must be moved. 

 Elmer will bring 50 colonies with him. 

 I will bring 100 colonies, by rail, from 

 near Kalamazoo. There are SO colo- 

 nies now within three miles of one of the 

 locations. Then there are about 200 

 colonies to move about 25 miles on 

 wagons. By the time we get them all 

 moved and settled, it will probably be 

 near the beginning of the harvest; then 

 I will have nearly 100 colonies of my 

 own at Flint to look after, so you 

 can see that Elmer and I will have a 

 busy summer of it, but, as I have said, 

 we have lots of enthusiasm, and there 

 is really a charm and a novelty about 

 it that is very enjoyable, and I shall 

 do my best, with pen and camera, to 

 allow my readers to look over my 

 shoulders from start to finish. 



Flint, Mich, April 21, 1906. 



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E. D. TOWNSEND. 



URIEND HUTCHINSON:— I have 

 ^ been reading Advanced Bee Cul- 

 ture; and, if you will furnish the 

 space in the Review, I will mention 

 some of the thoughts that presented 

 themselves while reading this valuable 

 work. When I say valuable. I mean 

 from a dollar and cent standpoint. 

 The writing has that "oily, well- 

 ripened, extracted-honey-flavor, '■ that 



is seldom equaled. The binding, and 

 general make-up of the book is fine; 

 but its chief value lies in the fact that 

 it brings out the dollar and cent or 

 bread and butter idea of bee-keeping 

 as it has never been brought out 

 before. 



Then, too, one admires that anti- 

 propolis, loose-hanging-frame, inde- 

 pendent, out-spoken, know-one's-own 



