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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



The months from November to Febru- 

 ary cover the principal honey flow. 

 While the disadvantages of wintering 

 are not to be encountered here, the bee- 

 keeper has not that long vacation from 

 the work, and the liability to loss in the 

 summer is as great, necessitating con- 

 stant vigilance and work to prevent star- 

 ving and robbing, and to keep the 

 apiary free from moths and foul 

 brood. Foul brood is one of the greatest 

 disadvantages here; it seems to be an ever 

 present menace to the Cuban apiarist. 



Honey is shipped and sold in "bocoy" 

 weighing about 1200 lbs. each when filled; 

 and Germany is the chief market. Not 

 so much is paid for it there, but the 

 heavy duty bars the Cuban product from 

 the United States. 



Many of the best honey producing 

 localities are in remote places where ship- 

 ping facilities are very poor. Nearly the 

 only way of travel being by means of ox- 

 carts or on horseback. A new railroad, 

 the Cuban Central, has been com.nenced. 

 It is to extend through Matanzas, Santa 

 Clara, and Puerto Principe from Havana 

 to Santiago de Cuba. This will give 

 shipping facilities to a large part of the 

 island which is said to be a fine section 

 for honey. 



One has, also, to contend with pestif- 

 erous insects, such as ants, fleas, mos- 

 quitoes, etc., none of which are mere 

 dreams. Domestic inconveniences are 

 manifold, and few of the "Americnas," 

 as the ladies from the United States are 

 called, care to reside in this country. 



To conclude, if one can surmount the 

 obstacles of living without schools, 

 churches, or society, or the ordinary con- 

 veniences of life, if one can live in a tent 

 or a palm cabin, and pay exorbitant 

 prices for dry-goods, groceries, freight, 

 etc., if one can keep bees free from death 

 and disease through the summer, one will 

 be rewarded by an abundant flow of 

 beautiful white honey of a fine quality 

 during the winter. 



Candalaria, Cuba. Aug. 28, 1900. 



EDITORIAL 



ftcrings. 



Wisconsin bee-keepers will hold their 

 annual convention in Madison on the 

 24th and 25th of January. 



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Colorado bee-keepers will hold their 

 State Convention in Denver, Nov. 21st, 

 22nd, and 23rd. The State horticulturists 

 meet at the same time. 



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Extracted Honev must be in good 

 demand. There is scarcely a day that 

 does not bring me an inquiry asking if I 

 know 6f any for sale. 



Sixty-Pound Cans are most heartily 

 endorsed by Mr. Walter S. Pouder in 

 Gleanings. He says that he hopes the 

 day of putting honey in barrels is past. 

 Mr. York and the Roots think the same. 

 It is clearly evident that those who han- 

 dle honey for a retail trade prefer the 

 cans. Manufacturers seem satisfied with 

 barrels. 



Specialists in bee-keeping are very 

 few in Great Britain, according to Mr. 

 J. T. Calvert, who has been visiting 

 Europe and writing an interesting ac- 

 count of his trip and having it printed in 

 Gleanings. The great mass of bee-keep- 

 ers in Great Britain are those who keep 

 less than a dozen colonies; and who keep 

 them either as a diversion, or to help 

 out the store of family sweets. 



Mr. Doolittle gives, in Gleanings, 

 as reasons for producing both comb and 

 extracted honey in the same apiary, that 

 some colonies show a disinclination to 

 work in the sections, while others swarm 

 and leave a lot of unfinished sections. If 



