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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



mail}- of my neighbors freely expressed 

 their opinion that my bees would be a 

 nuisance; but I have been here three 

 j'ears, and in that time I know of only 

 one person being stung. One fourth of 

 July morning, a few rowdies wanted the 

 fence back of the apiary, to make a bon- 

 fire; and while they was tearing it down 

 they struck one of the hives — then there 

 was trouble. 



I never leave any sweets axposed to 

 start robbing. 



If feeding must be done, as in queen- 

 rearing, I wait till evening after the bees 

 have stopped fi3-ing. 



Keeping the good will of my neighbors 

 is easily done. When taking off honey, 

 if any sections are slightly damaged, I 

 give some of them to my near neighbors. 

 The little honey given out in this way 



APIARY OF JESSE M. DONALDSON, NORTH BROOKFIELD, MASS. 



How do I manage my bees ? There is 

 nothing new or original in my manage- 

 ment. I have adopted a set of rifles, and 

 follow them. 



If a colony shows a disposition to be 

 cross, the queen of that colony has her 

 head pinched off; and is replaced by a 

 queen of a morepeacable strain. 



When there is no honey coming in, I 

 avoid opening hives, except when it is 

 absolutely necessary; then it is done as 

 quickly as possible. 



will often make a new customer. I once 

 called at a house and tried to sell some 

 honey. The man of the house told me 

 that they did not like honey. Last year 

 this man came in to my shop, when I was 

 cleaning sections. When he was going 

 out, I handed him a section which he 

 did not refuse, and it was not very long 

 before he came in to buy some; and this 

 year he has been one of my best custom- 

 ers. 

 North Brookfiei,d, Mass., Aug. 3, 1900. 



