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THE BEE-KEEPBW lUJVIEW. 



a miserable failure of it, lost all I put in- 

 to it, and am thoroughly disgusted and 

 discouraged. If you will profit bj- my 

 sad experience you will staj' where you 

 are. It is unmercifully hot; the fleas will 

 eat you alive; it rains every day, and the 

 ground is so sticky you can't step out of 

 the house without sticking fast. Take 

 my advice, and slay at home and leave 

 well enough alone." That is about the 

 way their story runs. 



Well, take my .idvice too — one who has 

 lived here 12 years — and sta^- at home un- 

 less vou first come here and find out 

 which is the best, what are the difficulties 

 to be battled with, how to best fight tiiem, 

 whetlier or not yon like the climate, and 

 the insects which find the rich red blood 

 of the new comer, the very best stinuilant 

 for a good appetite. When I hear of 

 these big places starting up under perfect- 

 ly green management with a liberal 

 sprinklingof foul brood as a side dish, I 

 merely shake niy head and feel the deep- 

 est sympathy for them, for my long ex- 

 perience here has taught me only too 

 well what the ultimate result will be in 

 nine cases out of ten. Remember, one 

 hundred dollars may save you several 

 thousand; that a reaction will come be- 

 fore long is certain; then we shall see who 

 are the successful ones. 



The surplus season is now at hand, and 

 the bees are in the best condition I ever 

 saw them at this time. They are fully 

 two weeks ahead of what they used to be 

 here on this range before the war. I 

 shall commence extracting on Monday, 

 October 15, ten days earlier than we ever 

 commenced here, and that was the year 

 we took 73,000 lbs. from 600 hives in five 

 months. 



Cuba is in an excellent honey produc- 

 ing country. There is no use in wasting 

 space in discussing that point. It is lack- 



ing in roads and transportation facilities; 

 also in the comforts of civilization and 

 society as we understand them here in 

 the I'nited States. Insect pests are no 

 slight drawback to the enjoyment of life. 

 The language is Spanish, Many things 

 are entirely different from what they are 

 here; and it is impossible for one to rea- 

 lize these differences without having first 

 at least visited the country. We who 

 have families, and comfortable homes, 

 and some good business here in the Uni- 

 ted States better stay where we are; if any 

 one IS to go to Cuba let it be j-oung men 

 of enterprise with no families to leave 

 behind. Of course there is foul brood in 

 Cuba; so there is in this country. Italian 

 bees seem to withstand the ravages of 

 foul brood better than do the blacks. 

 Possibly this is because they store honey 

 at times when the blacks are idle, and 

 foul brood does not make much headway 

 when honey is coming in. 



The shipping of bees to Cuba has often 

 been disastrous; but this has often been 

 due to poor management. The time to 

 ship bees from hereto Cuba is in the fall, 

 after our honey harvest is over, and the 

 weather is cool. No heavy combs of hon- 

 ey should be sent, as they will be more 

 easily broken down; besides, the harvest 

 in Cuba begins in December and lasts 

 until Ma)f or June. There must be 

 abundant ventilation both above and be- 

 low, and a space above the combs for the 

 bees to cluster. In addition to this, the 

 bees must be watered dailv. 



General Index to Volume XIII. 



INDEX TO SUBJECTS. 



Adulteration Case, the Hakes-Hetldon 157 



Age of lar\-ie Chosen for queens 17 



.\pis Dorsata, .\n .\ttempt to Imp rt :-323 



Association and Co-operation the most hope- 



fnl field 190 



Bait Sections versus Drawn Combs 159 



Bait Combs 156 



Barrels versus Tin Cans S6 



Belgian Hares, beware of the Fairy Tales Re- 

 garding 264 

 Belgian Hares, Some of the Profits that May 

 be Expected from 221 



Belgian Hares, Something on the other side . . 253 



Belgian Hares and bees 198 



Belgian Hares 156, 259 



Beeswax. Rendering 54 



Bee-Moths and Robbing 120 



Bee-Escape for a Honey-House, An Efficient, 246 



Bee-Kscapes. how to Clean 254 



Bee-keeping a More Safe, Pleasant and Profit- 

 able Pursuit, How to Make of 372 



Bisulphide of Carbon 254 



Black Brood, the Conclusions of Dr. Howard 

 Regarding "8 



