THE BEEKEEPERS' REVIEW 



51 



obtainable, such an oven could be used 

 over a gasoline stove. 



Mr. H. C. Ahlers of Wisconsin, and 

 Elias E. Coveyou of Michigan, both ex- 

 tensive bottlers of honey, have told me 

 that the true principle in liquefying honey 

 is to allow it to run away as fast as 

 melted. 



Moving Bees in Winter. 



A subscriber of mine living in Iowa has 

 bought 65 colonies of bees, 20 miles from 

 home, and asks me whether he better 

 move them home now (Jan. 6th) on a 

 sleigh, and put them in a good cellar, or 

 wait as late as possible (say March) and 

 still be able tomove them on runners. 



I don't feel very competent to give ad- 

 vice on this subject. When I began 

 bee keeping I bought six colonies in box 

 hives, and moved them home in January 

 on a sleigh. I then packed them in straw, 

 in a long box, and four of them came 

 through in good condition, while two of 

 them died; apparently of dysentery. 



Another thing: I have once or twice 

 known bee keepers to leave their bees 

 out of doors until late in December, until 

 the ground was covered with snow, and 

 the weather cold. They then put their 

 bees into the cellar, and they wintered 

 all right. 



Theoretically. I should say that the 

 bees would bear the disturbance now 

 much better than towards spring, when 

 their intestines would be much heavier 

 loaded. Perhaps the only safe thing for 

 me to say is, that if the bees were mine, 

 I would move them now instead of late 

 in the winter. 



Some Causes of Success. 

 Nothing is more interesting to me than 

 to watch business enterprises, see them 

 succeed or fail, and learn the reason why. 

 It is said that many failures result from 

 a lack of capital, and this is probably 

 true, but that is far from always being 

 the cause. Old, established firms, those 

 that once, at least, had abundant capital, 

 fail, while men with a few dollars start 



in a similar business, and gradually 

 climb up to success. Often success 

 comes from doing something a little bit 

 better, or different, from what others are 

 doing it. To illustiate, there are two 

 florists in this town; probably both are 

 equally well-equipped for the raising of 

 flowers, but, recently, one has opened a 

 store in the business center of the town. 

 He mikes beautiful window displays; 

 changing the display almost daily. He 

 has put on the street a handsome de- 

 livery wagon: all varnish, and shine, and 

 plate glass, and gold lettering. He uses 

 generous space in the advertising columns 

 of the daily paper. Unless his competi- 

 tor "wakes up," who do you suppose 

 will have the flower trade of this town? 



1 always try to differentiate, and ap- 

 ply the lesson to my own business. I 

 look about for the great successes in the 

 publishing business. 1 can remember 

 that the Century magazine, soon after 

 the close of the war of the rebellion, 

 published a series of war articles, and 

 thereby ran its circulation up to a point 

 that was then regarded as something 

 phenominal. To come down to later 

 times, there was Everybody's that in- 

 creased its circulation several hundreds 

 of thousands by the publication of 

 Lawson's "Frenzied Finance." Scribner's 

 is probably doing something in that line 

 by the publication of the Roosevelt hunt- 

 ing articles. Then I tried to think of 

 some similar success in my own class of 

 journalism; that is, among agricultural, 

 or bee journals. None came to my mind 

 that had gained large circulations by the 

 publication of some wonderful article or 

 series of articles. The most notable 

 successes had come from a general ex- 

 cellence, well-sustained for many years. 



The greatest factor in the weal or woe 

 of any business is the man who runs it. 

 It is brains, or the right use of them, 

 that brings success. It is enterprise, 

 initiative, thought, that lead a man to 

 push ahead and do something bigger, 

 better, or different, from the common 

 run. 



