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flying' bees from the old hive into the new 

 one. Gradually, I would again bring the 

 old hive around by the side of the new 

 one. and, in a week or ten days, I would 

 move it to a new stand, and, a day or 

 two later, transfer in the regular way, by 

 cutting out combs of brood and fastening 

 them into frames. 1 would pre'er to do 

 all this work before the close of the honey 



flow. 1 would not like to transfer after 

 the close of the honey flow. 



Before commencing these operations the 

 front of the old hive must, in some man- 

 ner, be made the same color as that of 

 the new hive. This can be done with 

 paint, or pasting on paper of the right 

 color. — Editor Review.! 



EDITORIAL 



Do one thing and do it well. 



The Canadian Department of Apicul- 

 ture in British Columbia has gotten out 

 an extensive, illustrated Bee Bulletin, or 

 Guide to Bee Keeping, of 52 pages, and it 

 is written by no less personage than our 

 old-time friend, F. Dundas Todd, formerly 

 editor of the Photo Beacon, but now so- 

 journing in this far western country. 



The Jones Method of preventing 

 swarming has been tried by some three 

 or four of my subscribers who have re- 

 ported. With them it had proved suc- 

 cessful, and they had secured good crops 

 of honey. No failures had been reported. 

 One man was successful by simply un- 

 capping the drone brood. I presume such 

 would be the case where there was 

 sufficient drone brood. Where there were 

 only a few cells, I should not expect the 

 uncapping to have any effect. 



A Short Course in apiculture will be 

 given May 1-6 by the Ontario Agricul- 

 tural College. It will be conducted by the 

 Provincial apiarist, Mr. Morley Pettit, as- 

 sisted by Prof. E. F. Phillips, of Washing- 

 ton, D. C. and S. F. Edwards, C. A. 

 Zavitz and R. Harcourt, of the Ontario 

 Agricultural College. Lectures, as far as 

 possible, will be illustrated with lantern 

 slides and the actual objects under dis- 

 cussion. 



Initiative is often what leads a man to 

 success. What is initiative? Well — the 

 best definition, the most comprehensive 

 yet graphic that I ever saw, I came 

 across the other day in the System Mag- 

 azine. It is as follows: "Initiative con- 

 sists in doing on the spot, without being' 

 told, and without complaining, what the 

 other fellow never thought of doing — and 

 didn't do when he was told." 



The Beginner needs a text book. The 

 few questions to which he may get brief 

 answers in the bee journals, can never 

 take the place of a good text book. One 

 man, in his request for a beginners' de- 

 partment said: "Sometimes it seems 

 as though you fairly hated a beginner." 

 Nothing could be more unjust than this 

 accusation. The beginner occupies the 

 warmest corner of my heart Above 

 all things I wish to help him and have 

 him succeed, and for this very reason, if 

 for no other, I want him to get a good 

 text book. It's the best advice that 1 

 can give. He can't hope for success 

 without it. 



The Success Worth While. 



If a recipe for true success could be 

 put into a sentence. 1 believe it would run 

 something like this: Growing a little 

 every day. looking out upon life fearlessly 

 and hopefully, doing with our might the 

 common task that stands before us, try- 

 ing to make ourselves good and other 

 people happy rather than ourselves happy 



