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all the hccs lie cmilil properly care for, 

 and a little help when necessary. I have 

 tried most all kinds of lahor and in 

 almost every \va\-, and the ahove suits 

 me best, and I believe is the nearest 

 solution to the problem of labor. Of 

 course a lot of the boys will not give 

 satisfaction. Some will not remain 

 with you any longer than when the 

 rush is over, and, of course, it will be 

 well to let such boys go. But there will 

 always be enough reliable and sufficient- 

 ly experienced to take hold at the head 

 of the business and keep it going until 

 new boys are needed for next season's 

 rush, etc. 



LOC.XTIONS. 



Is it possible to find a suitable loca- 

 tion for such extensive Inisiness? I 

 don't think this would be much of a 



problem, as we have almost unlimited 

 unoccupied territory almost anywhere, 

 and it lies surrounding a point from 

 which it could be operated to best ad- 

 vantage. 



Summing up the whole thing, "^More 

 Bees" must be good, sound doctrine for 

 present and future. 



Cordele, Ga. 



[Air. Wilder is one of the prominent 

 bee men of the south. His advice to 

 hire young men shows that he ''has 

 been through the mill. A young man is 

 always more receptive to instruction 

 than an older one, and as he has not 

 been discouraged by failures he is full 

 of optimism. He must be governed by 

 encouragement. He should never be 

 criticized, although his mistakes must 

 be pointed out, and he must be made 

 to recognize that "you are boss." Re- 

 spect his judgment and he will work 

 for you like a nailer.] 



This Man Believes Thousands of Dollars are Lo^ Each 

 Year by Producing Comb Honey In^ead of Extradted. 



p. C. CHADWICK. 



"^^^ HE subject of relative profits in 

 CJj the production of comb and ex- 

 tracted honey being agitated 

 more or less at the present time, I feel 

 competent to give some opinions, for, 

 after all, we have only opinions to offer, 

 no matter how hard earned or at what 

 cost we have gained them. Others who 

 have not been over the road of experi- 

 ence cannot always see as we would 

 have them. 



I believe the money lost each year 

 working for comb honey would be suf- 

 ficient to equip every apiary in the 

 United States fully for extracting. Not 

 money literally lost, but time and sup- 

 plies, which we all know have a money 

 value, to say nothing of flat failures in 

 comb honey where enough extracted 

 could have been secured to at least pay 

 expenses. 



Thousands of sections are annually 

 soiled to such an extent that they can- 



not be used the following season, that 

 never return the bee-keeper a cent. 

 Tons of honey remain ungathered be- 

 cause the flow is not sufficient to induce 

 comb building in sections, and this, to 

 me, seems a loss beyond the realization 

 of many who are struggling in the ef- 

 fort to make comb honey pay. 



FAVORABLE YEARS. 



There are years when comb honey 

 can be secured in quantities in localities 

 that are favored by conditions, but un- 

 der those same conditions how the old 

 extractors would hum and what a quan- 

 tity they would store. Few localities 

 are so favored every year, and the ex- 

 tractor may be your best friend 'in the 

 years following wdien the flow is light, 

 wdiile it is doubtful if there would be 

 much advantage over the extracting 

 process, with comb honey, in your best 

 seasons. I can look back at my experi- 



