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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



from our bees, together with something to 

 advance Christ's kingdom on the earth, ac- 

 cording as he blesses and prospers us, and 

 with this be content, we may eujoy a little 

 bit of Paradise this side of Jordan. No 

 pleasure has ever come to me like that which 

 has come through success, at last, after 

 working patiently and perseveriugly over 

 some problem which has confronted me in 

 life, whether it was about the bees or the 

 building of a liome, or trying to elevate 

 mankind. He wau is not willing to work 

 patiently till success crowns his efforts, and 

 in that patient work realize the truest enjoy- 

 ment, is not the one to be of the greatest 

 blessing to the world. Nearly all of our 

 great men, who have lifted communities and 

 nations to a higher plane, have come up 

 from the tiuinblest homes, through patient 

 toiling, studying hard and faithfully, per- 

 chance by the light of a pine knot, because 

 poverty so pinched ; or perhaps worked at 

 the forge and studied at tlie same time, be- 

 cause too poor to attend an academy or col- 

 lege; or, like Gary, fit himself for a great 

 life of usefulness while working on the cob- 

 bler's bench, as the case may be. 



Not long ag.>, I received a well written let- 

 ter, as compared with most of the type- 

 written letters which I receive, from the 

 editor of the Review, and in closing he 

 asked me to excuse the blunders in it, as he 

 had written it with one hand while he tended 

 the baby with the other. How many of the 

 dudes and "calamity howlers" in the land 

 would have done this without saying some- 

 thing about " bettering their condition," if 

 they were to write under such circumstances. 

 Yet in this patient perseverance, under any 

 circumstances, I can see why the Review 

 has risen to the high plane whicli it enjoys 

 amongst the bee literature of the day, and 

 also, an enjoyment to our friend, brother, 

 and editor, which he could not possibly enjoy 

 had he been " cradled in the lap of luxury." 

 Supposing the bee keeper does not live as 

 well as a Gould or a Rockafeller, he has the 

 pure air, the sunshine, and honest and hon- 

 orable enjoyment, and as a rule gets a com- 

 fortable living, which may be enjoyed far 

 more than the life of a gourmand. If any bt e 

 keeper is not satisfied with his condition as 

 it is, let him spend the days not required 

 with the bees in carrying mortar with a hod 

 to the top of some three or four story build- 

 ing, receiving as pay frotn one dollar to 

 twelve shillings a day and board himself, as 



thousands are doing, (and being happy at 

 that) and he will come back to bee keeping 

 and thank Gad that He blessed the world 

 with the little busy bee, even if we have now 

 and then a poor season. From the above, 

 it will be seen that I consider "the best 

 returns for the bee keepers' labor" comes 

 by raising our pursuit from the groveling 

 idea of only a d lUar and cent affair, up to 

 where we shall appreciate it as one of the 

 grandest pursuits along the road of health 

 and happiness, which God ever gave to man. 

 And to the question "Taking bee keeping 

 as it is, what does it most need ? " I am wer, 

 a man or woman who can see the heights 

 and depths, the lengths and breadths which 

 are possible to be attained along the line of 

 intelligent thought, enjoyable health, and a 

 pursuit which brings happiness, even though 

 we be considered the poor of this world. 

 This I believe is " The best advice that I 

 can give bee keepers" under existing cir- 

 cumstances: that God may prosper us, so 

 that we may have more to use in lifting up 

 the fallen, and in bringing comfort to those 

 who are cast down, as well as to spread his 

 kingdom in tlio world. 



I am convinced that placing out-apiaries 

 about the home yard and working them for 

 extracted honey tends more toward success, 

 along the financial line, than any other plan. 

 This I say after having an out-apiary for the 

 past three years. Wiiy I say run this for ex- 

 tracted honey, is that if worked on the tier- 

 ing-up plan there will not enough swarms 

 issue to pay for looking after, and if the 

 honey is all left on till the season is over, 

 little time is reauirtd at the out-apiaries 

 during the swarming season, so that the 

 home apiary can be worked for comb honey. 

 By placing this thoroughly sealed and 

 ripened honey, taken off after the harvest is 

 over, near the ceiling of a warm room for 

 several hours, it can be extracted as easily as 

 when first sealed, and a quality obtained not 

 obtainable in any other way. 



BoHODiNO, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1893. 



[Well done, Bro. D. If the above is not 

 the best article you ever wrote, it is certainly 

 one of the best. Although it was intended 

 to discuss the subject from a practical stand- 

 point, as you have done in your closing 

 paragraph, yet it is well for us to remember 

 that money-making is not all of life ; that 

 health, happiness and correct views of life 

 are of far more importance. A man who 



