OCIOBER 15. 1915 



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a new stand with two frames of hatching: 

 bi'oorl, and bee.s clinging thereto. 1 then 

 released a virgin, which was lost, and an- 

 other, which was also lost (air full of 

 dragon-llies) ; but tlie fourth mated, and it, 

 too, formed a new colony. No. 5 was mal- 

 formed, so 1 killed her. 



On June 15 1 switched again, this time 

 by taking combs of brood out of the nest 

 and putting it in tiie top story, filling their 



places after drawing those left in the nest 

 lo the center of the body with full sheets, 

 ro)>oating this on llie 25th and again on 

 July 4. 



That's all there is to it; but whether you 

 will understand from my way of writing is 

 another thing. Could I talk instead of 

 writing 1 could make myself understood 

 easier. 



Clandeboye, Man. 



THE BEEMAN'S OPPORTUNITY 



BY L. M. GRAVELY 



Beekeepers as a I'ule do not realize what 

 an opportunity they have by way of secur- 

 ing free advertising. If properly managed, 

 one can even get pay for advertising his 

 own business. Tlie rank and file of the 

 honey-coJisumers never understand the mar- 

 velous things of interest concerning the bee 

 and its works. It is up to ns to give them, 

 through the medium of the newspapers. 

 live, interesting sketches of the bee and 

 honey industry. Anything uniciue, original, 

 or interesting is acceptable. Of course, one 

 must not give the article the appearance of 

 advertising or it will " queer the game." It 

 is not necessary to say that you have honey 

 or beos to sell. If you liave bees they will 

 know that you have honey. 



I produce a ton of honey. The word 

 " ton " seems much bigger when applied to 

 honey than does 2000 pounds. So does half 

 a ton, or a quarter, for it seems much big- 

 ger to most V'Gople because they were fa- 

 miliar with it only in spoonful lots when 

 given to cure a cold. 



Then, again, the average person cannot 

 get away from the belief that you are tak- 

 ing your life in your hands. Most beekeep- 

 ers can amaze the public by the way they 

 handle their bees. One of the most success- 

 ful plans I ever tried in the way of adver- 

 tising was the use of the accompanying 

 illustration. More for the fun of it than 

 anything else, I made this picture last sum- 

 mer, showing a real live swarm of bees on 

 my head. 



A lial tliMt is truly alive. 



Ivinggold, Va. 



A NEW ABSORBENT COVER 



DY G. A, BARBISCH 



^ly bees are wintered in the cemented 

 cellar under the house. This cellar has good 

 ventilation, the thermometer seldom varying 

 more than four or five degrees all winter, 

 no matter how cold it is outside. With the 

 exception of one season I have had no loss 



whatever in this cellar. My bees are stack- 

 ed up in tiers of four, but every spring I 

 found that colonies in the lowest tier next 

 to the floor had moldy combs and were 

 always the weakest in bees. 

 Last season a certain bee-supfjly com- 



