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here, and going to leave this part of the 

 country, I take the liberty to ask you 

 some questions about Texas. 



In the first place, are people troubled 

 with liver disease ? I am troubled with 

 It here, and want to get where I will 

 not be. Is there any business that any 

 one can engage in, besides bee-keeping, 

 to make a living for a large family ? Is 

 there any work that boys and girls can 

 get to earn anything ? When is the best 

 time to come there from this Northern 

 climate ? A. Eastman. 



Union, Ills. 



I will answer your questions as best I 

 can. I do not think there is any liver 

 trouble here among the natives, and, in 

 fact, the sickness, as a rule (what there 

 Is), we find is among those that come 

 here, as it takes a year to get acclimated. 

 But the little puny sick-spells while you 

 are becoming acclimated are a mere 

 trifle, and some do not have any, and 

 others pay no attention to it. 



As to work here, I am not posted, as 

 my whole time is taken up with my bee- 

 business. I have but little time to learn 

 about other lines of work. I can only 

 say that I have not seen anybody hunt- 

 ing work lately, and every one seems 

 busy. I believe our little town now has 

 six new brick buildings going up. Your 

 boys and girls can get to pick cotton 

 from July to December, as farmers 

 usually raise three to four times as much 

 cotton as they can gather. I am at a 

 loss to tell you when is the best time to 

 come, but if I were coming I would start 

 whenever I got ready. It will not make 

 any difference that I know of. 



Jennie Atchley. 



Mr. Hasty and the Snake Story. 



I see Bro. Hasty has " held me up " on 

 that snake story. Now, Bro. Hasty, we 

 have no time for foolishness, and when 

 I put anything in "In Sunny South- 

 land," I mean it for the truth, and noth- 

 ing but the truth. When I read your 

 kind criticisms in last " Review," I could 

 not help laughing a little. But, to be 

 sure I was right this time, I had the 

 surveyor, who was here a few days ago, 

 measure that bee-tree. The cavity where 

 the bees were is about 5x6 inches, and 

 not as large as a 6-inch candy jar. 

 Well, the boys, when interviewed about 

 the snake, said that it was from 7 to 9 

 feet long, and, worse still, was a "can- 

 nibal snake," for it had swallowed 

 another snake over two feet long, and 



had evidently housed up for the winter 

 to live upon its brother snake. I know 

 this is a big looking snake-story, and it 

 ought to be, as it was a big snake. The 

 shell of the tree was thin. 



Jennie Atchley. 



A Large vs. a Small Apiary, and 

 the Kind of Hive. 



Query 951.— 1. If one man does all the 

 work of an apiai-y, is he likely to make more 

 by keeping a large number of colonies and 

 performing only the absolutely essential 

 operations, or by keeping a smaller number 

 and D^aking sure that each is in the best con- 

 dition ? 



2. What type of hive would you recommend 

 for the former work, to a man who has as yet 

 bought none? 



3. What for the latter ?— Colo. 



1. Yes. 2 and 3. Ten-frame Lang- 

 stroth. — S. I. Fkeebokn. 



1. Perhaps a middle ground might be 

 best. 2 and 3. The dovetailed might 

 do. — C. C. Miller. 



1. The small number, and do every- 

 thing thoroughly. 2 and 3. Plain, mov- 

 able frame. — B. Taylor. 



1. I would adopt the latter plan. 2. 

 The 10-frame Langstroth Simplicity 

 suits me. — J. M. Hambaugh. 



If you keep bees at all, keep them 

 right, keep no more than you can well, 

 and in good order. — E. France. 



1. I think a large number. 2 and 3. 

 In either case the regular Langstroth or 

 the New Heddon. — A. J. Cook. 



1. Keep what you can keep well. 2 

 and B. The kind of hive spoken of in 

 Query 950, last week. — P. H. Elwood. 



1. By keeping a large number. 2. A 

 10-frame Langstroth chaff hive. 3. 

 Perhaps an 8-frame would suit best in 

 this case. — W. G. Larrabee. 



1. My impression is, that a man 

 should only run as many colonies as he 

 can keep in the best condition. I don't 



