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Mr. Beaudin's residence. Avitli aiiiary in the background. 



ship them north to catch another flow. The 

 first car was to reach the fruit bloom, and 

 the second car, if nothing unusual happens, 

 will be here in ample time to get in good 

 shape to catch the basswood and clover. 



MIGRATORY BEEKEEPING. 



Migratory beekeeping has not been prac- 

 ticed to any extent in the United States. 

 One difficulty is that our distances are so 

 great, and the freight is so high, that most 

 beekeepers lack the nerve to try it. Quite 

 a few beekeepers in Northern Michigan 

 have managed, however, to catch their clo- 

 ver and bassAvood, and then move north- 

 ward by car to catch raspberry and fire- 

 weed. It is my opinion that migratory bee- 

 keeping might be practiced to more advan- 

 tage than it has been. 



Just now the beekeepers in some west- 

 ern States are moving their bees by the 

 carload, after they secure one crop, into 

 California to catch the alfalfa or sage that 

 . comes on later. At this writing, May 27, 

 it is stirring up a hornets' nest, or, rather, 

 a bees' nest, among the California beekeep- 

 ers, who fear the introduction of disease, 

 and who complain that their territory is 

 already overstocked. The fight is on, and 

 how it will be settled remains to be seen. 



A SUCCESSFUL FRENCH CANADIAN BEE- 

 KEEPER 



BY A. L. BEAUDIN 



In April, 1893, I bought my first colonies 

 of bees, a copy of the A B C of Bee Cul- 

 ture, and Dadant's Langstroth. Since then 

 T have bought many colonies as well as a 

 large quantity of honey. In 1910 I increas- 

 ed from 180 colonies in the spring to 256 

 good colonies in the fall, and took 26,000 

 pounds of extracted honey and 256 pounds 

 of wax from eappings. All of the bees 

 were in one apiary, and in nine-frame Lang- 



stroth hives. I have one capping melter 

 and one six-frame automatic lioneyextract- 

 or with a one-horse-poAver gasoline engine 

 for driving it. I am much pleased with the 

 outfit. 



In the fall of 1911 I took 10,000 pounds 



A. L. Beaudin, the French Canadian who increas- 

 ed from 180 colonies to 256, and extracted 26,000 

 pounds of honey. 



