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FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



ways been abetted by her sister, who is perhaps over-con- 

 servative. I could have tested my plan with 15 excluders 

 just as well as with ten times that number, but I knew 

 the plan would work, and I couldn't wait ! I think I 

 didn't consult my wife about ordering the 150 excluders. 

 As I grow older I may learn caution, and experiment on 

 a smaller scale, but too much should not be expected 

 of me. 



F^S- 43 — Crock-and-plate Feeder. 



PLEASURE OF EXPERIMENTING. 



As an offset to the mischief done by experimenting 

 on too large a scale, I may say that one of my keenest en- 

 joyments is the working out of problems connected with 

 l3ee-keeping. There is never a time, summer or winter, 

 when I am not cooking one or more schemes, plans or 

 projects connected with the business. No doubt more 

 money could be made at bee-keeping if everything in the 

 business were fully settled and we knew beforehand just 

 exactly the right step to take in any given c:ise, but there 

 wouldn't be nearly the fun in it. 



