1898. 



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contra, Editor Hill says he had no idea 

 that the majoritj' of bee-keepers used 

 separators, never used them himself 

 except 400 or 500 as an experiment, and 

 doubts their advantage." — American 

 Bee Journal. Recalling experiences 

 wherein we have assisted in producing 

 without separators comb honey which 

 brought the highest market price, in 

 carload lots, we are led to question, 

 with due respect to Dr. Hurst's ob- 

 servations, whether there is not among 

 us a class of bee-keepers who are "just 

 a little too"— swift? 



MR. C. B. HOWARD. 



The subject of this sketch, who, else- 

 where in this number of The Bee- 

 Keeper, acquaints our readers with his 

 method of wintering out-of-doors, 

 where is also presented a view of one 

 of his three apiaries and a likeness of 

 himself, is a young man of whom the 

 bee-keeping world will probably know 

 more with the advancement of time. 



Mr. Howard was born in Broome 

 county, N. Y., Dec. 14, 1869; was edu- 

 cated at the Ovid Academy, and later 

 completed a business course at the 

 Rochester University. 



Superior bee-keeping advantages 

 were recognized in Seneca county, and 

 as young Howard had, either by ac- 

 quisition or heritage from his father, 

 who was also a bee-keeper, become 

 deeply interested in the business, the 

 family moved thither in January, 1884, 

 and there have since resided. 



Upon attainment of his majority, 

 choosing the apiarian profession, C. B. 

 purchased forty colonies, adopted the 

 Bristol hive and launched his inde- 

 pendent craft upon the turbulent sea of 

 modern apiculture. During his maiden 

 voyage he experienced some adverse 

 weather, during which the tumultuous 

 seas closed over twenty-two of his 

 precious colonies and swept them 

 away. Since that time, however, the 

 sky of fate has been comparatively 

 clear, and from the eighteen survivors 



has accumulated his present stock of 

 220 colonies, which are kept in three 

 yards; two are run for extracted, and 

 the third, herewith shown, for comb 

 honey. From 150 colonies in 1895 Mr. 

 Howard harvested six tons of honey, 

 one-half of which was comb. An equal 

 amount was taken also the following 

 season. 



He has served the Seneca County 

 Bee-Keepers' Association as secretary 

 and treasurer for the past five years, 

 and, we believe, still holds the office. 

 He took an active interest in the work 

 of organizing the New York State As- 

 sociation of Bee-Keepers' Societies at 

 Geneva last March; and being deeply 

 interested in the general welfare of the 

 industry is, of course, a member also 

 of the United States Bee-Keepers' 

 Union. 



Dec. 14, 1893, being Mr. Howard's 

 twenty-fourth anniversary, the occa- 

 sion was beautifully commemorated by 

 taking "unto himself an helpmeet." 

 Though our informant has failed to en- 

 lighten us upon this point, we assume 

 that the lady seen at the left in the 

 picture is Mrs. Howard. As for the 3- 

 year-old assistant wrestling with a 

 "ten-frame" super, that's young How- 

 ard; we need not to be told. 



WHY HYBRIDS PREDOMINATE,ETC. 

 "Gleanings thinks 'the majority of 

 progressive bee-keepers use hybrids, 

 because they secure as much honey as 

 Italians, and more than blacks.' Ameri- 

 can Bee-Keeper thinks that is not the 

 true reason why hybrids are in the ma- 

 jority, but does not say what the true 

 reason is. Don't they have hybrids 

 just because it is too much trouble to 

 keep pure Italians?" — American Bee 

 Journal. The Journal is reasoning on 

 a logical line which might be extended 

 to include the blacks, also. It is too 

 expensive, as well as inconvenient, for 

 the common bee-keeper to keep his 

 stock pure, though he might have a de- 

 cided preference for some distinct 



