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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Feb. 23, 1905. 



was marked by that standard of excellence which was born 

 in him, and which he never sullied nor disgraced. 



He has gone to his reward, which I doubt not will be 

 commensurate with his aims and ideals in this life. 



If he had any motto it was this: " Forward, as occa- 

 sion offers. Never look around to see whether any shall 

 note it. Be satisfied with success in even the smallest mat- 

 ter, and think that even such a result is no trifle ". 

 Sincerely yours, 



Charles J. Buchanan. 



From Mr. L. C. Root, of Connecticut. 



Mr. George W. York :— A most cheerful and gratify- 

 ing task is accorded me when I am asked to join in the 

 praises of my good friend, Capt. J. E. Hetherington. 



I think I may say that few people outside of his own 

 family knew him better, or had a better opportunity to 

 judge him accurately, than myself. He was intimate from 

 boyhood with the Quinby family, to which my wife be- 

 longed. 



In writing of Mr. Quinby, Capt. Hetherington said : 

 " I went to him as a mere lad for instruction in bee- 

 keeping ". 



I first met him at Mr. Quinby's, quite early in the 

 rnorning after a 16-mile ride. I well remember his enthu- 

 siasm at that time. This marked enthusiasm characterized 

 his whole life, whether in business, social, army, religious, 

 or home circles. 



His business interests in bee-keeping were probably the 

 largest in the world, and his success was marked, though 

 his life was characterized by generous impulses and deep 

 interest in the higher walks of life. Whatever he did, he 

 did well. Few men have done more accurate and faithful 

 work than he, or shown greater cheerfulness and nobleness 

 of purpose. L,. c. Root. 



From Prof. A. J. Cook, of California. 



It is certainly a pleasure to voice my feeling of esteem 

 and respect for our friend, the late Capt. Hetherington. It 

 was my pleasure to meet Capt. Hetherington at the home of 

 his brother, whom I knew more intimately than I did the 

 Captain, and also at some of our National conventions. A 

 feeling of strong admiration was the result of this all too 

 slight acquaintance. Indeed, I think Capt. Hetherington 

 had many points in common with his brother, who was one 

 of our honored Michigan bee-keepers. These gentlemen 

 seemed to have rare inventive genius. We all know that 

 some of our best implements in bee-culture, especially the 

 honey-knife, owe much to theHetheringtons. They seemed 

 to have that rare faculty that divines things which as yet 

 have had no existence. It was never my privilege to visit 

 the large apiaries of Capt. Hetherington. I am sure that, 

 could I have done so, I should have seen there what I saw at 

 the Saginaw apiary of his brother, many ingenious helps 

 that I should have carried away to aid me in my own work 

 among the bees. 



Another peculiarity of the Hetheringtons was their 

 neatness and method. Like our friend Bingham, they 

 could not abide dirt, which simply means things out of 

 place. No wonder Mr. Bingham and the Hetheringtons 

 were brought together. We all know about " birds of a 

 feather". I am sure that at the large Hetherington api- 

 aries we should have seen system and method supreme. 

 Without doubt this was no mean factor in the success of 

 Capt. Hetherington in the extensive work which he carried 

 on among the bees. 



But the best characteristic of Capt. Hetherington, as of 

 every true man, was his courtesy, thoughtfulness of others, 

 and exceeding probity and honor. One had to be with him 

 but a very short time to recognize the fact that he was 

 with a gentleman who valued truth and honor as of highest 

 worth. Such men honor any business or profession. It is 

 very rare that I learn of the death of one whom I knew no 

 more than I knew Capt. Hetherington where I feel such a 

 burden of loss as came with the sad words that our friend 

 had passed into the Beyond. Great souls are none too com- 

 mon in this world, and when they leave us we all — the 

 world itself— are poorer. A. J. Cook. 



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 44 pages ; price, postpaid, 30 cents. This is by the same 

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Location In Virginia or Maryland. 



Would Virginia or Maryland be a good location for 

 starting a bee-yard? Wisconsin. 



Answer. — There are good locations in both States, but 

 it will probably need personal investigation to find such loca- 

 tions not already occupied. Sometimes there are bee-keep- 

 ers in good locations who are willing to sell out, and a short 

 advertisement might reach them. 



Size of 10-Frame Hive-Depths of Rabbets. 



1. What are the outside dimensions of a 10-frame hive? 



2. How deep should the frame rabbets be when one 

 intends to use tin rabbets and the Hoffman frames? I in- 

 tend to make the hive-bodies and buy the tin rabbets and the 

 frames. Wisconsin. 



Answers. — 1. I think the usual dimensions are 20 inches 

 long, 16 wide, and '^Vi deep. That, however, leaves no 

 room for a dummy. If I were making them I should want 

 them 5-^-inch wider, so as to have room for a dummy. 



2. Three-quarter inch. 



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Keeping Bees Near a Lake. 



1. Would bees be likely to do well near a large body 

 of water, or would they be likely to fall into the lake? 



2. On which side of a lake would you prefer to keep bees 

 —the east or west side? Wisconsin. 



Answers. — 1. The water is not likely to do any harm, 

 only it is just so much surface without any pasturage, just 

 like so much barren land. If the body of water was so narrow 

 that the bees would cross it to get pasturage on the other 

 side, a few bees might be beaten down in crossing by high 

 winds. 



2. The side that had the best pasturage. 



Prevention of Swarming— Reducing Rearing of 

 Young Bees in Honey-Flow. 



1. For the prevention of swarming is there any objec- 

 tion to the use of perforated zinc at the entrance, other than 

 that it hinders the passage of the bees? 



2. Is it an advantage or a disadvantage (in a short 

 honey-flow and severe winters) to have the production of 

 young bees reduced to say one frame during the honey-flow 

 (swarming season) ? Ontario. 



Answers. — 1. It makes the hive warmer in hot weather, 

 and imprisons the drones so that they die in the hive unless 

 liberated by the bee-keeper. In some cases it may prevent 

 a young queen from taking her wedding-flight. 



2. In the majority of cases it would be a disadvantage. 



Races of Bees-Cntting Out ttueen-Cells-Wintering. 



1. I am sending you a few worker-bees, which I picked 

 up from the front of the hive. Are they Italians, blacks, 

 or hybrids? 



2. How do you cut out queen-cells when the supers are 

 on the hives? Do the supers have to be removed every time, 

 and, if so, doesn't this put the bees back with their work? 



3. Last fall I put the bees into winter quarters as fol- 

 lows : On top of the frames I put a few strips of wood 

 J4-inch thick; on top of this a few thicknesses of cloth; on 

 this about 4 inches of leaves, and a dry-goods box over the 

 hive. Today they had a flight, and there seemed to be a good 



