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THE AMKincAy BEE-KEErER 



March 



,I()HN M. KAMS.1.N. 



best we can'.^ Do \vc always put into 

 practice all the ideas that we know 

 will make our business more profitable; 

 repair the leak)- cover before the sec- 

 tions in the upper surplus case become 

 soiled, or take out the queen whose 

 stock you know to be inferior honey 

 gatherers, as compared with that of an- 

 other colony? 



In order to make the best success 

 possible we must read wide, and deter- 

 mine in our own minds what is and 

 what is not practical. We must arouse 



our energies and undertake our work 

 with an invincible zeal that knows no 

 outcome but success. This is true not 

 only of the specialist, but of the apiar- 

 ist, who keeps his bees as a side issue. 

 He must put away the whimsical ideas 

 of his ancestors and adopt plans that 

 will meet the needs of his time. 



Then, last, but by no means least, he 

 must shield himself from that enemy of 

 all prosperity — neglect. It is certainly 

 appalling to see, not the ignorance, but 

 the indifference that some men display 



