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July 



readers the absolute necessity for a sys- 

 tem of careful attention to this matter- 

 studied determination to so prepare 

 their honey as not to degrade, but to 

 elevate our product upon markets of 

 the world. 



OUR PICTURES. 



Last month we referred to a new 

 bee-keeper who recently set in to cut 

 a swath of extraordinary width down 

 the Florida coast and through the api- 

 cultural field of Cuba and other islands 

 of the sea. The keen edge of his blade 

 appears not to have been blunted at all 

 by the discovery, on June 4th, that 16 

 of his nuclei had departed this life, as 

 a result of inadequate forage and no 

 stores. This is experience No. i in the 

 long list awaiting one who discounts, 

 it not wholly ignores by habit, the prac- 

 tical experience of the veterans but as- 

 sumes to justify his theories by figures 

 and fancy. 



We show in this number of The Bee- 

 Keeper a view of the new man's trans- 

 ports and hustling assistants hurriedly 

 planting' apiaries upon the over-stock- 

 ed shores of Indian river. We do not 

 assert that all localities on the river 

 are over-stocked with bees; but the 

 immediate vicinity of the scenes depict- 

 ed were fully stocked prior to his ar- 

 rival, hence the loss which must of 

 necessity result, not only to himself, but 

 also to those whose prior occupation 

 should be respected. 



During the leisure time usually at the 

 disposal of a bee-keeper in an over- 

 stocked locality, the gentleman lays his 

 plans for the move to Cuba with his 

 800 colonies this fall, argues with him- 

 self or others on the absurdity of the 

 statement that the surplus season in 

 Cuba is confined to a few brief months 

 in the winter, and strives to glean from 

 his "Diccionario de Bolsillo'' (pocket 

 dictionary.) the necessary Spanish words 

 to start with in the land of his future 

 hope and endeavor, accross the Straits 

 of Florida. 



The gentleman appears quite familiar 

 with the apic'ultural situation on the 

 Pacific coast, and advises us that he will 

 be in close touch with that country dur- 

 ing his Cuban sojourn, and that in the 

 event of 15 inches of rainfall in the 

 southern counties of California next 

 winter, he will make a bee-line for that 



country, and there establish other apiar- 

 ies. 



Our readers will, therefore, note that 

 strict vigilance is necessary in order to 

 keep this migratory fellow in sight; but 

 we have undertaken to do so, for the 

 l)enefit of our readers who admire api- 

 cultural enthusiasm. 



COOK'S MANUAL OF THE API- 

 ARY. 



For nearly twenty years this work 

 lias occupied a high place among the 

 standard books on apiculture, and the 

 author has for many months been la- 

 boriously engaged upon a new and 

 thoroughly revised edition, which is 

 now out. We have not yet had the op- 

 portunity to review a copy of the 1902 

 edition, just received from the publish- 

 ers, Messrs. Geo. W. York & Co., 

 Chicago; but Prof. Cook's established 

 reputation for painstaking and thor- 

 oughness in his literary work are a suf- 

 ficient guarantee of the feast in store. 

 It is a volume of 543 pages, beautifully 

 printed, profusely illustrated and hand- 

 somely bound — a work creditable to the 

 makers as well as the author. 



We are tin receipt of a neat little 

 booklet entitled. "Fonl Brood," issued 

 by the Colorado Bee-Keepers' A.sso- 

 ciation. for Coloi-ado bee-keepers. 

 Aside from the full text of the law re- 

 latins to foul brood, approved Api'il, 

 O.ltMji, in that state, the disease tis 

 concisely treated under three lieadin.a's 

 — Tlie Disease. The Symptoms, The 

 Cure. It contains also the speciific 

 rules for the grading of comb honey 

 adopted by tlie. Association, of which 

 .T. U. HaiTis, Grand Junction, is presi- 

 dent; The other officers are: Vice- 

 l^resident. M. A. Gill. Lo'ngmont. D. 

 W. Working. Denver: Treasurer, INIrs. 

 M. A. Rliodes, Ft. Dupton; Member Ex. 

 Committee, F. Kauchfnss, Denver. 



The following notice received at this 

 office explains it self: 



EUGENE SKCOK STILL GENEK.\^L MAN.VGEK 



OF THE NATIONAL BEE KKEPERS' 



ASSOCIATION 



Some little time ago it was announc- 

 ed that Mr. Eugene Secor, General 

 Manager of the National Bee-keepers' 

 Association, had sent in his resignation, 



