THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



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that every bee-keeper is likely to have 

 some of them in his stock. These can- 

 not be made in the vi^ay sug'g-ested in 

 this article. The bee-keeper deciding 

 to use other than plain, simple appara- 

 tus must ever be at the mercj^ of the 

 manufacturer. 



As remarked at the outset, these sug^- 

 gestions are intended for the consider- 

 ation of the specialist, the man w'ho is 

 thoroughly alive to liis own business 

 interests. One caution is essential: 

 Do not try to do this work unless you 

 know ivhat you want, hozv you want it, 

 and why you want it; especially if you 

 employ a man to do the work for you. 



The employer must be master of the 

 situation. He must know about the 

 kind of lumber he wishes to use, how 

 he can use an ordinary grade success- 

 full}", by putting each piece where it 

 will do the best service — in a word, he 

 must understand his business. 



There are many localities, remote 

 from a good lumber-supply, where it 

 will iilso be impracticable for the local 

 manufacture of hives, but throughout 

 the great middle West, the plan is en- 

 tirely feasible, and its adoption will 

 save thousands of dollars to the prac- 

 tical honey producers of these States. 

 BiRNAMWOOD, Wis., Jan. 18, 1904. 



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editorials on the hive- 

 making subject have struck a ten- 

 der chord in my heart, or rather in my 

 brain. If there is a man, or a crank, 

 especially inclined to "monkej'" with 

 all sorts of wood-work, blacksmithing, 

 tin-work, etc., I am the one. 



GETTING THE EDITOR IN A CORNER. 



Dear "W. Z.," please don't get mad 

 if I poke a little bit of fun at you. 

 Here you have been preaching all this 

 time, that every bee-keeper ought to 

 attend to his business exclusively, keep 

 more bees, specialize, etc., and here 

 you are, bee-keeper, editor, publisher, 

 job printer, photographer, contributor 

 to several magazines, foul-brood in- 

 spector, and I don't know how manj' 

 more things, yet 3'ou tell us to make 

 our own hives and appliances our- 

 selves, and then declare that you have 

 come to the conclusion that it does not 

 pay to make what you can buy or hire 

 done. How are you going to lix that 

 up? 



And yet, after all, the contradiction 

 is only apparent. What one does must 

 be well and thoroughlj' done, otherwise 

 it will surelj' end in financial loss and 

 vexation of spirit. But if the work is 

 such as can be well carried out, with- 

 out occupying all your time, there is 

 no reason why something else could 

 not be also undertaken. If a man can 

 make $5.00 per day, photographing, 

 or writing for the Country Gentleman, 

 he has no business to waste a day 

 making a hive that he could buy for 

 $1.50. But the majority of bee-keepers 

 are not in a situation to make $5.00 

 a day, any and everj' day in the .year, 

 b}"^ any means. 



REPAIRING THINGS AT HOME. 



A large number of the Review read- 

 ers are farmers as well as bee-keepers ; 

 I have always claimed, and do claim 

 yet, that every farmer should have the 

 necessary tools and appliances to do 

 all his blacksmithing, also for repair- 

 ing and mending his harness. If some- 



