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but it is from one to two days before 

 they all g'et back, and, in the mean- 

 time, bees are hatching out, and, by 

 the time the old bees have all returned, 

 there are sufficient young bees hatched 

 to protect and feed the brood. Thus, 

 one by one, are the obstacles over- 

 come. 



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WHEN TO SPKND MONEY ON BEES. 



The advice is sometimes seen in the 

 bee journals, not to spend anj' more 

 monej' on the bees they bring in — that 

 is, after having made a fair start. As 

 a general rule this is good advice. 

 That is, if a man keeps on spending 

 money recklessly, and with poor 

 judgment, he will certainly lose it, 

 but there might be instances when it 

 is advisable to spend or invest more 

 money in bee-keeping than it had 

 brought in. Suppose, for instance, 

 that a man has been gradually build- 

 ing up an apiary. It has cost him 

 quite a little, perhaps more than it 

 has brought in, and then a poor sea- 

 son finds the colonies short of stores in 

 the fall. It would be folly to allow 

 the bees to starve because the buying 

 of sugar would necessitate the "spend- 

 ing of more monej"^ than the bees had 

 brought in." If some of the bees 

 could be sold to buy feed for the others, 

 well and good, but suppose they can't? 



As I look at it, the profitable spend- 

 ing of monej' in bee-keeping, or any 

 other business, for that matter, is 

 entirely a matter of good judgment. 

 The witholding of money "because 

 the bees have not earned it," may be 

 an exceedingly foolish move. 



I may add this: Before venturing 

 largely in any business, a man should 

 have had considerable experience in 

 that business. 



STARTING AND PUBLISHING BEE 

 JOURNALS. 



On an average, each year witnesses 

 the birth of a new bee journal; and, it 



might be added, the death of a journal. 

 Of counse, all journals can not be 

 equally valuable, but unless a new 

 journ al possesses some point of superior- 

 ity, there is little hope for its success. 

 Bee-keepers are slow in adding to their 

 list a journal no better in some 

 respect, than the ones they are al- 

 ready reading. If the main object of 

 starting a bee journal is to put money 

 in the bank, disapointment will come 

 as surely as night follows day. A 

 man may hope to make a living publish- 

 ing a bee journal, but if he wishes to 

 measure his success in dollars and 

 cents, he may choose from many other 

 fields more fruitful in that direction. 

 The making of money in a legitimate 

 manner is honorable, but an editor, 

 like a teacher, a physician, or a clergy- 

 man, must have another and a higher 

 object — that of doing good. I could 

 drop the Review, go to Northern Mich- 

 igan, start a series of out-apiaries, 

 and make more money than I am now 

 making, but feel that I will accomplish 

 more good by using the Review as an 

 instrument for helping to build up bee- 

 keeping into a safe and profitable busi- 

 ness — changing it from the slip-shod 

 hap-hazard, subsidary pursuit that it 

 has been, to the dignity of a profession. 

 I wish to see bee-keepers lay aside 

 other hampering pursuits, seek the 

 best possible locations, adopt methods 

 that will enable them to branch out 

 and keep hundreds of colonies, and 

 thus be able to wear good clothes and 

 hold up their heads with the rest of 

 the world. 



KEEPING MORE BEES. 



For several years I have been advo- 

 cating the keeping of more bees. I 

 never expected such advice would meet 

 with opposition, but it has, although 

 upon grounds that to me seem unten- 

 able, viz., that the keeping of so many 

 bees will use up so much honey in 

 furnishing food for the bees, as to 



