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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



The method he has practiced for 35 

 years or more is similar to the Doo- 

 little, except he does no "shaking-." 

 Each of two colonies, when in proper 

 strength, has half of its brood combs 

 removed, frames with comb foundation 

 being- given instead, alternated with 

 the remaining brood combs, and suffi- 

 cient section room is given. A third 

 colony is moved from its stand, and the 

 flying bees, or field-bees, are utilized 

 to make up a colony with the brood 

 combs taken from the first two colonies. 

 In this fashion the increase amounts to 

 3314 per cent., with no swarming, and a 

 good average honey yield. He rears 

 his queens from such colonies as give 

 him the largest 3nelds, regardless of 

 color of the bees. He says his black 



bees work on red clover as well as his 

 Italians. 



Mr. Editor, if you should come to 

 these parts during the warm season, I 

 will give )'ou a ride on our beautiful 

 Canandaigua lake, and take you to 

 see Mr. Becker at Vine Valley. You 

 will be pleased to meet him. 



The above desirable plan works well 

 in Mr. Becker's locality; it might not 

 in Michigan or Texas. One of the 

 essential things, according to Mr. 

 Becker, is that bees must not get into 

 the notion of swarming, but must be 

 taken before they start queen-cells. In 

 handling out-yards it is not always 

 practical to wait till they do before we 

 treat them. 



Naples, N. Y., April 17, 1905. 



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"Where timorous knowledge stands 

 abashed, audacious ignorance hath 

 done the deed." 



The Truth about many things is even- 

 tually learned only after discarding 

 many falsehoods. 



The Review Editor is a bee-keeper 

 once more. He is beginning the season 

 with nine colonies; and, b}' using full 

 sheets of foundation, and furnishing 

 queens, is going to see what he can do 

 in the waj' of increasing them. 



stings on tiie hands may be largely 

 prevented by washing the hands in 

 strong vinegar, says Ira D. Brrtlett, of 

 East Jordan, Mich. He says it is 

 really amusing to see the bees dart at 

 the hands, and then dodge back just as 

 they have touched or nearly' touched 

 the skin. It is probabl3' the odor that 

 does the business. 



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The Rural Bee-Keeper has advanced 

 its price to $1.00 a year, and it is 

 worth it. Experience seems to prove 

 that it is a difficult matter to profitably 

 publish a good bee journal, even if only 

 a inonthly, for less than $1.00 a 3'ear. 



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The Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation is out with its fourth annual 

 report. It is very neatly printed by 

 the American Bee journal, and con- 

 tains, also, a report of the proceedings 

 of the Northwestern Convention. 



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Arthur C. Miller, I am pleased to an- 

 nounce, has consented to become one 

 the editors of the American Bee-Keeper. 

 Mr. Miller has had a lot of experi- 

 ence as a bee-keeper, especiallj' that of 

 an experimental, scientific kind, has a 

 good education, wields a facile pen, 

 and he and Bro. Hill will certainl3' 

 make a "team." The American Bee- 

 Keeper is to be congratulated. 



