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show a year later. These scales 

 should be the kind with the platform 

 hooked in place so they can be wheeled 

 about and alwa^'s be ready for use. 

 As each hive was weig'hed it was set 

 on another wheelbarrow and wiien this 

 had 4 or 5 hives on, it was wheeled 

 along' and the hives distributed. 



When the bees were drawn home 

 nothing remained at the out-3'artls that 

 belonged to Mr. Elwood except some 

 blocks to set the hives on, and the shade 

 boards. 



We looked in at the bottom of each 

 hive to see if the3' had bees enough for 

 winter, and if they looked lig'ht they 

 were examined from the top also. If 

 they were found too light in bees they 

 were united with some other colonv' in 

 the same condition. If any were lig"ht 

 in stores they were fed sug'ar syrup. 

 The syrup was made in the morning 

 and stored in large vats to cool. Then 

 in the afternoon we filled a can that 

 would hold about ,'2 a barrel. This 

 we wheeled between the rows and drew 

 into a pail. Then, with a dipper that 

 held 5^4 lbs., we g'ave each colony, that 



was marked short, the required 

 amount. 



There were 1320 colonies to put in 

 the cellar, and they were scattered over 

 four acres of ground, so you can .see 

 that anj' device where two men carr3' 

 one hive into the cellar would hard!}' 

 do. We used a team and bobs to draw 

 them to the cellar door, and had two 

 extra men to help us. This gave two 

 men in the cellar, one to drive and one 

 on each side of the bobs, to set the hives 

 on. When we had 27 hives on we drove 

 to the cellar door and slid them down a 

 chute into the cellar. In this way we 

 put in over 800 the first day with one 

 team and one sleigh. When we had 

 them all in there were 1320 all in one 

 cellar, and there was room for just o/ie 

 more colon3'. 



After the bees were in the cellar, I 

 returned to Camillus, and as I think of 

 tlie lessons learned at Starkville, I 

 think myself fortunate to have spent a 

 season with as practical a bee-keeper 

 as P. H. Elwood. 



Camillus, N. Y., Dec. 30, 1904, 



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To Gain his ends in life's fierce tussle, 

 man's two best friends are hope and 

 hustle. 



California bee-keepers are sending 

 out reports of some crops of honej' in 

 the State. 



Wedding Bells rang May 15th. at 

 Washington, D. C, for Mr. John M. 

 Rankin and Miss Evelyn J. Willett. 

 As most of the readers of the Review 

 know, Mr. Rankin is in the Apiarian 

 branch of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture. Mr. Rankin has been sent to 

 Chico, California, where he will have 

 charge of an experiment apiary. The 



Review wi.shes him and his bride all 

 happiness and prosperity'. 



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Mr. Frank Benton, in charge of Api- 

 culture at the U. S. Department ot Agri- 

 culture, sailed from Philadelphia June 

 3d, on a journey to the Philippine 

 Islands by way of Europe, Western 

 Asia, and India, in search of new 

 races of hone}' bees, particularly' the 

 giant bees of the Kast, JMegaphis dorsata 

 (Apis dorsaia) of India, and Dlegapis 

 zonata (Apis zotiata) of the Philippines. 

 He hopes also to obtain some honey- 

 producing plants for introducing into 

 this countrj'. 



