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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



A light rig is o. k. at times, but, as the 

 honey is to come in, and supplies to go 

 out, most of the transporting can be 

 done when going to do yard work. 



Secure help by the year, and have 

 good trusty help that can and will look 

 after details; this is a business of de- 

 tails, and the man who can see and do 

 only one thing at a time is not the man 

 to handle bees for himself or any other 

 one. The business should occupy the 

 help the entire year. To have help six 

 or seven months, and then off soine- 

 where, possibly never to come back, is 

 not satisfactory to either party con- 

 cerned. Keep enough more bees, and 

 so manage or arrange that everything 

 possible is done outside the honey flow 

 and swarming; let the help have an 

 easj' time in the slack season, but be 



willing to put forth extra effort and 

 long hours when you must make quick 

 time and cover much territory to con- 

 trol swarming. With a large stock of 

 supplies, and the foregoing outlined 

 plan it is possible to very materially 

 increase the amount of stock a given 

 help can handle, and that is where the 

 profit largely comes in. Co operative 

 plan of paying help is good, and to be 

 commended. Hire men of ability by 

 the year, and be sure to have those who 

 have a conscience, and when a man 

 will work to your interest, you work 

 to his as well. 



My wagon can be made bee-tight, 

 some yards have no house at all, and 

 my kit of tools goes with the wagon 

 always. 



LovEi.AND, Colo., Nov. 30, 1904. 



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Northern Illinois and Southern Wis- 

 consin bee-keepers will hold their con- 

 vention October l7th and 18th in Rock- 

 ford, Illinois. All interested in bees 

 and honey are cordially invited to 

 attend. 



agement that can come in no other 

 way. 



Prof. Cook says, in the American 

 bee Journal, that he does not believe 

 any chemist would be justified in pro- 

 nouncing upon the source of honey 

 from the percentage of sucrose (cane 

 sugar) which it contains. He says this 

 decision is no guess-work with him 

 but the result of actnal test. 



Confidence in yourself and business 

 is of the utmost importance. Mr. F. 

 P. Clare, formerly of Ontario, but now 

 living in Illinois, writes that, as he 

 reviews his past 18 years of experience 

 with bees, he can see where he might 

 have doubled his profits, if he had only 

 had more faith in his business. 



Swarms hiving themselves right in 

 the apiary, with no intervention from 

 the apiarist, was reported to me this 

 morning by one of my customers. He 



J. M. Hambaugh, of California, asks 

 that no votes be cast for him at the 

 coming election of officers for the 

 National. He thanks the members for 

 the honor that has been conferred upon 

 him, wishes the Association abundant 

 success, but declines to serve further 

 as a Director. 



Conventions will soon be the order of 

 the day, and the man who neglects to 

 attend makes a big mistake. Reading, 

 and even practice, won't take the place 

 of the face to face, personal, mixing 

 with men who are following the same 

 occupation as ourselves. It furnishes 

 a stimulus, an up-liting, an encour- 



