26o THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. [November, 



DRUDGERY. spring, and with small hives more 



Nixoji Waterman, in Appleton's Magazine swarming may result, but the bees 

 Dull drudgery; "gray angel of sue- will be more able to take care of 

 '-^ss; their brood. There is no perfect hive. 



Enduring purpose, waiting long I believe, however, the best hive is 

 and long, Qi^g i]^^^ can be made large or small 



Headache or heartache, blent with in a moment, as it can then be adjust- 

 sigh or song, ed to meet any emergency. 



Forever delvmg 'mid the strife and I have a good, dry cellar in which 

 ^f*"^^^' to winter bees, and it can be made as 



Withm the black confines of your dark as a dungeon, but as long as I 

 duress can winter successfully on summer 



Arc laid the firm foundations, deep stands, I have no desire to change. 

 and strong. One thing can scarcely be disputed; 



Whereon men build the right that bees wintered on summer stands 

 against the wrong are more hardy than those cellar- 



The toil wrought monuments that lift wintered, and will be stronger in num- 

 and bless. bers at the beginning of the harvest. 



The coral reefs, the bee's overflowing They will do more breeding all win- 

 cells; ter and when a day sufficiently warm 

 The pyramids; all things that shall for flight arrives, they can make use 

 endure; of it. 

 The books on books wherein all wis- Nesbit, Pa. 



dom dwells, 



Are formed with plodding patience, BEES BUILT HOUSE OF HONEY. 



slow and sure. Some very novel things have been 



Yours the time tempered fashioning brought out at fairs this fall, but 



that spells probably nothing equals the honey 



Of chaos, order, perfect and sec- house shown at the Interstate fair, 



ure. held at Kansas City. The model is 



five feet in length, two in width and 



PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS. three in height. It was made of wood 



Grant Stanley. and placed in a very large 'hive with 



It has been pretty well settled that one of the biggest swarms in the 



drugs are of little account in the cure apiary of H. F. Staple, at Rockport, 



of foul and black blood. As to treat- Mo. In 42 days the bees had filled 



ment, the McEvoy method seems to every space of the house with honey, 



be the one most sought. The method even stopping out the chimney with 



of "Alexander the Great," of New a comb. The building is a model of 



York, heralded through the journals Mr. Staple's print shop. He is editor 



some tipe ago, has not proven what of the local paper at Rockport, and 



was claimed for it. an enthusiastic bee culturist. It is 



You're a beginner, eh? Well, now needless to say that the bee 'house 



see here; if there is one question that has attracted much attention, and was 



needs threshing out pretty well, in ad- one of the novel exhibits at one of 



vance, it is the hive question. It the biggest fairs.— Pennsylvania Grit. 



will pay you well to think seriously _r — ; ; : 



over this matter in order that you C fit r|F|y C/l/l POUltPy JOUmal 

 may know to a certainty which hive UULl/Lll LUU thegreatestpoul- 

 will suit you best throughout your . , . i- , 1 • 1 -jj, 



bee-keeping career, and not do this ^ry journal now pubhshed in the middle 

 after you have spent considerable ^est. Brim full of valuable information 

 money in them and then want to ^lo"& poultry lines and articles furnish- 

 change. Remember, if hives are well ^d by the best writers on practical 

 taken care of, they willlast a lifetime Poultry raising and kindred subjects. 

 Some prettv nice sums have been Published monthly . Do not miss a 

 squandered in this way. single issue. You can't afford to. 50 



Large hives have their disadvant- cents a year. 2 months trial subscrip- 

 ages, so have small ones. With large tionioc. Write for advertising rates. 



hives brood is very apt to become 

 chilled on cold nights, and result in 

 chilled or pickled brood in early 1822 Farnam Street Omaha, Nebr. 



GOLDEN EGG POULTRY JOURNAL, 



