1.900 



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want can be purchased at most hard- 

 ware stores uncoated. The outfit re- 

 quired for preparing the nails is an old 

 frying or stew pan and a little rosin. 

 Place the pan containing the nails on 

 the fire ; stir them to get evenly heated. 

 Try a few at first. Have a little pow- 

 dered rosin, say one tablespoonfull to a 

 pound of nails. When the nails begin 

 to turn blue remove from the fire and 

 immediately sift the rosin over the nails, 

 stirring till all are smeared with the 

 molten rosin. Now turn them out on a 

 bench or board and spread out thin. 

 You now have the genuine (so-called) 

 cement-coated nails. One pound of 

 rosin is sufficient to coat one hundred 

 pounds of nails. Will some brother bee- 

 keeper tell us how he succeeds with this 

 method ? 



Corona, Cal., Apr. 9, 1900. 



CHIEF OF CUBAN BEE-KEEPERS. 



REFERENCE has been made before 

 in these columns to Dr. G. Garcia 

 Viete, the gentleman who is re- 

 ported to have harvested 380 tons of 

 honev in a single season. 



pleasure in presenting herewith a por- 

 trait of Dr. Viete, together with one of 

 Senor Carlos Sanz, who constitute a 

 part of the firm operating this immense 

 apiarian enterprise. 



Before the Cuban war the doctor kept 

 between 1,500 and 2,000 colonies, as 



COLONEL G. GARCIA VIETK. 



The American Bee-keeper takes 



SENOH CAKLOS SANZ. 



stated by himself in The Bee-keeper 

 for December, 1899, and he is again 

 rapidly replenishing his former siock. 



We have also received photos of the 

 large covered apiaries referred to in the 

 article above mentioned, but sincerely 

 regret that they are not sufficiently 

 strong for reproduction in half-tone, as 

 they give pleasing views of the long 

 aisles between the hives and a good idea 

 of the arrangement and magnitude of 

 the business. 



Dr. Viete held the rank of Colonel, and 

 was Chief of Staflf of the First Army 

 Corps in the recent strife for indepen- 

 dence. He was for some time Chief 

 Health Officer of the city of Cienfuegos, 

 and has but recently been appointed by 

 Governor-general Wood. Director of the 

 civil hospital of that place. 



During the past year the apiaries have 

 been run for increase, but the collective 



