1901 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



55 



will succeed better than others, the cases 

 are very rare, when the will is strong- 

 and the purpose is fixed, that the com- 

 mon man or woman will fail of success. 



The trouble is that men purchase bees 

 (often clump bees), put them in the 

 wrong place and then leave them to 

 take care of themselves. They do not 

 study and practice the secrets of the 

 trade. The bees are neglected and soon 

 the business becomes a disgust. If the 

 farmer should treat his farm, his horse, 

 his cow or his hens in this way, he 

 would soon be digusted with the whole 

 thing. 



You object again to the expense and 

 time required. It is true a good hive of 

 bees costs money, time, care and work, 

 and so do hens, pigs and cows. Good 

 cows, good horses and a good farm cost 

 more than poor ones. The same is true 

 of bees, as in other things, the best are 

 usually the cheapest. To commence and 

 manage the apiary in a small way, at 

 first, with good blood and good hives, 

 is the true way to success. My neighbor 

 who started in this way three years ago, 

 nearly doubled his money the first year, 

 and is now among the foremost in this 

 business. 



When properly managed it pays. It 

 pays in honey, and it pays in pleasure — 

 real comfort ! It opens to the one who 

 loves the business a little world of study 

 and delight. And what is seldom taken 

 into the accouat, it confers a blessing on 

 his farm. It fertilizes all its blossoms ; 

 in the orchard, in the garden and out 

 over all the wide domain ■ And thus the 

 man who keeps bees is a public bene- 

 factor. All the shining hours his: little 

 servants are out upon all the blossoms 

 that bear fruit in all the land preparing 

 them for a bountiful harvest. 



It is thought that the failure of the 

 apple crop the last year, came largely 

 from the failure of the bees to fertilize 

 the blossoms, on account of so much 

 stormy weather at the time of the apple 

 bloom. 



And then, what is sweetest of all. this 



business fui-hishes to the family board 

 the choicest product in all the realms of 

 nature. I do not see how the farmers 

 can afford to let this most precious gift 

 on all their farms go to waste when, by 

 a little expense and trouble, it may be 

 gathered in. 



A Pointer. 



Editor Bee-keepeis : A pointer for 

 those who, like myself, are forgetful : 

 Here is a queen I wish to remove. The 

 hive is all open ; I hold in my hands the 

 fiame she is on, but I have no cage I 

 It is a long way back to the honey- 

 house ; the sun is hot and robbers have 

 found us. If I place the frame back 

 into the hive in order to go and get the 

 cage, I shall miss the queen ; I can do 

 nothing so long as this frame is in my 

 hands. I want that queen ! What shall 

 I do ? Simply place her, head in, care- 

 fully between the dry lips, close the hive 

 and then go and cage her. See? I 

 hold cells, root in, the same way, very 



often. " SWARTHMORE." 



.Swarthmore. Pa., Oct. 10, 1900. 



LITERARY NOTES. 



The March-Modern- Culture opens with a charm- 

 irigly written and beautifully illustrated article on 

 "Social and Domestic Life of the Modern Greek." 

 Three short illustrated articles follow on " The 

 Chinese Quarter of San Francisco," ' Two Features 

 of 'German Univeirsity Life," and "Sugar Making — 

 Tbe Festival of Spring." Among the many ottier 

 articles are, ''Why the Fourth of March," "Ohio's 

 President," and 'Theodore Roosevelt— The Typ- 

 ical Man of the Twentieth Century." 



A NKW STORY BY (JELKTT BtTlKSESS. 



(Jelett Burgess has chosen a unique plot for his 

 new story. ' A Man's Part, " to appear in The La- 

 dies' Home Journal. It has the merit of absolute 

 originality, and is so absorbing as to demand a 

 close reading. It has to do with a sweetheart, a 

 conflagration, a telephone and a sulky, repentant 

 suitor. 



OrriXft KOR MARCH, 1901. 



Outing for March is a winter number and draws 

 upon three continents for its seasonable sport, 

 " Winter in His City Home," is Quebec in sleigh- 

 ing, snow shoeing and tobogganing; "Norway's 

 National Sport;" " Carrying the Mail Over the 

 Andes on Skis," "European Figure-skating" etc., 

 all profusely illustrated. 



