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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



May 



not been disappointed in the results of 

 his judgment and efforts in that direc- 

 tion, as he has to-day several of the 

 handsomest and most profitable groves 

 on the east coast of Florida, as well as 

 one of the most profitable apiaries on 

 the coast. 



Mr. Hart lost all his vi^orldly posses- 

 sions by fire on the way to Florida, and 

 had, therefore, to begin empty-handed in 

 a new and strange country — a city boy 

 among strangers, far beyond the limits 

 of railways and where ''beasts of the 

 forests " were far more numerous than 

 human beings. 



In former years Mr. Hart was quite a 

 prolific writer, and as a result of his 

 many valued contributions to the press, 

 as well IS his official connection with or- 

 ganized bee-keepers and horticulturists, 

 both state and national, his name is yet 

 familiar to the older readers of apicul- 

 tural and horticultural periodicals. It 

 is to be regretted that his fruit-growing 

 interests so fully demand his time as 

 to compel him to allow the old pen to 

 rust; but when he does find a leisure 

 hour with which to favor his favorite 

 periodicals, his readers know tliat the 

 subject is handled by one eminently 

 qualified to speak. 



Mr. Hart's honey crops have been uni- 

 formly large, but upon one or two 

 occasions they have been exceedingly 

 large. In 1884, from eighty-eight 

 colonies, spring count, he secured 

 33,000 pounds of extracted honey ; while 

 in 1894 he took from 116 colonies twenty 

 and a half tons — filling 101 barrels. 



We believe Mr. Hart is at present 

 treasurer of the Florida State Horticul- 

 tural Society and has served the same 

 Association as secretary for several 

 terms. His official connection with the 

 American Pomological Society, the 

 National Bee-keepers' Association and 

 several other state, national and county 

 organizations, together with his (ex- 

 tensive practical experience, in both 

 branches of his business, and a studious 

 disposition which seeks to account sci- 



entifically for causes and effects, have 

 fairly won the distinguished position 

 which his name now occupies among 

 the universal authorities upon matters 

 pertaining to his respective lines of 

 research and practice. 



Mr. Hart is a native of the Granite 

 State: still in the forties ; a member of 

 the Masonic fraternity, and at present 

 W. Master of New Smyrna Lodge; a 

 local light in municii>al affairs; a highly j 

 respected citizen ; unmarried ; one of 

 the world's most practical and well- ] 

 informed apiarists ; a gentleman whom ] 

 we esteem it an honor to know, and a j 

 true friend of The Amekican Bee- j 



KEEPER. 



"Each colony of bees requires but very 

 little attention and care. Our every interest 

 demands that this be not denied." 





VUEP:XI.ESSNES8 — a large NlMliEK OF 

 DIFFICULT CASES — HOW SHOULD THEV 

 BE TREATED ? 



Marchant, Fla., March 2(i, 1901. 

 Bro. Hill — Tell me " what to do and 

 how to be happy while doing it."' I am 

 confronted with a condition and nut a 

 theory ; and, being but a 7x9 bee-man, 

 I am not able to make matters :<traight. 

 The conditions are thusly : Among our 

 five hundred colonies there are about 

 twenty-five that seem to think the only 

 object in life is to supersede their queens. 

 About Feb. 1st we found a fewqueenless 

 colonies and let them have brood from 

 which to rear queens. A very few did 

 so, while others did not start any cells at 

 all; others started cells and before ready 

 to hatch destroyed them; and yet others 

 would let the queens come out, become 

 fertilized, and kill them before ready to 

 lay. Some would let the queen lay just 

 a few days, commence building queen 



