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VOL. XL FLINT. MICHIGAN, NOVEMBER 10, 1898. NO. II. 



THE SUCCESS OF TWO WOMEN WITH BEES. 



Also a Charming Picture of Pioneer Life in 

 Northern Michigan. 



W. Z. HUTCHINSON. 



This is the forest primeval. Thi' iniinniiring 

 pines and the hemlocks. — LONcn-Ki.i.ow. 



(^OMKTHING 

 ^ more than a 

 dozen years ago, 

 wlien I first be- 

 gan the produc- 

 tion of comb hon- 

 ey, and my brotti- 

 er Khncr was 

 working with me 

 in tlie apiary, tlie 

 late Dr. Whiting 

 of Saginaw wrote 

 me that two ladies in the northern part of 

 the State had some bees that they would 

 sell upon very reasonable terms. It was 

 then nearly the middle of Jtme, and 1 

 went at once to their home. It stood in 

 a good sized clearing; but, as I gazed at 

 the forest that rose upon every side, there 

 came to me over and over the opening 

 line of L/ongfellow's Evangeline, that I 



have placed at the head of this article. 

 We went out to the old, vine clad log 

 house, with its surrounding shade trees, 

 grape vines, and grassy hillsides, the spot 

 that had once been, in reality, a pioneer 

 home; and, as I walked down to the foot 

 of the farther hill, then turned and look- 

 ed back at the seventy or more colonies 

 of bees nestling on this sunny, grassy 

 slope, and took in the back ground and 

 surroundings, I said to myself "How pic- 

 turesque ! How I wish I had a picture of 

 it. ' ' Little did I dream then that some- 

 time I should visit this spot with a cam- 

 era (as I did last summer) and that I 

 should have a cut made and put it in a 

 1)ee journal published by myself. Things 

 turn out so strangely, so wonderfully, 

 sometimes, in this world of ours. 



Of course, our frontispiece this month 

 is a view of this relic of pioneer days. It 

 should be explained that the owners are 

 now practically out of the business — the 

 five colonies shown being all that they 

 possessed at the time of my visit last sum- 

 mer. Naturally, my readers will have a 

 curiosity to see a picture of the house that 

 is now the home of these ladies, and, as I 

 .see no objection to gratifying that curios- 

 ity, the accompan3'ing picture is given. 

 It would sound more story-like if I could 

 say that the new house was built from 



