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system was inferior to the one they had 

 studied. 



For the last few years I have not had 

 so much chance to enjoy those long bee 

 talks with Mr. Coggshall, as we do not 

 now very often go to an apiary together. 

 The apiaries have become so numerous 

 that it is usually necessary to visit two 

 upon the same day, and the result is that 

 Mr. Coggshall takes one of the boys and 

 goes oneway and sends me another \va\ . 



This season we read the Review, Glea- 

 nings, American Bee Journal, and Ameri- 

 can Bee Keeper in abcmt the order named; 

 although when any two chance lo come 

 together, 1 am like the boy who 

 sat down between two pies; it doesn't 

 make much difference where I begin. 



In reading a special trade paper one 

 wants information on that special topic. 

 That is, when one wants to be amused, 

 or to read wordy discussions as to the 

 exact shade of meaning to be giv-en to the 

 word "canine" he will read the papers 

 devoted to that sort of literature; while if 

 bees, or sheep, or any other special 

 branch is what he wants, he will read 

 that kind of a paper. 



Of course, if a man reads only one pa- 

 per, and I suppose there are such men, he 

 would want it all in, but at Coggshall's 

 house there are papers devoted to each of 

 the special subjects of interest to the 

 members of the family; so, in the bee 

 paper, what we most want is bcc-litera- 

 ture. 



In conclusion I will give the plan 1 now 

 follow in reading the bee papers: 



1. Re-read the articles that seem of es- 

 pecial value. 



2. Discuss them with any bee-keej)er 

 who gets in range. 



3. Test a few of the best ideas on a 

 small scale at first. 



Lastly, read all of the advertising mat- 

 ter in each paper. 



ITHACA, N. Y. Nov. II, 1898. 



TAKING OUR OWX MEDICINE. 



Hi.w Monopolies and Trusts rob Bee-Keepers 

 and Others. 



r M. DOOLITTLK. 



W" 



the read- 

 ers of the 

 Review see what 

 a wry face Bro. 

 Taylor made 111 

 taking his own 

 medicine ? 1 See 

 page 314 of Oct- 

 tober Review. ) 

 I n criticising 

 Bro. Taylor I 

 paraphrased a 

 sentence of his, using "Heddon hive" in 

 place of "production of queens," and he 

 exclaims at once "'an error"*** is gra- 

 tuitous, if not unkind." Well, that was 

 just what I thought, when he attributed 

 queen rearing to be my motive in prac- 

 ticing the plan I did for the prevention of 

 after-swarms; but instead of saying so. 

 I allowed Bro. Taylor to take his own 

 medicine, and the readers of the Review 

 have seen that he takes medicine with no 

 better "grace" than the rest of us. Cer- 

 tainly, if Bro. Taylor thinks the Heddon 

 hive is a good thing, it can be no more 

 sin to "wish to engage others tow-ard a 

 favorable opinion of that hive," than for 

 Doolittle to do the same regarding 

 "queens. " Then his last sentence on 

 page 314 gives the reader the understand- 

 ing that he knew when he said the same, 

 that he was advancing "gratuitous, if not 

 unkind thoughts" regarding Doolittle's 

 plan of preventing after-swarms; so I may 

 be allowed to say to the reader that Doo- 

 little did not spend to exceed 15 minutes 

 "in the hot sun" with his plan during 

 the past season, and not more tlian three 

 hours during 1897. The production of 

 honey and thousands of queens requires 

 some labor aside from prevention of 

 after-swarms. But I freely forgive Bro. 



