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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



needed for walking. A few numths 

 ago I put in a telephone. That certainly 

 did seem like an extravagance at the 

 time, but I know now that it is an econ- 

 omy. 



My bee-keeping friend, are you sure 

 that you are doing the best that you can 

 under the circumstances ? Are 3'ou using 

 the best hives and fixtures? Wouldn't it 

 pay you to have a better honey extractor ? 

 A reversible — possibly an automatic re- 

 versible ? Is your wax extractor the best 

 there is ? Is your smoker, your honey- 

 knife, and all of these little tools and 

 conveniences the best that can be secur- 

 ed? Are your buildings and hives so 

 arranged that you can work to the best 

 advantage ? Have you the best kind of 

 bees? Are you producing the kind of 

 honey that is the most profitable for you 

 to produce ? Are your methods of mar- 

 keting the best ? Would it pay you to 

 start an out-apiary ? Would it pay you 

 to discontinue some of your out-apiaries ? 

 Would some other locality be better for 

 your business? If it would, would it be 

 advisable to go there? Are all of your 

 methods of management the best? Are 

 you reading all of the literature there is 

 that may furnish you thoughts, and sug- 

 gestions, and ideas? But why multiply 

 subjects, they are almost endless; the 

 question is, have you given them all care- 

 ful thought, and brought to bear all of the 

 information possible ? Or do you ".lust 

 think so," in an easy, careless, indifferent 

 sort of way, with no very definite idea as 

 to 7i>hy you think so? Rouse yourself ! 

 Take yourself by the shoulder and shake 

 yourself until you are wide awake. 

 Think, read, work, be courageous, ener- 

 getic and enthusiastic, get the best there 

 is, and compel success. 



One more illustration: Some one, in 

 talking with a successful German regard- 

 ing his good fortune, quoted the saying 

 that "Fortune knocks once at every man's 

 door," and the German replied as follows: 

 "Mine friendt, I did not vait for her to 

 knock, I vas holding der door open for 

 her ven she came." 



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Department of 



riticism 



R. L. TAYLOR. 



Blame where you niu.st, be candid where you can, 

 And be each critic the Good-natured Man. 



GOLDSMITH. 



THE DANGERS OF A HIGH TEMPERATURE 

 IN THE BEE-CEI.LAR. 



In the American Bee Journal, 741, in 

 response to a question concerning the 

 cellar temperature for wintering bees, it 

 is stated that "with good pure air 65° 

 could be borne for a considerable time 

 and it might do good to have that tem- 

 perature for a day or so when the bees be- 

 come uneasy in winter. It is possible 

 that 65° continued for a week or two 

 might start bees to breeding — an unde- 

 sirable thing in winter — but with pure 

 air, darkness and quiet I should hardly 

 expect it." I think the greatest evil re- 

 sulting from a too high temperature is 

 the loss of bees from their leaving their 

 hives. We are accustomed to the teach- 

 ing that such bees as leave the hive would 

 die under any circumstances, and that 

 they are better away from the hives. 

 This no doubt is largely true when the 

 temperature is kept below the point at 

 which bees are accustomed to seek the 

 open air, but when that point is exceed- 

 ed I am more and more inclined to the 

 belief that they begin to seek a way to 

 the light and the open air; and the longer 

 their confinement the greater is that in- 

 clination; and it is natural it should be 

 so. It is what they do when they are 

 wintered outside, and we may reasonably 

 expect thetn to do the same thing when 

 inside. I have become satisfied that 50° 

 is too high a temperature, even for the 

 dampest cellar, though it might do no 

 harm if continued only for two or three 

 days at a time. Cellars differ, but the 



