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tree, maple preferred, and plant it with the roots in the air, about 

 six or eight feet above ground. He finds that it makes an excellent 

 lighting place for his swarms, one the bees readily select, and one 

 from which the bees can be easily hiyed. 



Making Candy for Queen-Cages Without Using Honey. 

 In talking with a queen breeder a short time ago about the new 

 postal ruling, in which one must either have an inspector's certili- 

 cate of inspection, or make afifidavit before a notary that the honey 

 used in mailing cages was boiled, before one could mail queens, he 

 said that he believed the time near when honey would not be used 

 at all for that purpose. He explained by saying that he was using 

 a candy made of sugar. The syrup is made of granulated sugar, 

 and then powdered sugar is added to make the dough. To prevent 

 crystalizing he adds a little glycerine. 



The Hardest Fight You Have for Success is With Yourself. 



In telling of a long, hard struggle for success the other day, 

 the teller said the hardest struggle he had was with himself. And 

 what was true of him is no doubt true of all of us. Many times 

 we are on the point of giving up. Everything seems to go against 

 us. Help which we expected fails to materialize. All forces seem 

 to be united to crush us to defeat. But through it all the biggest 

 enemy is our own feelings. How easy it is to give up. to take the 

 easier course, to say "It's no use.'' Then is when w^e need to give 

 ourselves a good threshing. If we can conquer ourselves, we can 

 conquer all the other obstacles. 



Using Second-Hand Cans for Honey. 



Last winter I had occasion to buy a few cans of extracted 

 honey, from a prominent bee-keeper who I knew produced a good 

 article. This man had stated to me some time before, which I had 

 forgotten at the time, that he used second-hand cans, and never had 

 any complaints, and could see no reason for using new ones so long 

 as the others gave satisfaction, and cost so much less. 



It happened that this honey was candied, and with a heavy 

 knife and hammer I proceeded to remove the tin from the honey. 

 When the tin was removed I had a beautiful brown-coated pile of 

 white extracted honey before me. I wish that bee-man could have 

 been present and seen it. He could have sold it for "russet honey," 

 from its color. All because the "just-as-good-as-new second hand 

 can" had been rusty. 



