THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 333 



[At our State Association meet at Saginaw last December, there was one 

 member who seemed to be getting good paying crops of honey even in these poor 

 seasons. When the rest of us were satisfied in barely making a living, he, seem- 

 ingly, by some method was securing big crops of clover honey. 



It did not take long to find out the secret; he was feeding large quantities of 

 sugar syrup for winter stores, while the most of us were trying to economize 

 on account of the bad seasons. This man had had so much confidence in the 

 bees that he had gone ahead and fed the bees regardless of conditions, and he won 

 out. This man was member David Running, Grindstone City, Michigan. 



Think of it! Two years ago an average of over 122 lbs. of clover extracted 

 honey per colony Spring count. The poor season of a year ago his average was 

 91 lbs. from 283 swarms. 



In a private letter he says that his this year's average will be somewhat better 

 than a year ago, which will mean round the 100 lb. average mark. Had the 

 weather been better this year his crop would have been considerably more. 



He has partly promised to write up his whole system of working for the 

 pages of the Review. Then we will all know hovv- to secure a crop of honey even 

 in a bad year. 



To convert the Miller feeder into a McEvoy feeder, remove the cover and 

 inside partition. This will throw the whole reservoir into one open feeder, a la 

 Running. — Townsend.] 



A Form of Record for Bee-Keepers Who Wish to 

 Improve Their Stock. 



HARRISON H. BROWN. 



'^^^ O carry out Air. Howe's ideas requires careful records, com- 

 \Sj pact and instantly accessible. The success of the whole 

 scheme depends on extreme simplicity and brevity of form. 

 For my own use I have worked out a scoring- card which seems to 

 meet the conditions. The scoring points are taken from Mr. ?Iowe's 

 articles, as follows : 



Fecundit}^ — Same as prolificness F 



Load carried by each bee L 



Uniformity of color and banding, indicating fixity of 



other qualities U 



Vigor of flight V 



Wintering W 



Yield (units of 20 lbs.) Y 



These qualities, except yield, are graded on a scale 0, 1, 2, 3. 

 Three represents highest quality, zero practical worthlessness. Yield 

 is reckoned in units of 20 lbs. 4=80 lbs. annual yield. 



The following qualities : Propolis P 



Brace Comb B 



Capping C 



Disposition D 



Swarming S 



are best when LOWEST in numerical scale, LEAST propolis, brace 

 comb and swarming, whitest and cleanest capping, gentlest disposi- 



