APRIL 1, 1914 



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Mr. Harvey's apiary at Montrose, Col., spring count 2(iO; fall count, 280. 



and 40 cases culls. 



Honey crop 850 cases comb honey 



for Goldeiis, three-banded and four-banded. When the standard calls for too much, the 



It would be a great deal better to make the stock itself will be liable to fall below it, 



standard a little under what the bees will and this will cause ill feeling and complaint, 



probably show than to make it too high. — Ed.] 



SOME BEEMEN I HAVE KNOWN 



M. W. Harvey, Montrose. 



BY WESLEY FOSTER 



Once in a while we meet a beekeeper 

 whose careful, painstaking, methodical ways 

 stand out in bold relief. Such a beekeeper, 

 when found, will generally be quiet and un- 

 assuming, and one who has to be drawn out 

 by questioning. He will rarely speak at 

 conventions, and, unless asked, will not tell 

 of the methods used in his beekeeping pi*ac- 

 tice. 



Such a man is M. W. Harvey, of Mont- 

 rose, owner of 700 colonies of bees all in 

 well-painted dovetailed hives located in api- 

 aries of methodical arrangement with a 

 well-built honey-house at each outyard. He 

 drives a Ford touring-car, and has had the 

 least expense for upkeep of any automobil- 

 ist I have heard of. Mr. J. C. Matthews 

 says that Mr. Harvey never drives faster 

 than 10 miles an hour. I asked Mr. Harvey 

 what he thought of the Ford, and he replied 

 that it was the best-built car, regardless of 

 price, and he spoke as though he meant 

 every word. His words have a peculiar 

 power of carrying conviction, probably be- 



cause, when he does speak, he speaks out of 

 his experience. He will not give you his 

 opinion on any thing. If he does not know 

 he will tell you so — no " guess so " or " per- 

 haps " about it. 



Mr. Hai'vey, contrary to the practice of 

 most beekeejiers, does not keep any bees, 

 fixtures, or appliances at home. If he does 

 he had them all out of sight when I called. 

 Every thing is kept in the houses at the 

 outyards, and the home place does not be- 

 tray his kind of business. From all appear- 

 ances Mr. Harvey might be a retired farm- 

 er, a business man. or a professional man 

 with his office over town. The same order 

 is evident about his neat home that is shown 

 at his apiaries. His methods of honey pro- 

 duction have been reduced to a system by 

 which he has been able to obtain higher 

 averages per colony, with a better quality 

 of honey, than his fellow beekeepers. He 

 told me that any beekeeper following the 

 same system, and working as thoroughly as 

 be does, can have the same results. There 



