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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 15 



'ALL THE MONEY I COULD RAISE 



But Bro. Miller wants to "see the figures," 

 There they are. 



Four years raising chickens; all the money 

 I could raise for corn, wheat, oats, lime, 

 oyster-shells, bones, insect-powder, grease, 

 etc. ; work enough to build 17 miles of rail- 

 road ; cleaning coops, roosts, killing lice, 



mites, burying dead chicks, and, in the 

 end no — money. 



Now for figures on bees : 

 In 1902 I got an average of 30 

 colony; in 1903, an average of 125 

 1904, an average of 40 lbs. ; in 

 average of 60 lbs. 



In the four years the average was 255 lbs. 

 per hive for the whole time, and was an aver- 

 age per hive per year of 63 lbs. ; at 15 cts. per 

 lb., $9.45 per hive per year. 



lbs. per 



lbs. ; in 



1905, an 



"the beauties of poultry- raising. " 



I had the hives and bees left, more than 

 in the beginning. The work was play com- 

 pared to raising chickens. 



Now, if Dr. Miller wants ocular proof 

 that what I say is true, let him study closely 

 the pictures in this, which are not overdrawn. 



THE PRINCIPLES OF TROPICAL 

 KEEPING. 



BEE- 



Why Strained Honey is more Practical than 



Extracted; Cuban Honey and Perforated 



Honey- boards. 



BY W. K. MORRISON. 



'PLYMOUTH ROCKS ARE THE BEST BEG- 

 GARS ON EARTH." 



When I wrote the article with the above 

 caption it did not seem to me at all necessary 

 tc explain that practical details were left un- 

 said ; in fact, it is unusual to state details 

 when principles are at stake. This phase of 

 the matter does not seem to have reached Mr. 

 Leslie Burr, of Casanovia, Cuba, who pro- 

 ceeds to criticise my principles, and in the 

 same breath supplies splendid data in support 

 of my contentions. Mr. Burr admits that a 

 considerable quantity of the Cuban honey is 

 dark — too dark, and if all the bee-keepers in 

 Cuba pursue the methods so sincerely advo- 

 cated by Mr. Burr, then it is no wonder that 

 their honey is dark — very dark. Mr. Burr 

 does not believe in queen-excluders. I do, 

 and so do the best authorities on bee culture 

 — Root, Dadant, and Cook. It is too late now 

 to decry the use of queen-excluders. So 

 far as I know, the most successful bee- 

 masters in the world use them — in fact, can't 

 very well get along without them. If I 

 wanted to ruin the bee-keeping industry in the 

 West Indies I would advocate the non-use of 

 queen-excluders. I know of two men oc- 



