AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



691 



The Current of Life. 



Don't look for flaws as you go through life, 



And even when you find them 

 It is wise and kind to be somewhat blind 



And look for the virtues behind them ; 

 For the cloudiest night has a bint of light 



Somewhere in its shadow biding ; 

 It is better by far to hunt for a star 



Than the spots on the sun abiding. 



The current of life runs ever away 

 To the bosom of God's great ocean. 



Don't set your force 'gainst the river's course 

 And don't think to alter its motion. 



Don't waste a curse on the universe- 

 Remember it lived before you ; 



Don't butt at the storm with your puny form- 

 But bend and let it pass o'er you. 



The world will never adjust itself 



To suit your whim to the letter. 

 Some things must go wrong your whole life 

 long, 



And the sooner you know it the better. 

 It is folly to fight with the Infinite, 



And go under at last in the wrestle ; 

 The wiser man shapes into God's plan 



As the water shapes into the vessel. 



—Selected. 



&r~ Do not write anything for publication 

 on the same sheet of paper with business 

 matters, unless it can be torn apart without 

 Interfering with either part of the letter. 



Not Lost Confidence in Bee-Culture. 



I did not have one swarm from 50 

 colonies this year, nor did I get a pound 

 of honey, but I had to feed 600 pounds 

 of sugar for stores. Still I have not lost 

 confidence yet. I intend to make bee- 

 keeping a specialty. 



Ohauncy Reynolds. 



Fremont, Ohio, Nov. 11, 1892. 



Wintered on Honey-Dew, Etc. 



I wintered my bees on honey-dew last 

 winter, and reported in the Bee Jour- 

 nal that they were dying very fast, so 

 much so that I became alarmed, and 

 took them out of the cellar the first 

 warm day in February. They had a 

 lively time, and as the weather con- 

 tinued warm, and they could fly every 

 few days, the honey-dew seemed to do 



no further damage. I lost but one col- 

 ony in the cellar, but lost 3 more by 

 spring dwindling, and at the beginning 

 of the white clover harvest I broke up 2 

 more to strengthen the balance, so that 

 I had 22 colonies to begin the harvest 

 with. I have stored 2,000 pounds of 

 extracted honey. I have now 29 colo- 

 nies in good condition to go into winter 

 quarters. Fred Bechly. 



Searsboro, Iowa, Nov. 12, 1892. 



He Likes Yellow Bees. 



I have 22 colonies of bees. My in- 

 crease is due to the queens I bought 

 from a Texas queen-breeder. But, on 

 the other hand, two good swarms left 

 me, and one of them had a yellow queen. 

 My experience with bees is, the better 

 the bee the better the result, and the 

 yellower the queen the better it suits 

 me. J. L. Bowdish. 



Oxford, Kans., Nov. 11, 1892. 



Hybrids and Blacks Did the Best. 



I had 6 colonies of bees, spring count, 

 and got 200 pounds of comb honey and 

 180 pounds of extracted honey. That 

 is more than bee-keepers secured around 

 me this year, that had the same number 

 of colonies, Good for the hybrid bees 

 and blacks. They are the bees for this 

 country. I tried a colony of Italian 

 bees, but they did not do well in gather- 

 ing honey. My hybrids beat them "all 

 hollow." Fred L. Nutting. 



North Dexter, Maine, Oct. 30, 1892. 



Death of a Young Bee-Keeper. 



God has seen fit to take from me my 

 little son, Chester Brenner, aged lO 

 years, who has been a great help to me 

 the past summer in the apiary. I gave 

 him one colony of five-banded Italians, 

 which stored for him 24 pounds of nice 

 comb honey. He was making prepara- 

 tions for another season, to take charge 

 of my apiary of 15 colonies. 



C. W. Brenner. 



Newburgh, Ind., Nov. 14, 1892. 



[Our earnest sympathy is extended to 

 Bro. Brenner in his sad loss. "What a 

 gathering that will be" "when we all 

 meet at home, in the morning." Yes, 

 many are the loved ones awaitiug all of 

 us " over there," who have gone on be- 

 fore, and will welcome us when we are 

 called to the " better land."— Ed.] 



