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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



November 



Apropos of Deacon Hardscrabble's 

 assault on tlle"bon■o^A•ing propensities" 

 of some of our present day writers, it 

 may soothe him or his gliost to know 

 that the practice is no new tiling. In 

 1829 Dr. James Thacher of Plymouth, 

 Mass., published an interesting book 

 on bee culture, and in 1840 one Wm. 

 Hall, of New Haven, got out a little 

 pamphlet of about 50 pages, most of 

 which was a sti'aight steal from Dr. 

 Thacher's work. Many of the early 

 authors quoted freely from i^revious 

 works, but in most instances tbey took 

 pains to state the source of their in- 

 formation. 



But the student in search of knowl- 



edge should not let these things hindet 

 him, and the frequent recurrence ol 

 theories which we know to be errone- 

 ous should not blind his eyes to othei 

 matter which is not wrong. 



The painstaking enthusiast may .find 

 particular pleasure in taking up one 

 subject at a time, and following ii 

 from its inception to the present day 

 and possibly at the same time malve ai 

 index of the subject so that he cat 

 the more readily refer to its differen' 

 parts at any future time. 



Such study will prove of value alik* 

 to novice and veteran, professions 

 and amateur. 



Providence, R. I., October 7, 1904. 



Apiary of Geo. B. Howe, 1903—177 Colonies. 

 REPORT FOR 1904. 



Careless Handling Results in Low Prices. 



By Geo. B. Howe. 



FIIIEND HILL— I put in the cellar 

 in 1903, 168 colonies— left five out 

 to experiment with — 'five double- 

 deckers with not less than 50 pounds 

 each of honey. 



These all dieil but one, before March 

 1, and the other one never amounted 

 to anything so I am convinced that 

 with a half-bushel of bees and plenty 

 of honey, bees will not winter out- 



doors in this locality. I had 172 o\ 

 to put in the cellar, and as I did n« 

 put them in as early as I ought t 

 four of them were dead with pleni 

 of bees and honey. I say "froze i 

 death,'' call it what they like. 



How shall we decide on ventilatior 

 Now, most any cellar will Avinter a fe 

 colonies all O. K., but put in, say, fro: 

 150 to 200, and my experience for nea 



