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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



147 



PERSONAL TO THE READER. implements, but one foels uistiHed m 



The American Bee-Keeper has for asking of a w(>uld-))e instructor that 



&ars been alert to discover among •»* least some })ractical knowledge of 



s constantly increasing number of various types of an implement be had 



jaders, those who possess some talent hefore reconimendiug a particular one. 



)r writing entertainingly and who i'lie author i.>< very evidently the fol- 



ave the faculty of discovering that lower of one i)articular line of instruc- 



hic.h may prove of interest to fellow tion in apiculture, one unfortunately 



aftsmen. Our efforts in this direction whose teachings are biased by pre- 



ive not been in vain, for we are judice and commerce. In most things, 



equently recognizing such talent, however, for beginners this book is 



owever. we earnestly desire to hear an improvement over anything we 



om more of our readers with items have yet had in this country, 



r publication, and with this end in 



ew, we propose to award each 

 onth, during the remaining five 

 onths of the current year, four an- 

 lal -subscriptions to the Florida Mag- 

 ine. published in Philadelphia, a 

 autifully illustrated monthly maga- 



EDUCATING BEES. 

 The following, written some years 

 ago, by Gen. D. L. Adair, is worth re- 

 printing: 



_^^ _„„.. ^" nothing the bees do can we per- 



le. with" many pictures in coTors, and ^'^^^'^ anything that indicates the work- 

 ! subjects relating to "the land of "^»''t ^^ I'eason. or even the sagacity 

 wers." of higiier animals that are capable of 



, , . . imitating, and through that instinct 



lliese twenty subscriptions will go can be taught to do things that they 

 those who write, not uie longest do not comprehend, 

 tides, but to those who put the We see a certain thing done which 

 )st mterest into the smallest space, we know they have never seen done 

 Should our amateur friends evince before, and without any instruction, 

 fficient interest in the proposition, which we know man could not do 

 shall not hesitate to increase tEe without much instruction and a long 

 mber of subscriptions that we shall practice. We see them repeat the 

 ai'd. same work, but it is always under the 



fry this evening, and compete for same circumstancas, arid they always 

 'prize this month, observing the fol- ^^ ^^ "^ the same manner; everything 



is made exactly alike and of the same 

 material; whereas, no two men work 

 alike, nor anj^ one man twice alike. 



nng rules: 



)o not use a pencil. Write upon but 



! side of the paper. Leave ample ""1 ^ ^^l ^^ 1 • I ^ ''.• 



:ce at top and margin of paper. JlZJ"" l-f /°'^' ?''} ''.• ^° ^T'^"''.! 



oid abbreviations. Be brief and ^ '^'''^'", ^5f^^' ^'°'^ ^^ ^ ^'"'f '^'^^^ '* 



the point ^^ ab-solutely necessary that they 



Subscriptions for winning articlf^s ^^^^^Id do it, without any experience. 



1 begin the following month. ^"^^ without even knowing what they 



are doing, why they are doing it or 



,^^^,_ „ what will be the result. 



"HOW TO KEEP BEES." i^ proof of this, take a sheet of 



nother book on bees has appeared, brood that is just ready to emerge from 



s from the press of Doubleday, the cells. Brush every bee ofE, place 



;e & Co., which bespeaks the ex- it in a hive where it will not chill, 



ence of the press work. The book and let the bees come out. A sheet 



ntitled "How to Keep Bees." and ten inches square will produce five 



)y Anna Botsford Comstock, who thousand. Not one of these bees ever 



he preface announces it as a book -sa^v an egg, nor queen, nor a gTub, 



neet the needs of the beginners in nor a queen-cell. Now give them a 



keeping. As such it is good. Tlie luece of comb containing eggs. As 



ructions are simple and direct, and the grubs hatch out those bees that 



illustrations supplement the text, never saw a grub before take the 



author rather rashly recommends honey and pollen, prepare it fit for tEe 



ain tools and appliances at the tender larvae. They feed them just 



e time admitting lack of ox])eri- the quantity they need, neither more 



i with others. This perhaps is bet- nor less, sooner nor later. From the 



than a confusing list of the various most of them they rear workers like 





