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off a hive or tlie roof off a house, if 

 yon have leverage enough." He also 

 ndds that it worlvs well with propoliz- 

 ed frames. Presume he means Hoff- 

 ,iiian frames, of the kind Editor Hutch- 

 nson i-s railins: at. 



Be Careful of Quality of Winter 

 Stores. — In view of ai)i)roaching- win- 

 ter, and the necessity of having good 

 winter storas in the hives, Ave feel, 

 with the "American Bee-Keeper" to 

 caution our readers Avho live in cities, 

 towns and villages against permitting 

 their bee-s storing the .iuice of electric 

 currents." 



Apiaries and Babies. — That exten- 

 sive Californian apiarist, J. F. Mcln- 

 tyre, in an article in June "Review," 

 .says: "It is my opinion that a man 

 cannot mn out-apiaries and be as 

 hajijiy as he was when one apiary, 

 one wife and two or three babies were 

 all he had." The "American Bee-Keep- 

 er" wonders if we are to infer from 

 thi-s that he adds a wife and set of 

 ba1»ies Avith each apiary. While not 

 in a position to answer the question 

 positively, I would presume that such 

 was not the ease, a,s, aside from Mr. 

 ;McInt:^'re being a former Canuck, to 

 the best of my knowledge such com- 

 binations and privileges are only 

 customai-y in the vicinitv of Salt Lake 

 City. 



Foul Blood Preventives. 



From The Irish Bee Journal. 



In reply to our friend Spyglass 

 (page 50) the one preventivef?) that I 

 really object to is naphthaline. I con- 

 sider that it must ha^-e as bad an 

 etfer-r on the constitution of the bees 

 as it would have on us if we were con- 

 tinually kept in an atmosphere un- 

 natvn-ally impregnated with same. I 

 do most strongly believe in natural 

 conditions for man and all created 

 things. Nature has provided the right 

 conditions for us. and it is folly to 

 think we are wiser than -she. When 

 men or othei- animals become diseased, 

 it is most certainly due tO' some ti'ansu 

 gression of natural law, consciously 

 oi- unconsciously, either by them or 

 tlieir * ancestors. Nature before all 

 things takes elaborate precaution-s to 

 preserve and perpetuate life. Man 

 by giving right conditions can sO' assist 

 the operation of beneficial natural 

 laws that he actually seems^ to im- 



pr(ne nature. He can and docs breed 

 ])lants and animals practicall.v im- 

 mune to disease by selecting continu- 

 ally from those po-ssessing the greatest 

 measure of natural immunitj'; along 

 these lines lies our greatest source 

 of ho])e in dealing with bees. It is 

 certain that if natural immunity had 

 not existed in some indivi<luals the 

 AA'hole human race would ere now be 

 extinct from consumi)tion and similar 

 diseases, and so avouUI the Iiee-s. I 

 do not decry artificial preventatives. 

 Naphthol Beta used temporarily may 

 do good. I use Izal in medicating 

 the food in spring and annually allow 

 the bees to transfer themselves from 

 the old to new combs. Bees bred in 

 new clean combs have a better chance 

 of health than those bred in old and 

 dirty ones, and the expense of their 

 annual renewal i-s trifling. I have 

 escaped foul brood after four years 

 in close proximity to infected stocks 

 (about 100 yards distant). Naturally 

 I put faith in my theories and in my 

 system. I use naphthaline in veiT 

 large (luantities among my empty 

 store combs, and find it keeps away 

 moths most effectually. I get good 

 honey crops in the AA'or-st years, when 

 in many cases, my neighbors get vei*y 

 little. If all bee-keepersi will be as 

 vigilant as I am and prove to their 

 neighbors that hard work pays, they 

 may do a good deal tO' induce them 

 to take equal pains. It is absolute 

 folly for anyone tO' take up beekeeping 

 with the idea that it is an ea-sy way 

 of making money. It is not easy, 

 there are no gains without pains. Let 

 that fact be hammered home by all 

 bee lecturers, and we shall not have 

 so many unsuitable persons mshing 

 into the business to their own loss 

 and to the general injury of the craft. 

 Why should we be so foolish as to 

 enlist persons indiscriminately. It 

 is utter folly to do so. Foul Virood 

 will never cease while this class is 

 drawn upon. They must be discourag- 

 ed. There are plent^^ of good men 

 besides. — Yours faithfully, W. J. 

 Farmer, ConiAvall, August 2nd. 



The apicultural "chestnut" crop is 

 increasing. Wake up brethren and 

 saA" something original. 



Self deceit is the mO'St disastrous. 



