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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 15 



i:he pains he has taken to keep foul brood 

 -out of the island. In introducing breeders 

 imported from the States and Italy into his 

 apiary, he always takes the precaution to 

 remove each queen from her shipping--cage 

 and attendants, place her in a new clean 

 cage by herself, starve her for about twen- 

 ty minutes, and then introduce her. The 

 old bees and cage he consigns to the flames. 

 As a result of this precaution, not one case 



had correspondence. In the half-hour that 

 we talked together he impressed me as be- 

 ing an enthusiast; and to this fact, as 

 much as to any other, I attribute his suc- 

 cess in the bee business. Show me the 

 man who is signally successful in any de- 

 partment of life, and I will show you an 

 enthusiast. The man who has an object in 

 life, and justifiably applies every faculty 

 of mind and power of body in accomplish- 







Hooper Brothers' queen-rearing vard at Barbican, St. Andrews. The young man standing in front is the eld- 

 est .son of the senior of this fiim. The little house in the center is the trauspostng-room. 



of foul brood has yet been known in Ja- 

 maica. 



A booklet, entitled "Bee-keeping in Ja- 

 maica," has recently been published by 

 this gentleman. For beginners, and. in 

 fact, any one interested in tropical bee- 

 keeping, it will be found both interesting 

 and instructive. 



I have met Mr. Hooper face to face but 

 once in my life, although for years we have 



ing his lifework, is the man who succeeds. 

 There are two classes of people in this 

 world. Of one class it may be said, as 

 was said of the "village blacksmith" — 

 "something attempted, something done;" 

 and of the other. " nothing attempted, noth- 

 ing done" — that is, nothing specific at- 

 tempted. True it is, that the former are 

 often laughed at and called cranks; yet it 

 is a satisfaction to know that thej' are the 



