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why he did thus and so, he could make 

 only one answer, viz. : "Because father 

 did." 



Do we, as .bee-keepers, belong to the 

 "Because father did" class? I hope 

 that we do not. 



We should know why we do as we do ; 

 and also, we should know how to do to 

 get the best results ; also we should 

 know what to do. These things may be 

 accomplished only by hard study and 

 deep thought. 



There is a place for every man, and a 

 man for every place ; and if a man is in 

 the right place he will love his calling. 



I would say to all who are engaged in 

 bee-keeping, who do not love their 

 calling, that they had better get into 

 some other business, for ten chances to 

 one, they have mistaken their calling. 



To be successful we must not only 

 have thoughts of our own, but we must 

 read the thoughts and experience of 

 others. 



To do this we must necessarily read 

 the bee-periodicals. Make yourself a 

 regular subscriber to one, or more if you 

 can, and preserve the numbers of each 

 volume for reference, and refer to them. 

 — Bee-Keepers' Guide. 



Garrettsville, N. Y. 



BW Ts. Italian Bees, 



JAMES HARKER. 



I do not like to hear some people 

 hacking away continually at the poor 

 little black or native bee. Why is it ? 

 Have they nothing else to write about, . 

 or have they ever tried any other than 

 the fine, golden Italians ? 



I have been producing honey for the 

 market for nearly 30 years, and I think 

 I know whereof I speak. Either my 

 experience is not like others, or else I 

 never had the good ones they write 

 about so much. I have bought a good 

 many Italian queens, and I think some 

 of them ought to have been pure. 



I have tried the black and Italian 

 bees side by side. In the Spring the 

 Italians had the preference, but ere Fall 

 my little black, ugly fellows, beat them 

 all out and out, both in surplus and 

 increase. But, many say, we do not 

 want increase. Very well, I was simply 

 testing them, and all will admit that the 

 blacks do enter the surplus cases more 

 readily, cap their honey whiter, and are 

 more gentle to handle. 



Now, what are the advantages of the 

 Italian over the blacks? "Oh, they 



gather so much more honey, and protect 

 their hives much better," some will say. 



Perhaps they do the latter, for I have 

 -some Italians that have to be smoked 

 until they are stupid before I can do 

 anything with them. 



" They are not pure, they are hybrids," 

 some one says. So they are ; and as long 

 as there is Italian blood in them they 

 will fight and protect their hives. It 

 may be I have a good race of my own, 

 for I have a number of colonies which 

 have stored for me 120 pounds in 1- 

 pound sections, and others over 130 

 pounds, in larger sections, and I will 

 compare my honey with that of any one, 

 I care not who, for quality and appear- 

 ance. Some of these were prime 

 swarms, others old colonies. 



Argyle, Wis. 



ConTention IVotices. 



I^" An informal meeting of the New York State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association wiUbeheld on the fair 

 grounds, at Syracuse, N. Y.. Saturday, Sept. 12, at 

 1 p.m. G. H. KNICKEKBOCKEK. Sec. 



p. H. Blwood, Pres. Pine Plains, N. Y. 



II^^The Ionia Bee-Keepers' Association will hold 

 its next meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1891, at Ionia, 

 Mich. Harmon Smith, Sec, Ionia, Mich. 



iW The Central Michigan Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will hold their next meeting at Pioneer Rooms, 

 Capitol Building, Lansing, Mich., Wednesday. Sept. 

 1 6, 1891 , commencing at 9 a.m . A cordial invitation 

 is extended to all. • 



W. A. Barnes, Sec, Lansing, Mich. 



SW The f>th semi-annual convention of the Miss- 

 ouri State Bee-Keepers' Association will be held at 

 Sedalia, Mo., on Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 7 

 and 8, 1891. Rates for those attending are promised 

 at the Sicher and Kaiser Hotels at $1.50 per day 

 each. All persons so desiring are requested to make 

 apiarian exhibits. A cordial invitation to attend 

 the convention is extended to everybody. 



J. W. Rouse, Sec, Mexico, Mo. 



2^= The Southwestern Wisconsin Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its next meeting on Wednes- 

 day and Thursday, Oct. 14andl5, 1891,atFennimore, 

 Grant Co., Wis. 



Bexj. E. Rice, Sec, Boscobel, Wis. 



Remoiral* — Circumstances have 

 made it to our advantage to remove to 

 more commodious quarters, and we may 

 hereafter be found at 199, 201 and 203 

 East Randolph Street — two blocks north 

 and one block east of our former loca- 

 tion. Previous to removal we occupied 

 the fifth floor of a building, but we now 

 occupy the third floor of a building near 

 the corner of Fifth Avenue and Ran- 

 dolph Street. Our friends are always 

 welcome. 



