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THE BEE-KEEPERS' HE VIEW. 



hive. That is, they will if allowed to do so. 

 It is not usually best to allow this, but what 

 shall be done is " another story," aud one 

 that will bear considerable variation accord- 

 ing to the circumstances. 



LOOK AFTEB YOUB INSUBANCE. 



Within the past few weeks two of our bee- 

 keeping friends have suffered severe losses 

 by lire. The office of the ^anadian Bee 

 Journal has been burned up entirely ; loss 

 about $5,000 with light insurance. Levering 

 Bros, of Wiota, Iowa, have sustained a loss 

 of about $30,000 with only $3,000 insurance. 

 Of course, these friends have our sympathy, 

 but it will make their burdens no heavier if 

 their losses are used as a warning to others. 

 Is your insurance exactly what you would 

 have it if you knew that your buildings 

 were to be burned tomorrow ? If not, 

 then attend to it at once, to day. To toil 

 for years and then see the results swept 

 away in an hour, to begin life anew with 

 nothing but the bare hands, is a bitter expe- 

 rience. Many bear it bravely as becomes a 

 man, but it can be so easily avoided, while 

 at the same time there is the comfortable 

 feeling that comes from the possession of 

 protection together with the knowledge 

 that the small ^ums paid out go to relieve 

 the distress of others who have met with 



losses. 



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Canada's foul bbood inspeotob. 

 Mr. McEvoy is foul brood inspector of 

 Ontario, Canada. He believes that foul brood 

 originates from dead brood. He also be- 

 lieves boiling hives in which there has been 

 foul brood is unnecessary. He cures foul 

 brood by taking the combs away from the 

 bees, allowing the bees to build comb four 

 days (long enough to use up or store in the 

 combs any foul broody honey they may have 

 in their sacs) then cutting out the combs 

 and allowing the bees to go on and build 

 more combs. This frees that colony of the 

 disease. He is doing a great and good work, 

 and it is a pity that he is so given to sneer- 

 ing at science aud to riding his asaertions, 

 whip and spur, over his critics. In justice 

 to him I must say that his having cured so 

 many cases of foul brood without boiling 

 the hives should not be passed over lightly. 

 When I was over to the Michigan Experi- 

 mental Apiary, I asked Mr. Taylor what he 

 thought of this. He said it was possible that 



the only source of contagion about hives 

 might be honey that adhered to them. If this 

 should be true, it will be seen that with Mr. 

 McEvoy's plan of cutting out the combs in 

 four days, it is possible that such hives 

 would not communicate the disease, as the 

 bees would lick up all spots of honey aud use 

 it. Mr .Taylor said he had always boiled 

 the hives and considered it a safe thing to 

 do. Let's hear from others on this point. 



INTEEESTED IN PHOTOGBAPHY. • 



Few are the dollars that I have spent in 

 amusements — so-called. My own life, my 

 own work, have been so interesting to me 

 that I have cared little for what the world 

 calls amusements. This summer, however, 

 I have spent a little time and money in what 

 might, in this instance, be called amusement. 

 That word " amusement " does not seem to 

 me the right word to use. It does not seem 

 to me that the enjoyment, the happiness, the 

 interest, that come from the studying of a 

 science ( I am learning to use the camera ) 

 snould be called " amusement. " To learn 

 the effects of light and shadow, to decide 

 upon the best point of view for the most ar- 

 tistic effect, to learn how to give sharpness 

 of outline or " detail" to a picture, or to 

 have instead a delicate softness, to use the 

 judgement in regard to length of time that 

 shall be given in making each " exposure, " 

 to learn how to correct when " developing " 

 the plate any errors tliat may have been 

 made in "timing, " to make " pictures" of 

 the bee yard, of the grand old trees about 

 the home, of the old school house among 

 the maples where my children first went to 

 school, and the children themselves, ( baby 

 Fern in her cab was my first attempt ) have 

 aroused my enthusiasm to a pitch that I 

 did not suppose it would ever again 

 reach. It is the same as it was with bee- 

 keeping and the art of printing. Of course, 

 I do not expect to make any money out of it, 

 it is the one thing I do simply for doing. It 

 may turn out to my financial advantage, as it 

 will probably improve the Review by in- 

 creasing the number of illustrations. That 

 cut of the Michigan Experimental Apiary 

 was made from a photo, of my taking. In 

 order to get the exact point of view that I 

 wished, it was necessary to build a high plat- 

 form out in a wheat field, but I was deter- 

 mined to get exactly the view that I thought 

 was best. 



