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a tiil)e may be carried to the observaloiy hive. \\'ith such a hive the unloachni^ 

 of lioney and pollen in the cells, the egg laying of the ijueen, the time required 

 for the hatching of the egg, the nursing of the larv;c, the time of sealing the brood 

 cells, and the time at which the mature insect emerges, may all be clearly 

 observed, as well as many t)ther operations of the hi\e, which are important to 

 he known, whether beekeeping be followed for pleasure or for jjrofit. 



The subse(|uent course of the beginner will dei)end to some extent upon 

 whether his object is the dollars and cents to be derived from the business, or 

 U) have a hobby. Even the latter may be profitable financially. I know of a 

 business man, in failing health, who said recently to a friend that he would give 

 $i,ooc? per year for a hobby which would divert his mind from business matters. 

 There is nothing such a person could take up that would take him out as much 

 into the open air and sunshine, and which would be as likely to secure the object 

 desired, as beekeeping. Dr. Dziertzon says, " Whoever has once experienced 

 the pleasure to be derived from the study and culture of bees will, I am con- 

 vinced, spend every leisure hour in his a))iary.'' The experience of several 

 others confirms this opinion. 



I am aware it may be said that a beginner may learn the business by getting 

 the bees first, and making experiments and observations as he goes on. 

 True, but life is too short to commence de novo, and overtake in this way all the 

 work which has been done by others. Far better for the beginner to inform 

 himself first of what has been accomplished, and if he then feels disposed to 

 pursue original investigations, he will find that there are still unexplored fields suffi- 

 cient t(j give .scope enough for the exercise of all his abilities during the 

 remainder of his lifetime. 



Lindsay, Ont. • S. CoRXiat.. 



A TiMiii-V Hint. — Here is one of Professor T,. H. Bailey's practical stories, 

 " I know a man by the name of Jjixey, and after he went into the {)each business 

 1 went to see him. Out behind the packing house he had a large dyke vat, and 

 some men and women were dipping the tops of his baskets into this analine 

 dye. Everybody soon learned to recognize his fruit by the bright color of his 

 basket tops. So he is making lots of money out of the dyeing business, but he 

 takes care that his fruit is carefully graded and all thai is put into such baskets 

 is of the finest (juality.— I'arm and Vineyard. 



OuiitooK KosKs. Plant roses in the richest bed \c)u ha\e. \ Ou can 

 hardly give them too much decayed vegetable and animal fertilizer, o\ keep 

 them too clean of'weeds and insects. If thoroughly watered just before bloom- 

 ing time, with whale-C)il soap dissolved in lukewarm water, insects will givi' little 

 trouble, (live the plants also, once a week, a pot full of warm water in which 

 a tablespoonful of nitrate of soda has been dissolved. Keep fullblown roses 

 [)icked off, as they exhaust the jilants. Roses may be set in fall in climates 

 liaving mild winters. Protect them during winter by pegging down and ccner- 

 ing them with straw, leases, e\ergreen Ijoughs or soil. — S. S. Stouv. 



