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E. D. TOWXSEND, Managing Editor, Northstar, Mich. 



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VOL. XXVII. NORTHSTAR, MICHIGAN, APRIL 1, 1914 No. 4 



The Old and New Way of Bee-Keeping Compared 



Bees in Buildings Above Ground. 



By J. A. PEARCE, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Author of Pearce Method of Bee-Keeping. 



{Continued from March issue) 



• ^\i SAID to the young men who were with me Avhen we closed up 

 Jl the hive and tucked it up good with carpets and Higginsvillc 

 cover: "There is a colony worth a $10.00' note." And if I could, 

 would like, with the aid of the Review, to induce our fellow bee- 

 keepers to double up the capacity of their hives, so they will be saved 

 the annoyance of having to feed, and then they may be sure that their 

 bees wall not starve in winter or dwindle in spring; also that the hive 

 may be large enough to allow the queen to lay to her full capacity so 

 they will have a bouncing big colony ready when the honey harvest 

 comes along. If we could succeed in doing this we should have the 

 commendation of all lovers of the bee, and then if we should wield 

 such an influence as w^ould induce them to Iniild suitalile shelters for 

 their liees where the}^ would l)e out of the home of all these ter- 

 rible storms such as we have just passed through, that have 

 put even the railroads out of commission, they could, any day in the 

 year, with comfort walk in and take a look at the bees and note their 

 condition. Then an examination could pleasantly be made early in 

 spring, long before an examination could be made outside, thus greatly 



