THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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rage articles extra each year. It 

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 good of the subscriber in mind when 

 we made this change. We hope you 

 will like the Review under it's 

 present form. 



Bees A\'intoi'etl IJetter Than Usual 



Reports go to show that as a 

 general rule bets have wintered 

 better than usual in the Northern 

 states. Our three yards that we 

 wintered outside in dog houses 

 containing four swarms seem to 

 have wintered rather better than 

 the average. Good winter stores 

 is the main secret of wintering out- 

 side, in locations so far north 

 that bees do not have a chance to 

 fly as often as each six weeks. Our 

 bees here in Gratiot county have 

 that kind of stores, for we get 

 nothing to speak of but Clover 

 honey in this location. Speaking of 

 quality of winter stores, we have 

 a good example of the difference 

 in wintering between good and 

 poor stores in the ninety-two swarms 

 we wintered in the cellar under 

 my son's house. Sixty of the 

 swarms were bought in a clover lo- 

 cation where no Pall flow of honey 

 is ever secured, a location similar 

 to the one here at home mentioned 

 above, while thirty-two were se- 

 cured in a location where a fall 

 flow of buckwheat and aster was 

 gathered. One can point out 

 nearly every swarm from the aster 

 location from the entrance indica- 

 tions, for they are spotted more 

 or less, while the white clover col- 

 onies are almost perfectly clean of 

 spots. Although only two with bad 

 stores have died outright, more 

 are weak and we will expect small- 

 er crors of surplus from these 

 that wintered en aster honey. But 

 two of our yards this season will 

 be in reach cf aster honey. Th:s 

 will be extracted at the end of the 

 •"low and sugar syrup fed for 

 winter stores. 



The writer has been almost de- 

 luged with inquiries from bee- 

 men in the North, and Northwest 

 who desire to learn more about 

 Florida. Florida is in the lime light 

 now, and is there to stay, I believe. 

 For there is but ONE PENINSULA. 

 That is the unique feature. No one 



can make another Florida. Dame 

 Nature did it once, and then said 

 "Enough — One Florida is enough 

 for people to squabble over." And 

 closed the book. And people are 

 leally almost beginning to "squab- 

 ble" over Florida. The Tourist 

 traffic this year has been heavier 

 than ever before, and interest in 

 all that goes on here is at fever 

 pitch. One letter from a correspond- 

 ent, who wrote asking for informa- 

 tion, said "I am sick and tired of 

 this cold, and changeable weather. 

 I surely wish to get down to see 

 fair Florida." One thing Florida 

 has, that none can gainsay; her 

 glorious sunshine and blue skies. 

 Her lands, save in certain favored 

 spots, may be sand, that requires 

 heavy applications of fertilizer to 

 produce results; her freight rates 

 may be high; the living may be 

 above the average North in cost, 

 high as it is everywhere; but show 

 me another State in our glorious 

 union, where, within 24 hours of 

 New York, you can be beside some 

 glassy lake, inland. or on the 

 coast, and go fishing or even bath- 

 ing in practically every month in 

 the year, where nearness to trade 

 winds makes a delightful breeze 

 nearly every day of warm weather, 

 where miles of orange groves 

 break the expanse of pine or pal- 

 metto, where the mocking bird 

 trills his notes from February to 

 May, and where the robin, thrush, 

 and lark come down from the froz- 

 en North to keep you company' 

 When inquiring should write me, 

 asking what is Florida's greatest 

 asset, I reply "Her climate." And 

 That is the truth. Some things else 

 you do get, many in fact; but that 

 is the one feature in which she 

 stands unequaled and unchallenged. 



E. G. B. 



The January and February num- 

 bers of the Review for 1914 are ex- 

 hausted. Will a few of the friends 

 who do not preserve their back 

 n'.:mbers mail their January and 

 February numbers to this office 

 for which we will be very thankful. 

 Anticipating a supply from our liber- 

 al members, those who are short 

 these numbers kindly write this 

 office and copies will be mailed 

 ->ee, as fast as we receive them. 



