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297 



its different phases. And in the above i 

 give the reader the benefit of our experi- 

 ence. 



in conclusion, i repeat, don't supersede 

 your queens until they are two years old, 

 unless it is for some special fault; neither 

 is it best to try to keep them after that 



age unless it should be a choice breeding- 

 queen. 



1 hope to hear from others through the 

 Review on this important subject. 



1 give the above as my mite for the 

 benefit of the inexperienced. 



Delanson. N. Y., Sept. 1, 1907. 



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What Have Been the Profits of the 

 Northern Apiaries? 



M. P. CADY 



MY dear Mr. Hutchinson: — The Sep- 

 tember Review is at hand, and, now 

 while the "spirit move?," I shall send in 

 my question — or topic — in response to 

 your special request, page 277, namely: 

 What are the net profits of the bee-busi- 

 ness conducted by yourself and brother, 

 for the last two years ? 



It may seem an impertinence to ask a 

 man in regard to his private business — 

 but, really, it seems to me that your busi- 

 ness has in one sense been an effort to 

 demonstrate the truth of the doctrine: 

 "Keep more bees," of which you are the 

 acknowledged apostle. The present num- 

 ber of the Review is still voicing the same 

 doctrine, and 1, at least, would like to 

 have the mathematical demonstration 

 that the profits of your business demon- 

 strate that your teaching is based on good 

 business sense. 



It is all well enough to wax poetical, 

 upon occasion, and descant upon the 

 beauties of nature, "rows of white hives 



on the greensward" and 



all the other beauties of inodern bee-cul- 

 ture, but, who is it that says: "When 

 Poverty comes in at the door. Love flies 

 out of the window" '^ 



I have no doubt but there are ms.ny, 

 like myself, who have been following your 

 v/ritings as well as your bee-keeping ven- 



tures, with both a keen interest and a de- 

 termination that you must either prove 

 the truth of your doctrine: "Keep more 

 bees," or else, we, your peers, must con- 

 demn your proposition — so far, at least, as 

 your effort to prove it is concerned. As 

 a jury, we are not impartial, I fear, for 

 the doctrine sounded so good that we all 

 hoped it true. 



In glancing over what I have written, I 

 fear that there might be a tinge of apia- 

 rian agnosticism suspected — that I am 

 asking for something which is prejudicial 

 to your favorite maxim: "Keep more bees." 

 Not so; but rather am I asking for the 

 "reason of the hope which is within you," 

 hoping that you will be able to demon- 

 strate that we shall be wise in following 

 your advice — provided we can succeed as 

 well as you have. 



When I was teaching school, we some- 

 times used to sing: 



Some sing of charming women. 

 Some sing in praise of drink; 



"I'll sing of wlnat we all adore, 

 And that's the merry chink. 



You may call it filthy lucre, 

 You may call it worthless dross; 

 But up a tree you're sure to be 

 If your to mourn its loss. 



Chorus: 

 For there's nothing half so handy as the chink, chink, 



chink: 

 Nothing half so jolly as the chink, chink, chink; 

 You may do without a wife, you may do without a 



drink; 

 But you can't do without the merry chink, chink, 

 chink. 



