Miscellaneous Sparklets 



In picking out recent editorials from the pages of the Bee-keepers' Review 

 to graft on old matter, as explained in the Preface, I ran across certain items 

 that could not be well "hitched on" without destroying the general connection. 

 As they were too good to lose I have grouped them here under the head of 

 "Miscellaneous Sparklets," at the close of the general matter. 



E. R. ROOT. 



Look out for yourself, or you won't see very much. 



Back of every successful business or enterprise are somebody's 

 bright brains. 



No other man's experience is as good for you as your own. Some 

 one else can only point the way. You must travel it yourself to really 

 know. 



Stings near the eye are always the most painful, also the most diffi- 

 cult to remove by the one who receives them, unless he has access to a 

 mirror; for this reason I always carry a small mirror that can be slipped 

 into the vest pocket. 



Two wheelbarrows used for wheeling honey into the honey-house 

 for extracting allows one of them to remain in the house while the other 

 is being filled in the yard, thus the saving of unloading each time the 

 "outside man" comes in with a load. 



Honey strainers are not needed if the honey can stand in large 

 tanks until the pieces of wax, etc., rise to the top. If a bee-keeper had 

 two 50-gallon tanks, so that he could run the honey into one while tha* 

 in the other was "settling,'' he would need no strainer. 



Scraping the honey knife across the rack to clean it of cappings is 

 not necessary when uncapping honey. I have frequently watched bee- 

 keepers when uncapping honey, and some of thfei will stop and scrape 

 the knife clean between each stroke. This is simply so much time 

 wasted, as each succeeding stroke will force from the knife its load of 

 cappings. By the way, the cappings never adhere in this manner to a 

 steam-heated knife. 



