194 Advanced Bee Culture. 



The successful man is the one who succeeds in spite of difficulties. 

 How many times I think of this. As some unpleasant, discouraging 

 feature comes up, the first thought is: "If only things were different, 

 I would be all right;" then comes up the thought: "The successful man 

 succeeds in spite of these difficulties. He overcomes them. Don't give 

 up ; instead, set your wits to work, summon up your courage and go 

 at your troubles like a thousand of brick." 



The odor in a bee cellar is one indication of how the bees are 

 wintering. In a cellar where the bees are sufifering from dysentery, or 

 bees in large numbers are leaving the hives and dying on the cellar 

 bottom, the stench is decidedly unpleasant and characteristic. The air 

 in the cellar here at Flint is on the damp order, but is kept dry with 

 lime. The bees are wintering perfectly ; scarcely any are leaving the 

 hives, and the air is as sweet and wholesome as a June morning. 



Honey knives, whether they shall be hot or cold, are discussed by 

 H. E. Crowther in Gleanings. For honey recently gathered, and un- 

 capped directly as taken from the hives, he prefers a cold knife, but 

 for extra thick honey, especially if it is not as warm as it should be, he 

 prefers a hot knife. There is then a clearner, smoother cut, and the 

 smoothness of this job has much to do with the quality of work done 

 by the extractor, and the quantity of honey that will be left sticking to 

 the combs. 



HOW THBY TALK. 



I doubt if any class of people can talk longer or with more enthusi- 

 asm than bee-keepers. To illustrate : Upon my recent visit to the 

 hospitable home of Mr. S. D. House, a neighbor-boy of three summers 

 dropped in, as was his frequent habit ; after hanging around Mr. House 

 and myself for a while he finally went into the next room and said to 

 Mrs. House: "Auntie, how much longer are they going to talk?" 



ITALIAN BEES AND BLACK BROOD. 



If there was any one point brought out with more emphasis than 

 another at the New York conventions, it was the importance of having 

 Italian bees in combating black brood. One inspector after another got 

 up and stated with emphasis that it was simply impossible to cure black 

 brood with black bees. The first step in getting rid of black brood is 

 to introduce Italian queens to every colony. 



don't Extract unripe honey. 



What would we think of a fruit grower who would put half-ripe 

 strawberries on the market? Half-ripe honey is no better. I know it 



