. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. Tbe (§ee-)\eepeps' e^' A MONTHLY JOURNAL Devoted to tlqe Interests of Hoqey Prodj^ er $L00 A YEAR. W. Z. HDTCHiMSON, Editor and ProDrletor. VOL, XI, FLINT, MICHIGAN, DECEMBER 10, 1898, NO BEAUTY AND NEATNESS. They are of Considerable Importance in the Apiary. H. HUNT. If eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. M' ANY people "^i have the idea that a man who is not fitted for any other vocation, has talent enough to be a farm e r. The time was once, too, w h c n anv one who h;id sutlficient moral courag
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. Tbe (§ee-)\eepeps' e^' A MONTHLY JOURNAL Devoted to tlqe Interests of Hoqey Prodj^ er $L00 A YEAR. W. Z. HDTCHiMSON, Editor and ProDrletor. VOL, XI, FLINT, MICHIGAN, DECEMBER 10, 1898, NO BEAUTY AND NEATNESS. They are of Considerable Importance in the Apiary. H. HUNT. If eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being. M' ANY people "^i have the idea that a man who is not fitted for any other vocation, has talent enough to be a farm e r. The time was once, too, w h c n anv one who h;id sutlficient moral courage, could be a bee-keeper. Happily, thanks to science, that time is past. Farmer or bee keeper, he must read, study, and experiment in order to be successful. The man who is contented to keep bees in the old-fash- ioned way, because that is the way he learned, can not compete with his wide- awake neighbor, who makes use of the experience of others. New methods and new inventions are constantly being brought before his attention, which he must either accept or reject. This is where his judgement and past experi- ence will be of use to him. But there are other points to be remembered that play a prominent part in his business. I will refer particularly to beauty and neatness in the apiary. Neatness is tact dressed in its working clothes, and is a fairly accurate barom- eter of a man's usefulness. Work done carelessly is never done right; but if a man takes pains to do his work neatly, he is quite sure to do it well. If the arrangement of his hives is slipshod with- out any idea of symmetry, you are led to suspect that he is careless in his care of the bees through the honey-season. Beautv and neatness may not seem, at first thought, a source of profit, financial- ly at least. But have you tried it ? The bee-keeper that lets the gra-ss grow up in front of his hives is leaving hindrance sufficient to strip him of several pounds of honey every year. His honey-house, unless constant
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