. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1895. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 669 for him, and would give the results of his experiments a much wider and more prompt reading. I think I am safe in saying that as soon as Mr. Taylor shows a little more willingness to co-operate with the bee-papers, they will do their part in reciprocating, and with compound interest. But so long as the Michigan experiment apiary continues to give just cause for thinking it only a local or State affair, 1 do not think it should be thought surprising wheu the general bee-keeping public takes no great interest in it. T
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1895. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 669 for him, and would give the results of his experiments a much wider and more prompt reading. I think I am safe in saying that as soon as Mr. Taylor shows a little more willingness to co-operate with the bee-papers, they will do their part in reciprocating, and with compound interest. But so long as the Michigan experiment apiary continues to give just cause for thinking it only a local or State affair, 1 do not think it should be thought surprising wheu the general bee-keeping public takes no great interest in it. There is another reason, I think, why bee-keepers have appeared not to be deeply interested in Mr. Taylor's work. Some of the results of his experiments have been given in such a concentrated, tabulated form that only an expert account- ant, mathematician, or politician, could ever comprehend them. Life is too short, and too " real" and "earnest" with most bee-keepers, to spend it in a vain effort to understand any- thing very definite from several pages of cold figures. What is wanted, I think, is a plain description of the experiments undertaken, and then as clear a statement of the results, dis- figuring it with as/ei« tables of figures as possible. I want to say that I always read Mr. Taylor's reports with much interest and profit, and, as I have often said, I think he is the right man in the right place. But if he'll come down among us common folks a little more when talking to us about his experiments, I think he'll discover a good deal more sym- pathy and interest than he now imagines exists. Mr. H. M. Pace, of Kentucky, has sent me a photo- graph of his bee-yard. He started the summer of 189-i with 6 colonies, and now has 40, all thrifty for winter quarters. Building: a Business.—If you, or any one you may know, wish to build a liicle business all your own right where you are, send to the Bee Journal olBce a stamped and self- addressed envelope. Lo
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