. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. ee- \eepeps' |\e\^ie(„o. A MONTHLY JOURNAL Devoted to tl^e Interests of Hoiqey Producers. $L00 A YEAR. W. Z. HDTCfliNSON, Editor and Proprietor. VOL X. FLINT. MICHIGAN, NOV. 10, 1897. NO. Retrospective—Larger Hives Needed; Smoke for Arresting Swarms; Scent: Sweet Clover; Beet Sugar; etc. I,. A. ASPINWALL. m LTHOUGH the Ix bee is trans- cendently wonder- ful in her ini=tinc- tive endowments, still, by the imnaor- tality of memory, reason enables as through cur mis- takes and,failures to rtach logical conclusions and results, \v h i ch, (though not mo
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. ee- \eepeps' |\e\^ie(„o. A MONTHLY JOURNAL Devoted to tl^e Interests of Hoiqey Producers. $L00 A YEAR. W. Z. HDTCfliNSON, Editor and Proprietor. VOL X. FLINT. MICHIGAN, NOV. 10, 1897. NO. Retrospective—Larger Hives Needed; Smoke for Arresting Swarms; Scent: Sweet Clover; Beet Sugar; etc. I,. A. ASPINWALL. m LTHOUGH the Ix bee is trans- cendently wonder- ful in her ini=tinc- tive endowments, still, by the imnaor- tality of memory, reason enables as through cur mis- takes and,failures to rtach logical conclusions and results, \v h i ch, (though not more wonderful than the work- ings of instinct); are progressive and end- less in the chain of advancement. Another season with its mistakes and conse<iuent failures has passed, and wise is the man who can see a profit aside from that of dollars and cents. I sometimes look npon the mass of humanity as money-mad. When we see men possessing a fortune of millions and struggling for further gain, what does it mean y There are others who, as Langstroth construed the poem; see, '"roDKues in trees, bonks in runninR brooks," Sermons in bees, and (iod in ; I certainly have seen many sermons in bees the past season, most wonderfully display- ed in their God-givcu instinct, which I hope to speak of in a future paper. The season as past has been remarkable in many respects—one that promised well for a flow of basswood honey, in that the previous season, moisture was abundant, reaching well to the roots; but it seemed to disprove the theory that an abundance of moisture a year in advance is essential to a honey crop, or proved that it was an off year; which so frequently occurs in fruit culture. But, learning by failures as well as success we shall require several seasons to prove the theory of advance moisture be- ing necessary to the secretion of nectar. The phenomenal flow of clover honey would seem to prove the theory correct, and the failure of basswood
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