Gleanings in bee culture . the cash just then,but would remember me later. When, somemonths later, I suggested to him that I wasshort of money, and that, if he could helpme, I should be very grateful, etc., he blush-ed to think I should doubt either his abilityor willingness to pay me. He would do sojust as soon as he sold his cheese. Alas! Ihave not yet received my pay. I suppose hehas not sold his cheese. Now, I could stand an occasional loss; butto have people come when I was the busiest,and take up my time, was more than I couldstand, and I said that, if this was the supplybusiness, I had
Gleanings in bee culture . the cash just then,but would remember me later. When, somemonths later, I suggested to him that I wasshort of money, and that, if he could helpme, I should be very grateful, etc., he blush-ed to think I should doubt either his abilityor willingness to pay me. He would do sojust as soon as he sold his cheese. Alas! Ihave not yet received my pay. I suppose hehas not sold his cheese. Now, I could stand an occasional loss; butto have people come when I was the busiest,and take up my time, was more than I couldstand, and I said that, if this was the supplybusiness, I had had enough of it. So, per-haps, my friend Hershiser does not ask morefor his hive-bottoms than be should, nor thesupply-dealers charge more for supplies thanthey should, in order to do an honest and suc-cessful business. I have noticed, during the past forty years,many supply manufacturers have gone outof business without any one to take up thebusiness. For myself I much prefer to keepbees to making bee-hives. w^pm WiTriii. INTRODUCING VIRGIN QUEENS AT AN OUT-APIARY. Hello, Doolittle! Its a long time sinceI have seen you. Well, if that isnt F. H. Cyrenius! Howdo you do ? Glad to see you. How are youand the bees prospering? We are getting along about the same asof yore, only time has carried us on so thatI am not quite as limber-jointed as I waswhen we met in that Utioa bee-conventionaway back in the early eighties. Yes, surely time has carried us on at arapid pace; but I think you have stood theracket much better than 1. I was obliged togive up the greater part of the apiary workto my partner, Mr. Clark, as my joints gotso stiff with rheumatism that they wouldnot move around with me as supple as inyears gone by, when we used to attend con-ventions together. I know I have not seen you at conven-tions of late, and so I thought I would comeand see you (by letter), and we would havea little convention all of our own. Youknow it is always easy to hear from any onewhen that one wants
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