. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 312 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. it has a garden or an orchard. If the ex- periments are all performed at one place they are mutually helpful. â If the apiarist wishes to decide some delicate chemical point, an expert chemist with his apparatus is right on hand. If it is a question in mi- croscopy, line instruments and expert opera- tors are near by. In this sense I agree with the Prof, that it is a mistake to move the apiary away from the College, but we who were working to have bee-keeping recognized at the Station were led to believe that $1,000 yearly (w
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 312 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. it has a garden or an orchard. If the ex- periments are all performed at one place they are mutually helpful. â If the apiarist wishes to decide some delicate chemical point, an expert chemist with his apparatus is right on hand. If it is a question in mi- croscopy, line instruments and expert opera- tors are near by. In this sense I agree with the Prof, that it is a mistake to move the apiary away from the College, but we who were working to have bee-keeping recognized at the Station were led to believe that $1,000 yearly (what it would cost to secure the ser- vices of a competent apiarist at the College) could not be spared just at present, while by having the work done at the home of some competent apiarist it could be done for half the money, which could be spared. It was a question of half a loaf or none. I do not understand that it has been definitely deci- ded that the apiary will never be taken back to the College. But so far as bee-keepers are to be benefitted by experimental apicul- ture, there is one point that overshadows all others, and that is the man who does the work. I was well satisfied that Michigan had made a wise choice, but I must confess that Mr. Taylor is doing better work than I expected of even him.âEd.] Why Ventilation Plays Such an Important Part it the Wintering of Bees. B. O. AIKIN. To the puzzles thick and thin Look a little deeper in. JN our last, we left you with the testimony of four of Colorado's foul brood inspec- tors favoring top ventilation. There was also present, at our annual State convention last January, Mr. W. L. Porter, one of Colorado's leading apiarists. After hearing the testimony in favor of upward ventilation, he decided to look into the matter. .Just at this time the. weather became quite pleasant, and Mr. Porter and a neighbor went out to see about the ventilation question. Mr. Porter's bees were supposed to be uuder sealed covers in the form o
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