. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May, ign American ^ae Journal an old beerkeg. and it was almost rotted down. The hoops were falline; off, and the foundation was rotten and filled with ants. Some of his hives were rotting off at the bot- tom and falling over: some had rat-holes in them, and he had 8 hives in a wooden cage made of heavy oak 2 by 4's, and nailed to- gether with 20-penny nails. The weeds had grown up around them until the bees had to work their way underneath the hives. I straightened the poor things up the best I could, and he thanked me for what I did. buti did not do
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May, ign American ^ae Journal an old beerkeg. and it was almost rotted down. The hoops were falline; off, and the foundation was rotten and filled with ants. Some of his hives were rotting off at the bot- tom and falling over: some had rat-holes in them, and he had 8 hives in a wooden cage made of heavy oak 2 by 4's, and nailed to- gether with 20-penny nails. The weeds had grown up around them until the bees had to work their way underneath the hives. I straightened the poor things up the best I could, and he thanked me for what I did. buti did not do what I did for his thanks. I did it for the sake of the bees. In spite of this awful condition the bees were working fine and bringing in pollen. They seemed to be strong and healthy. Now. this man never got enough honey to furnish his table, and there were only 2 in the family. I tried my best to get him to take the American Bee Journal, or Dr. Miller's book, but I could not get him to do anything. What do you think of such men ? If there are humane laws to protect the dumb beasts and the birds, ought not there to be a law to protect the little insects that so faithfully serve mankind and bring such a great bless- ing to him ? Talk about heathen that ought to be enlightened, don't you think bee-men ought to have some missionary in the field working for better conditions ? I could give a great many more such cases in Central Illinois, but let this suffice to awaken a greater interest in bee-culture in Central Illinois. I am at present at South Bartonville. and I find conditions the same here. I visited one bee-keeper here and he said he had :o colonies. I could not see any- thing but empty boxes. He is as cruel as a heathen in the South Sea Islands. He brim- stones his voung colonies in the fall and robs them, and that is the way he gets his honey for the market. So it is no wonder the price of honey does not advance when such muckers are allowed to place such an article on th
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