. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL March shown on the cover page of the American Bee Journal of July last, tree logs, square boxes, etc. The first ten hives were brought to me on the backs of donkeys, with an experi- ence similar to that related by my friend Brenner, in San Domingo, page 194 of June, 1918, but with poorer luck, for he had them all de- livered in good condition, while I lost four of mine through the break- ing of the combs and daubing of the bees with honey. The other 10 colo- nies were delivered in good condition, having been brought on the backs o
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL March shown on the cover page of the American Bee Journal of July last, tree logs, square boxes, etc. The first ten hives were brought to me on the backs of donkeys, with an experi- ence similar to that related by my friend Brenner, in San Domingo, page 194 of June, 1918, but with poorer luck, for he had them all de- livered in good condition, while I lost four of mine through the break- ing of the combs and daubing of the bees with honey. The other 10 colo- nies were delivered in good condition, having been brought on the backs of human porters, at great cost. I transferred all those colonies after the method described in Da- dant's "Bee Primer," into movable- frame hives, with very good success and the honey which I saved in the transfer was sufficient to make up for the four colonies lost in transit, I then increased my colonies by artificial divisions, and succeeded quite well, so that in March, 1918, I had SO colonies and had more than doubled my capital, besides averaging about 20 pounds of honey per colony and at total of 30 pounds of beeswax. 1 do not know of any business in which the profits can be so large in so short a space of time. I do not wish to go beyond SO colo- nies, first because I am a "side liner" and have other occupations. Besides, I am as yet uninformed as to the real resources of the country, in honey. I will learn more during the present season, which began in September and will end in March. In the picture shown (cover page), the covers have been removed from the front rows, so as to show the style of hives which I use. The parts which support the hives are intended to keep them out of the moisture, for in the rainy season it rains every day, and the soil is con- stantly damp. My apiary is in the suburbs of the city of Uruapan, in a garden planted with divers fruit trees, as are all the gardens in the vicinity. We have several important sources of honey, c
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