. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 207 and weighed 8714 lbs. Follow the record to the 23rd, and you will see the weight is 166 lbs; a gain of 78^4 lbs. for ten days. On the top story is a record taken at different hours during the day of the 19th, which shows the hive at 8 A. M. to be 7 lbs. short of the previous day's record; as that 7 lbs. of bees are at last, but by no means least, look at the last line on the top story, and see my esti- mated gain for that day from 500 colo- nies, is 5,600 lbs ! Have I reaped a re- ward for my labor in fussing with the bees so


. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 207 and weighed 8714 lbs. Follow the record to the 23rd, and you will see the weight is 166 lbs; a gain of 78^4 lbs. for ten days. On the top story is a record taken at different hours during the day of the 19th, which shows the hive at 8 A. M. to be 7 lbs. short of the previous day's record; as that 7 lbs. of bees are at last, but by no means least, look at the last line on the top story, and see my esti- mated gain for that day from 500 colo- nies, is 5,600 lbs ! Have I reaped a re- ward for my labor in fussing with the bees so much for the past two months ? I think I have. Wharton, Texas, Mar. 7, 1901,. I f 1 4/i . I? 6 5 0 0 \ks_. '. if - 8 9 . - Jl ^:. 96 I f 2. 6 3>. 3,0 2.} '^'"^s^^'ewpj^j'^^ U^s 73;^ o/z. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original National Bee-keepers' Association. [Flint, Mich. : s. n.


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