. The Cuba review and bulletin. has been in Bayate nearly two yearsand his bee farm is close to the bees are the Italian variety and hisqueens come from the United States. Hestarted with 230 hives, standard make, andhas 372 now. His receipts of honey av-erage ID gallons per colony. The bees feedon the flowers of the hard-wood trees inthe dense forest which surrounds the trees blossom three or four times ayear. Cacao blossoms, Mr. Nystrom finds,make the honey dark and some other flow-ers turn the honey a light green, althoughthe flavor is not impaired. Spring hon
. The Cuba review and bulletin. has been in Bayate nearly two yearsand his bee farm is close to the bees are the Italian variety and hisqueens come from the United States. Hestarted with 230 hives, standard make, andhas 372 now. His receipts of honey av-erage ID gallons per colony. The bees feedon the flowers of the hard-wood trees inthe dense forest which surrounds the trees blossom three or four times ayear. Cacao blossoms, Mr. Nystrom finds,make the honey dark and some other flow-ers turn the honey a light green, althoughthe flavor is not impaired. Spring honey is bitter, and the seasonwhen this may be looked for is in Apriland it lasts some three weeks. Apparently, his bees work the year round,but in April, May and June they breed, atidfor the time being collect no honey. He isnever required to feed them, the constantgrowth in Cuba always providing flowersat all times of the year. Has no foul broodand has lost none by disease. He noticedsome little sickness, the cause of which was. .Mr. ; .Vl>iary at unknown, but he cured the ailment, what-e\er it was, by the use of carbolic disinfec-tants and by transferring ailing colonies tonew frames. He uses a veil, but is rarelystung, but he noticed that on rainy days thebees were always cross. His market is Santiago, Sweden. Havanaand local. He gets 30 cents per gallon, or 4 1-2 cents per pound, in Bayate. ihereare twelve pounds to a gallon. In wintertime the honey is heavier. He gets 43cents plata per gallon in Havana, but ischarged extra for the barrel holding 80to 125 gallons, while at 30 cents per gal-lon barrels are supplied free. Standardhives cost $ each, including freight,bought in Havana. There are cheaper hiveswhich can be secured for $, but thehigher hives were the cheapest. One manhe found could care for 350 hives. He got15 pounds of wax from every too poundsof honey, and the wax sold for 27 centsper pound. The local price for honey was 5 cents for
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