. Biggle bee book [microform] : a swarm of facts on practical bee-keeping, carefully hived. Bees. 22 BICGLK BKK JJOOK The profits of heckeepiiiR will dcp.„0 ACRES OF hUCKWHHAT ^,11, ; "' •''oni buckwheat; •>^'t 1 be rcmu-mbered that his location is exceptional. l>,eekeeping. however, can be iru e a success in almost any section of the co intrv ere agricultural pursuits are successiullv carried o and a fine margin of profit can be der'ived The number of pounds of honey produced by. How TO MAKE A START 2:^ each colony will dcpnul laiK^^ly >'l'"" ^1^^' strength of the
. Biggle bee book [microform] : a swarm of facts on practical bee-keeping, carefully hived. Bees. 22 BICGLK BKK JJOOK The profits of heckeepiiiR will dcp.„0 ACRES OF hUCKWHHAT ^,11, ; "' •''oni buckwheat; •>^'t 1 be rcmu-mbered that his location is exceptional. l>,eekeeping. however, can be iru e a success in almost any section of the co intrv ere agricultural pursuits are successiullv carried o and a fine margin of profit can be der'ived The number of pounds of honey produced by. How TO MAKE A START 2:^ each colony will dcpnul laiK^^ly >'l'"" ^1^^' strength of the colony when the flow comes on, and the ability of the beekeeper to have his colonies in good condition for the flow is what means success. The question of whether comb or extracted honey is to be produced, has very little bearing on the actual profit per colony, for although comb- honey will bring nearly twice as much per pound as the extracted honey, yet a colony will produce nearly double the number of pounds of extracted honey, so that the actual profit per colony will be about the same. There are some advantages in producing ex- tracted honey (notablv that of swarm control), which accounts for the fact that perhaps the major- ity of professional beekeepers adopt this method, a further discussion of which will be found under the chapter on Comb and l':xtracted Honey. Roughly speaking, taking one season with an- other, there should be an average profit of $4 per colonv; this average will often be doubled and in some'instances trebled, especially if the honey is sold at retail by the beekeeper. An experienced beekeeper can without help take care of two hundred colonies, and not be under much expense; but more than this will recpiire an assistant whose services will be needed during the busy season. Much will depend upon the bloom of the local- ity where the bees are kept, and if there is much clover and basswood present the returns will often be surprising. As an index
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