Gleanings in bee culture . fice and wasunable to give them enough attention. Istarted to work about 8:00 a. m. and quit at5:00 , and liad my bees to bardie andother tasks to perform besides. Thus T wasunable to do anything well, and the beeswere greatly neglected. However, I got agood crop of honey, mostly extracted- Twas enabled to increase my own two colo-nies to fourteen, and get about fifty poundsof surplus extracted honey. Osceola Mills, Pa. CLERGYMEN AS BEEKEEPERS BY THE I^EV. HERMAN W. WATJEN Some time ago a noted clergyman, speak-ing in the city of Boston to a large gather-ing of m
Gleanings in bee culture . fice and wasunable to give them enough attention. Istarted to work about 8:00 a. m. and quit at5:00 , and liad my bees to bardie andother tasks to perform besides. Thus T wasunable to do anything well, and the beeswere greatly neglected. However, I got agood crop of honey, mostly extracted- Twas enabled to increase my own two colo-nies to fourteen, and get about fifty poundsof surplus extracted honey. Osceola Mills, Pa. CLERGYMEN AS BEEKEEPERS BY THE I^EV. HERMAN W. WATJEN Some time ago a noted clergyman, speak-ing in the city of Boston to a large gather-ing of ministers, mostly from country par-ishes, said, Brethren, keep hens; they areprofitable, and will add materially to yourincome. Had the good preacher known anything about bees I am sure he wouldhave changed that statement. He woulddoubtless have said, Brethren, keep bees;they are more profitable than liens and re-quire less care; they lake up little room andmake no noise; they can be kept almost 400 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. These bees are located in the center of Morgantown, N. % to 5 miles to the sourwood. a town of 5000 inhabitants. They fly from anywhere—in your study, in your attic, inyour church-tower, on your shed roof, inthe corner of your back yard, anywhere, solong as they can get out; they are clean, andneed not be fed except on rare can be left to care for themselves dur-ing your summer vacation, and they willwork for you even while you are , brethren, by all means look intothe bee business. It was by accident that I became a bee-keeper. It is not my profession but myhobby, my recreation, my pleasure. Sinceeverybody ought to have a hobby he mightas well have a good one, and I know ofnone better than bee culture. My deaconswife ottered me a swarm which had clus-tered on a low bush in her garden. Theylooked very inviting—a handsome, quiver-ing bunch of large Italians. But my igno-rance prevented me from getting them,altho I hel
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