. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. October, 1914.' American Hee Journal crop, and this will not take a great amount of capital. But, on the other hand, I am going to plan to increase the next season's crop of honey, and I am now working to that end in every way I can. One of myapiarists, when he finished taking otT, packing and shipping his crop of honey, wrote me after taking a few days' vacation, that he thought of taking up a small job until it was time to put the bees up for winter. 1 wrote him at once, " The p^ nic is on us, and the times will be hard before you are aware of
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. October, 1914.' American Hee Journal crop, and this will not take a great amount of capital. But, on the other hand, I am going to plan to increase the next season's crop of honey, and I am now working to that end in every way I can. One of myapiarists, when he finished taking otT, packing and shipping his crop of honey, wrote me after taking a few days' vacation, that he thought of taking up a small job until it was time to put the bees up for winter. 1 wrote him at once, " The p^ nic is on us, and the times will be hard before you are aware of it. Keep right on with your apiary work. Stand by the bees, and they will in time stand by you for I have tried it. Your little job will soon be finished, and in the meantime your bees will suffer for want of attention. Go to the ; Some time afterwards he wrote me that he was requeening nearly all his bees with the best stock, and expected to put them up for win- tering in better shape than he ever had. Our other apiarists will fall in line with him as soon as they can, and no stones will be leltunturned towards this end. I have written this as a suggestion to other beekeepers, big or small. A Portion of One of tlie Writer's Apiaries Where 100 Percent of tncrease Was Made this Season It will be remembered that I made considerable over 1000 colonies in- crease this season. The picture here shown was a portion of my O'Brien yard where 100 percent increase was made. These hives are of my own manufacture, and are made of cypress lumber throughout, including frames. They are unpainted. I have found this to be by far the most economical ma- terial I can get for hives. More About Cypress Lumber for Bee- Hives—Cypress Defies Decay "There are numerous cases of undis- puted facts where cypress wood has withstood the test of time for 100 years with little or no repairs. Cypress re- sists decay longer than any other wood, does not warp or shrink, because it contains no ros
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