. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. A FIELD OF SWEET CLOVER AT HARVEST SWEET CLOVER ON THE LEFT, GRIM ALFALFA ON* THE RIGHT but in many instances would cause heavy expenses and extra labor. The beaten path, crooked as it may be, is always easier traveled than deep snow on a straight line, even if we could save one-half of the distance. In fact, if we should undertake to make a short-cut of this kind, the av- erage people would call us "cranky," no matter how much they would be benefited by our effort in the end. These conditions we meet in almost all walks of life. It i
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. A FIELD OF SWEET CLOVER AT HARVEST SWEET CLOVER ON THE LEFT, GRIM ALFALFA ON* THE RIGHT but in many instances would cause heavy expenses and extra labor. The beaten path, crooked as it may be, is always easier traveled than deep snow on a straight line, even if we could save one-half of the distance. In fact, if we should undertake to make a short-cut of this kind, the av- erage people would call us "cranky," no matter how much they would be benefited by our effort in the end. These conditions we meet in almost all walks of life. It is not only the beekeeper of many years' experience, who thinks his beaten path is the straightest, but all other occupations are laboring under the same decep- tion. It is not my object to open up any controversy with either the quadru- ple, the straight row or the single colony advocates. Each one of these three methods has its advantages. This cannot be denied, and it would hardly be advisable for anyone who. 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 [Hamilton, Ill. , etc. , Dadant & Sons]
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