The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary . Platte-ville, Wis., intending to return when times bright-ened. Desiring some emi)loyment, he answered anadvertisement, Agents wanted, to sell patent bee-hives, aud was soon the owner of the patent for hiscounty. He made the liives himself; and as at thattime nearly every farmer kept bees, the businesspaid well
The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary . Platte-ville, Wis., intending to return when times bright-ened. Desiring some emi)loyment, he answered anadvertisement, Agents wanted, to sell patent bee-hives, aud was soon the owner of the patent for hiscounty. He made the liives himself; and as at thattime nearly every farmer kept bees, the businesspaid well, and he soon bought two more ills trades he got some bees, liis starting-point asa bee-keeper. Tliese he increased .mtil in 1871, whenhe went into winter quarters wi: h 123 colonies, bring-ing out 25 in tiio spring, and 14 in the spring follow-ing. Enlarging his hives, and studying tlie wants ofthe bees, led to better success, reaching .5(0 coloniesin the spring of 1888, kept in six apiaries. In 1886,from 395 colonies he took 42,4F9 lbs. of honey, increas-ing to 537. In 1885 his 33) colonies avei-aged 113 , and his 410 colonies In 1887 averaged 12 He owns eleven acres in the city limits ofPlatteville. devoted to garden truck and berries. m^mimiw!^?. EDWIN France, of Platteville, Wis., is noted as aproducer of extracted honej on a large scale. Hewas born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., Feb. 4, 1834. Hisfather was a furnace-man, molding and meltingiron; and. having a large family to support, had dif-flcvilty in making both ends meet. At the age ofeiglit, young Edwin was sent to live with his moth-ers brotlier, returning home at 16. He then servedan apprenticeship of four years at the furnace, wlienhis father bought forty acres of timber, which theycleared up as a farm, working at the furnnce win-ters. At the age of 24 his fatlier died, leaving him ,themainstavof the family. He gave up the fur- Mr. France and his son do all the work, exceptnace.
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