. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. i?eb. 1, 1900. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 67 age. I gave one-half the surplus to my brother as his share of the " ; Had buckwheat yielded well, which, in this locality, happens once in about half a dozen years, nothing would have been gained by moving the bees. The inability to foretell the honey-flow in any given locality is the greatest obstacle in the way of successful migratory bee-keeping. In the Bee-Keepers' Review for August, 1889, Mr. R. h. Taylor said: "I might have mad? $l,000-by moving 100 colonies there [to a certain locali
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. i?eb. 1, 1900. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 67 age. I gave one-half the surplus to my brother as his share of the " ; Had buckwheat yielded well, which, in this locality, happens once in about half a dozen years, nothing would have been gained by moving the bees. The inability to foretell the honey-flow in any given locality is the greatest obstacle in the way of successful migratory bee-keeping. In the Bee-Keepers' Review for August, 1889, Mr. R. h. Taylor said: "I might have mad? $l,000-by moving 100 colonies there [to a certain locality] last year; but I might expend $200 each year for the next five years in moving bees back and forth, and find at the end of that time that I could have obtained more honey if I had not moved them at all. This I admit is not likely, as the advantages of that locality for a full crop are so much greater than this, but it is ; Only 40 miles from here, on a direct line of railroad, is a locality where the main honey-flow comes in the fall; yet nothing is secured here at that time. All bee-keepers know that the distance of only a few miles often makes all the difference between no crop and a bountiful harvest, and the question is. Can't bee-keepers take advantage of this fact ? If they can, why don't they do more than they do ? Either the moving of bees to_take advantage of transient, neigh- boring flows is unprofitable, on the whole, or else this part of bee-keeping has been neglected. Bee-yards, honey-houses, etc., are all gotten up with permanency of location in view. The bee-keeper gathers about him these conveniences and appliances, arranging his apiary, and if the honey comes to him, all right; if it doesn't, he does not think of going to the honey. The expense of moving to and from a locality a few miles distant need not be so very great. From 30 to 40 colo- nies can be moved on a large hay-rack ; or a special rack might be constructed, by means of which one
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