. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. 1 102 Tin; AMKliUAN FAUMEU's STOCK square, :ui(l, wluu tilU'd with coiiil), will contain about a pound of lioncy. A nuniher of them placed side ))>' side, and joined together, will occup}' the same space in the hive as the larger frame. The small frames are far more convenient for handling than the larger ones, and by their use tiie honey can bo sold in the frames in quantities to suit retail buyers. Most of the California honey shipped eastward, comes in these small small iitAME. frames ju
. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. 1 102 Tin; AMKliUAN FAUMEU's STOCK square, :ui(l, wluu tilU'd with coiiil), will contain about a pound of lioncy. A nuniher of them placed side ))>' side, and joined together, will occup}' the same space in the hive as the larger frame. The small frames are far more convenient for handling than the larger ones, and by their use tiie honey can bo sold in the frames in quantities to suit retail buyers. Most of the California honey shipped eastward, comes in these small small iitAME. frames just as the bees made it. As before said, whatever the hive let it be simple; and since none of the standard hives are now covered by patents, a practical man ought to be able easily to judge what suits his idea best. The cut will show oiu' of the MOVABLE FRAME FiLLKD WITH coMii. uiovablc frauics filled with a wired comb foundation, and may also bo taken as showing a movable frame filled with comb. II. Number of Swarms Profitably kept on a Farm. The great mistake made by farmers in bee keeping is, that they are too eager to increase the numl)cr of their swarms. When a few swarms are kept the bees remain healthy and give plenty of surplus honey, because thcv find iilenty of natural forage. Swai-ms, on the other iiand, are ex- tended until ten, twenty, fifty, and even more, are woiking; then conic light crops of honey, disease, nu)th and other pests, and, at last, sttirva- tiou i)uts an end to the experiment. Artificial feeding and precise care may, indeed, prevent this ; but the farmer cannot spare the time from his other duties, though the specialist may. We have never been able to keep more than twenty swarms, even on one of the best of feeding grounds, without special care and feeding; and the greatest profit for the least outlay has been from ten or twelve swarms ; some locations will not support more than half this number. Every farm range should keep five or six swarms nicel
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