. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 728 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Oct. 19,1905 two want them at quite a distance in order to have the chance of catching a crop at some one or other place. 5. The number of colonies at each yard, without over- stocking, is estimated at about 100 in the East, to 200 or 300 in California. One exception is Mr. Alexander, of New Tork State, who claims that almost any locality could support SOO colonies as well as 50 or even less. 6. The summary of all is what the Dadants told us long ago: Plenty of empty combs both for brood and honey. With that condition the
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 728 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Oct. 19,1905 two want them at quite a distance in order to have the chance of catching a crop at some one or other place. 5. The number of colonies at each yard, without over- stocking, is estimated at about 100 in the East, to 200 or 300 in California. One exception is Mr. Alexander, of New Tork State, who claims that almost any locality could support SOO colonies as well as 50 or even less. 6. The summary of all is what the Dadants told us long ago: Plenty of empty combs both for brood and honey. With that condition the number of swarms will be insignifi- cant. 7. Very few extensive bee-keepers work for comb honey. The swarming can not be entirely avoided, and recourse must be had either to removing queens or "shook " swarming, as it is now called. In a small apiary it is best to treat the colo- nies that do swarm, and not bother the others ; but with hun- dreds or thousands of colonies such discrimination is impos- sible. The "shook" swarming will be considered in another article. Knox Co., Tenn. Bee-Keeping as a Specialty BY GRANT STANLEY THERE has never been a time in the history of this coun- try in which the service of the specialist was in such great demand as it is at the present time. We see it on every hand ; the cry goes out all over the land for specialists; it goes out from all manufacturing establishments ; it goes out from railroad compaties, for men specially fitted for vari- ous lines of work ; it goes out from every branch of the De- partment of Agriculture, at Washington ; it even goes out from patients seeking treatment for various diseases. The cry to-day is for the specialist. We fairly seem to be passing through a reconstruction period. The reason for all this is not far to seek ; surrounding conditions have become remark- ably changed, and along with it various questions of a com- plicated nature, as well as of extreme importance, have pre- sented the
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