. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. 40 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES put in the cellar the previous fall. A loss of 59 per cent was additional proof that it is better for the bees and their owner to spend the winter in the same Stale. ENCOURAGEMENT. Beginning 1881 with 67 colonies, I took 7884 pounds of couib honev, and increased to 177 colonies. An average of. Fig. 9—I'liilo Carrying a Hive. 117--J pounds of comb lioney per colony, and an increase of 104 per cent, which would be nothing' so reniarl<able in some ' localities, but I consider it so in a place where there is no bass- wood, buckw
. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. 40 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES put in the cellar the previous fall. A loss of 59 per cent was additional proof that it is better for the bees and their owner to spend the winter in the same Stale. ENCOURAGEMENT. Beginning 1881 with 67 colonies, I took 7884 pounds of couib honev, and increased to 177 colonies. An average of. Fig. 9—I'liilo Carrying a Hive. 117--J pounds of comb lioney per colony, and an increase of 104 per cent, which would be nothing' so reniarl<able in some ' localities, but I consider it so in a place where there is no bass- wood, buckwheat, nor anything- else to depend upion for a crop except white clover. Certainly it is not the usual thing here,. 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 Miller, C. C. (Charles C. ), 1831-1920. Medina, Ohio : A. I. Root Co.
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