. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May, 1908. iMerican Tiee Joarnal pay. As the result of much thought and experiment witli various branches of pouhry, the raisins of Pekin ducks for market and breeding stock has proved best adapted to our place and re- sources, and has gradually developed into a steady and lucrative industry. The bees have increased to 80 colo- nics, and we usually obtain between 2 and 5 tons of honey per season. Likewise, the first flock of 5 ducks and a drake have grown to 140 breeders, with capacitv of the plant increased to accommodate 2,000 young, and a product o
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May, 1908. iMerican Tiee Joarnal pay. As the result of much thought and experiment witli various branches of pouhry, the raisins of Pekin ducks for market and breeding stock has proved best adapted to our place and re- sources, and has gradually developed into a steady and lucrative industry. The bees have increased to 80 colo- nics, and we usually obtain between 2 and 5 tons of honey per season. Likewise, the first flock of 5 ducks and a drake have grown to 140 breeders, with capacitv of the plant increased to accommodate 2,000 young, and a product of 100 pounds of feathers and $200 worth of eggs per season. The reason why the duck in- dustry has grown most is because 80 coloiiies of bees are as many as our locality affords pasturage for (on the principle, you know, of 'more cows, less milk'), and the demand for Clovernook ducks has kept well ahead of the supply. Bees Buzz with Their "; "If I have ever nature-faked," said the Rev. William J. Long, the gifted nature writer of Stamford, "I have done so un- consciously. My knowledge, not my ve- racity, has been at fault. "You know," resumed Mr. Long, smil- mg, "anyone may nature-fake through' Ignorance. Thus: "One day I was addressing some Stamford schoolboys on the subject of bees, and turning to a bright looking lit- tle chap, I said: "'With what part of its body does a bee buzz, Jacob ?' "Jacob answered confidently but ig- norantly, launching a tremendous nature fake: " 'Its buzzum, sir,' he ;—Home Herald. Yakima Valley Good for Bees. I live in the Yakima Valley, and would say we certainly are blest with plenty. You might call it a land flowing with milk and honey, fruits of all kinds, etc. In our Valley alone I am sure there was marketed 60 tons of honey. It was pub- lished in the local papers that our In- spector Jesse W. Thornton's crop was 15 tons from 500 colonies of bees last year. We got
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