. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 58 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER April. POULTRY, IN CONNECTION WITH BEE KEEPING. These two branches of rural econ- omy are well adapted to each other and prove to all who combine them, a reliable source of pleasure and profit' Bee-culture is a business that requires the most attention during the spring and summer months, and then only from about 8 a. M. to 4 p. M., while attention to our feathered friends in- cludes the whole year, but principally, in the morning and evening, so the two industries do not conflict with each other in respect to time. Duri
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 58 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER April. POULTRY, IN CONNECTION WITH BEE KEEPING. These two branches of rural econ- omy are well adapted to each other and prove to all who combine them, a reliable source of pleasure and profit' Bee-culture is a business that requires the most attention during the spring and summer months, and then only from about 8 a. M. to 4 p. M., while attention to our feathered friends in- cludes the whole year, but principally, in the morning and evening, so the two industries do not conflict with each other in respect to time. During fall and winter, when our bees are at rest eujoyiug their summer gathered sweets, our poultry demands good quarters and kind attention, so as to secure fresh eggs, which rate high in the market reports at this time of the year. Plenty of fresh eggs in the winter means money to the producer, for no other live stock pays so well for the amount of money invested, as poultry, if properly managed, and for the amount of food consumed, the profit from eggs and meat far out- strips any of our other domestic ani- mals, and what is often of greater im- portance, much quicker returns. To every one keeping bees I would recommend a flock of poultry, not only as a source of profit, but also of pleasure, for a combination of both pursuits admits a change of thought as well as physical exercise. The work among my poultry is mostly done during the summer months in the morning and evening, when too early or too late to work among the bees, and to have fowls roam nmong the hives on the green sward is a beau- tiful sight, and not only beautiful but useful. Useful in the destruction of the wax-moth and other insects annoy- ing to the bees. The old maxim has it that "the early bird catches the ; Domestic fowls are early, and I always arrange to have several broods of my games feed about the apiary and thus coop them in different parts of my apiary. • In the early morn, they can b
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