. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 222 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. March 16. 1905. was something awful. Five of the strongest were liilled outright, and about half of the others were damaged so badly it took them all summer to build up into fair-sized colo- nies. The honey crop in this part of the country that year was a light one, but we got about 1200 pounds of extracted, and not a single swarm. I forgot to say that I had in the meantime purchased " A BC of Bee Culture " and subscribed for the American Bee Journal, and I expect to get more bee-literature later on. Dyring this
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 222 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. March 16. 1905. was something awful. Five of the strongest were liilled outright, and about half of the others were damaged so badly it took them all summer to build up into fair-sized colo- nies. The honey crop in this part of the country that year was a light one, but we got about 1200 pounds of extracted, and not a single swarm. I forgot to say that I had in the meantime purchased " A BC of Bee Culture " and subscribed for the American Bee Journal, and I expect to get more bee-literature later on. Dyring this season the bees were run by the old bee-keeper who moved them, while I worked at my trade. In the fall I purchased my partner's inter- est, and also bought 13 more colonies from another man, and in the spring of 1904 moved them to a location 6 miles away. This time I had charge of the moving myself, and did not break a single comb. The honey crop for 1904 was a complete failure. I got only about 75 pounds of comb and 75 pounds of extracted, and in the fall I had to feed about $15 worth of sugar, but, as usual, I did not have any swarms. I have done nothing to keep them from swarming unless I did it without knowing it, for I wanted them to swarm, so the only way I can answer Dr. Miller is in his own language, " I don't know ". I did not go into the hee-business expecting to make " easy money", but I made up my mind some years ago I would like to follow it, and though it has been a failure financially so far, I am more enthusiastic over the busi- ness now than ever. The nearest I can size things up in this part of the country, after a two years' residence here, is as follows: We can depend upon a heavy honey-flow once in 5 years and one failure in that time, and the other 3 years will be ordinary or light crops, and if a man gets an average of 75 pounds per colony per year he is doing well. I am gradually learning the business as I go along, and if I should g
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