. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May, 1913. American 'Ree Journal number of years, but my uncle built up again and increased until he had about 300 colonies. His first swarm was hived from^a stump when he was 14 years old. He was always experimenting, and designed hundreds of little devices for bee-work. Some of the earlier inven- tions were patented. He once told me that he had received from the sale of patented articles about what the pat- ents had cost him. During the last 20 years he patented nothing. He never talked much, but would test out his inventions, and if he did not like
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May, 1913. American 'Ree Journal number of years, but my uncle built up again and increased until he had about 300 colonies. His first swarm was hived from^a stump when he was 14 years old. He was always experimenting, and designed hundreds of little devices for bee-work. Some of the earlier inven- tions were patented. He once told me that he had received from the sale of patented articles about what the pat- ents had cost him. During the last 20 years he patented nothing. He never talked much, but would test out his inventions, and if he did not like them, discarded them without further ado— the world none the wiser for his ex- periments. During his bee-keeping life he was successful in securing hired help to do. The Late Oliver Foster. a large part of his bee-work. He said that he would rather have a big, strong boy 18 to 20 years of age, who was not afraid of bees, and who knew nothing about them, than a man who had worked with bees for years and had his own methods of bee-keeping firmly fixed. Such a boy could and would follow his instructions, while the older bee-man would be more or less inde- pendent in his ideas. When his men had worked for him several years, he would sell or lease to them some of his bees. At the time of his death he owned bees in Oregon, Idaho, and in three counties in Colorado. In all, he owned or invested in over hjuO colonies. In May, 1894, he moved from Mt. Vernon, Iowa, to Las Animas, Colo., taking two carloads of bees and sup- plies with him. That year he har- vested about tons of honey. The largest yield, per colony, he ever had was about 300 pounds of extracted to the colony for about 300 colonies. He was systematic in his work, and all supplies must be uniform and inter- changeable. There is not in any of his apiaries that I know of a cover that is larger than the top of the hive. The bottom-boards are equally simple. Covers and bottoms were soaked in oil before painting. While oper
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