. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 43 In the fall of 1881 I nian-ied Miss Sidney Jane Wilson, who was born on the Wilson farm wliere one of my out-apiaries was for years located. There was some economy in the ar- rangement, for she could go to the out-apiary for a day's work, and visit her old home at the same time. A GOOD YEAR. Of the 177 colonies with which the year 1881 closed, two died in wintering, and I sold one in the spring. That left 174. Fi<l. 11—Hire-staples. for the season of' 1882, and these gave me 16,.')49 pounds of honey, nearly all in sections.
. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 43 In the fall of 1881 I nian-ied Miss Sidney Jane Wilson, who was born on the Wilson farm wliere one of my out-apiaries was for years located. There was some economy in the ar- rangement, for she could go to the out-apiary for a day's work, and visit her old home at the same time. A GOOD YEAR. Of the 177 colonies with which the year 1881 closed, two died in wintering, and I sold one in the spring. That left 174. Fi<l. 11—Hire-staples. for the season of' 1882, and these gave me 16,.')49 pounds of honey, nearly all in sections. That was 95 pounds per colony, and the inci-ease Avas only 16 per cent—quite a falling off from the amount per colony of the previous year. But the addi- tional nine thousand jiounds in the total crop reconciled me to the "per colony" ]iaif of the business. It would be inter- to learn how much the difference in the yield per colony was due to the season, and how much to the ino'eased num- ber, but that is one of the things past finding 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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