. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 120 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Feb. 16, 190S. In the spring- we bought 4 colonies of black bees. They were regular hornets. We increased to 9 by dividing or by taking a frame of brood from each colony that we could and giving them an Italian queen ; by fall they were very strong-. We got a good supply of honey that season, averaging about $ worth a colony, besides what we kept for home use. We did not lose a colony that winter, and increased to 13 with a fair honey crop the next season. The season of 1903 was a good one, as we had 1300 pounds of ex
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 120 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Feb. 16, 190S. In the spring- we bought 4 colonies of black bees. They were regular hornets. We increased to 9 by dividing or by taking a frame of brood from each colony that we could and giving them an Italian queen ; by fall they were very strong-. We got a good supply of honey that season, averaging about $ worth a colony, besides what we kept for home use. We did not lose a colony that winter, and increased to 13 with a fair honey crop the next season. The season of 1903 was a good one, as we had 1300 pounds of extracted and 800 pounds of comb honey from 29 colonies, spring count. Last season we had 35 colonies, spring count, and about 325 pounds of extracted and 300 pounds of comb honey. I began to sell my first super of honey, and have had such a demand for both comb and extracted honey the past year that I could not supply half of my customers. I sell all from house to house. The extracted is put up in quarts, half-gallons and gallons. I have regular customers who wait for their winter supply. I never sell any honey that is not nice and does not look No. 1. Some order honey from the house, or take it when they come for their berries. I get 8)3 cents for all extracted and I2I2 to 15 cents for comb honey, according to the quantity wanted. I mold the beeswax in small cakes, and sell at 5 cents a cake, which brings me 45 cents a pound; or 40 cents a pound for large cakes of 4 to 6 pounds to the laundries. We use now only the 10 frame dovetailed hive. There is very little trouble in hiving a swarm when one does issue, as the bees always settle on a low tree near the api- ary. Last season it seemed as if every swarm would settle on the same tree. We try to keep down swarming by divid- ing, and keep them strong by sometimes moving the combs of hatching brood from one colony to another, giving the strong one empty combs. The bees sting me very much, and it always swells and feels bad ; while
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