. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. FIFTY AMONG THE BEES 41 but 1-eiuember there were only 67 colonies, and if I were again reduced to 67 colonies I think I might do a shade better now. AVERAGE YIELD DEPENDS MUCH UPON NUIIBEKS. In general, I suspect that the number of colonies in a place is not sufficiently taken into account. I remember at one time A. I. Root's commenting upon the case of a beginner with a very. Fig. 10—Colonies Intended for Oiit-apiaries. few colonies making a line record, and he thought it was be- cause of the great enthusiasm of the beekeeper as a beginner. I think
. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. FIFTY AMONG THE BEES 41 but 1-eiuember there were only 67 colonies, and if I were again reduced to 67 colonies I think I might do a shade better now. AVERAGE YIELD DEPENDS MUCH UPON NUIIBEKS. In general, I suspect that the number of colonies in a place is not sufficiently taken into account. I remember at one time A. I. Root's commenting upon the case of a beginner with a very. Fig. 10—Colonies Intended for Oiit-apiaries. few colonies making a line record, and he thought it was be- cause of the great enthusiasm of the beekeeper as a beginner. I think instead of unusual enthusiasm it was unusual opportu- nities for the bees. I can easily imagine a place where five colonies might store continuously for five months, and where a hundred colonies on the same ground might not store three vveeks. There might be flowers yielding continuously through- out the entire season, but so small in quantity that, although they might keep a very few colonies storing right along, they would not yield enough for the daily consumption of more than ten to fifty colonies. Remember that the surplus is the smaller. 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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