. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1921 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL m pound, the profit and loss account would stand something: like this: • Extracted Honey Average 40 lbs. per colony— Loss $2, Average 50 lbs. pei- colony— Loss $1, Average 70 lbs. per colony— Loss $ Average 100 lbs. per colony— Profit $1, Comb Honey Average of 20 lbs. per colony— Loss $1, Average of 30 lbs. per colony— Loss $ Average of 40 lbs Average of 48 lbs per colony- Profit $ per colony— Profit $1, In other words, it would take a 100-pound per-colony production of extract
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1921 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL m pound, the profit and loss account would stand something: like this: • Extracted Honey Average 40 lbs. per colony— Loss $2, Average 50 lbs. pei- colony— Loss $1, Average 70 lbs. per colony— Loss $ Average 100 lbs. per colony— Profit $1, Comb Honey Average of 20 lbs. per colony— Loss $1, Average of 30 lbs. per colony— Loss $ Average of 40 lbs Average of 48 lbs per colony- Profit $ per colony— Profit $1, In other words, it would take a 100-pound per-colony production of extracted honey to net the producer as much as a 48-pound per-colony production of comb honey, figuring all supplies at the prices prevailing when the 1920 crop was harvested. Just whether 500 colonies in 8- frame hives would be able to pro- duce 48 pounds or more per colony while 500 colonies in lO-frame hives were producing 100 pounds per col- ony would be a much mooted ques- tion. Likely much would depend upon location, management, and the man. It would be interesting if some of our subscribers could give us their figures on costs as actually in opera- tion. It is a question which has been too long neglected by the average beekeeper. SCARIFYING SWEET CLOVER If unhulled sweet clover seed is planted it is likely to remain in the ground from one to three years be- fore it grows. In the case of a small field sowed by the associate editor, few plants came up the season fol- lowing, but the third spring there ap- peared a good stand. Ever thoug'i the seed is hulled, much of it will •not grow unless it is scarified The object of scarifying is to the hard cover so that water can pene- trate and thus start germination. Where large quantities of seed are to be scarified a machine is used for the purpose, but it often happens that one will have a small quantity of the seed which could hardly be put through such a machine, even though one was within reach. It is easy
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