. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 250 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER SUCCESS AND FAILURE. By A. J. Halter. December DID YOU ever stop to think how many bees are Kept at a loss, either through neglect or igno- rance, by individuals who proclaim themselves to be bee-keepers? Sup- pose you for yourself take a little sur- vey in your immediate vicinity, enu- merate the colonies of bees and their owners; what per cent, are operated successfully? How many progressive bee-keepers will you find? If figures were in print it certain- colonies in old boxes, kegs and th like, to hear him speak of hi
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 250 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER SUCCESS AND FAILURE. By A. J. Halter. December DID YOU ever stop to think how many bees are Kept at a loss, either through neglect or igno- rance, by individuals who proclaim themselves to be bee-keepers? Sup- pose you for yourself take a little sur- vey in your immediate vicinity, enu- merate the colonies of bees and their owners; what per cent, are operated successfully? How many progressive bee-keepers will you find? If figures were in print it certain- colonies in old boxes, kegs and th like, to hear him speak of his bee indus try, perhaps placing a value far be yond the ordinary. When you as what he has realized from the sales o honey, he expects to get in the hone; business next season. There are some who make a partia sucess at almost anything they ur^ dertake. When I began bee-keepin I had the pleasure to entertain a gen tleman who said he kept bees upward of ten years, mentioning that he ha a large supply of fixtures store away which he did not see fit to us<. r/lr. A. J. Halter, and Apiary. f ly would be astonishing to realize that such conditions would be possible after all has been said in our books and journals. But there is a class of people who are always at a standstill, waiting for prosperity to come their way, without making any preparation for its recep- tion; others who are too busy— "can't spare the time and ; It may seem somewhat amusing to approach a man with a number of as there was no money in the bus ness, as every pound he had secure cost him a dollar. Hives and fixtures are a necessit for the production of noney, but mu: be applied with skill and in harmon with the work of the bees. In th: class the successful bee-keeper can t found, seeking information at a times which may lighten his burden. Akron, Ohio, Oct. 14, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability -
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