. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. July, I9n;. 225 American Hee JournaTjl. FIG. 5.—HOLE IN BROOD-COMB GNAWED BY MICE harder the bees he has or keep more bees ? The second man must either push harder or maintain present aver- age with less labor. The relation of equipment to cost of operation is a delicate one. It is easy to put too much money into equipment and it is equally as easy to add mate- rially to one's labor by insufficient or poorly made and ill-fitting apparatus. There is a fine field for the exercise of good judgment in the matter of equip- ment. Taking the case of the spec
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. July, I9n;. 225 American Hee JournaTjl. FIG. 5.—HOLE IN BROOD-COMB GNAWED BY MICE harder the bees he has or keep more bees ? The second man must either push harder or maintain present aver- age with less labor. The relation of equipment to cost of operation is a delicate one. It is easy to put too much money into equipment and it is equally as easy to add mate- rially to one's labor by insufficient or poorly made and ill-fitting apparatus. There is a fine field for the exercise of good judgment in the matter of equip- ment. Taking the case of the specialist and granting a well chosen equipment, can he sufficiently increase his per colony yield by different or increased manipu- lation to pay for the labor, or will he make more money by using less manip- ulation and putting his time into caring for more bees ? Will he make more by investing more, hiring more help and generally spreading himself, or will he do better to devote every possible moment to just what bees he can care for himself ? Dr. Miller and Miss Wilson are shin- ing examples of what may be accom- plished by the intensive method, but the cost of securing those results they have not given. The conventions and the beepress have always devoted most of their time and space to manipulation and appara- tus. To prove that these have brought progress it is scarcely necessary to compare present per colony yields with those of box hive days. But the cost of manipulation has been ignored and that of the apparatus not considered as broadly as it should have been. Per- haps times are chauijing with us and we shall come to consider the inter- relation of capital, apparatus and labor. Before entering on the discussion of lowered cost Tersus increased yield (which are in a sense synonymous), it were well if we differentiated between those who depend on bees for all or a large part of their living and those who keep them as a side line. The first man must decide whether he sha
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