THE CINCINNATUS. 



VOL. II. JULY 1, 1857. NO. 7. 



(Continued from page 272.) 



THE HONEY BEE. 



ECONOMY OF BEE KEEPING, ETC. 



With this number we will close, for the present, our discussions in 

 relation to the honey bee, with some practical remarks on the econ- 

 omy of bee keeping, patent hives, etc. 



The inquiry is often made, can not bees be made profitable ? — 

 We answer unequivocally in the negative, in this locality. And for 

 the simple reason, that the time for gathering honey is so short. — 

 Under the most favorable circumstances, and during the best seasons 

 it does not exceed six weeks, being from the first or middle of May 

 to the middle or last of June. When the fruit blossoms, locust, 

 white clover and poplar are gone the bee season is over. And if 

 there is a failure of the fruit, and the season from July onward is 

 dry, it will require all they store during those six weeks, to gire 

 them a fall and winter supply, and many will perish of starvation, 

 vinlessfed during September ; and bees during most seasons, will not 

 hold their own, after the first of July, in Southern Ohio. Where 

 the buckwheat is grown in abundance they will improve some upon 

 it, but in this latitude, the buckwheat blossom is without much sach- 

 arine matter, on account of the heat during the season that it is in 

 flower. In neighorhoods where the Linden tree flourishes, (com- 

 monly termed Basswood,) the season will thereby be lengthened 

 some two weeks, and in such localities, with this additional supply, 

 bee keeping will be far more successful and profitable. Judge FisH- 

 BACK, of Batavia, is the most successful and extensive bee keeper in 

 southern Ohio, and it is chiefly owing to the fact of the abundance 

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