ILLINOIS STATE BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION 



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FIGURE 1 — Hypothetical curve representing tlie fluc- 

 tuations in wild bee life (lower curve) as compared with 

 the maximum prevalence desirable in the orchard during 

 bloom (upper curve), 



[Author's illustration — Courtesy of McMillan Co.] 



FIGURE 2 — Bees in Small Orchard. These four colonies are the product of one 

 new swarm, hived in June. It prepared to swarm in July; was quartered and made 

 four good colonies for fall. [Courtesy Doubleday, Page Co.] 



