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SEVEXTEEXTH AXNUAL EEPOKT OF THE 



They also had sufficient stores and some 

 to spare, and of course kept right on 

 breeding regardless of the cold weather; 

 once more this yard is credited 100 per 

 cent on the amount of available stores 

 for use. They were also credited 100 per 

 cent on "time" to build up to full strength 

 before the honej' flow. In other words this 

 yard of 100 colonies — wintered outdoors — 

 had 100 per cent credit for all four of the 

 essential conditions required to give the 

 bees a chance to build up to full strength 

 to gather a possible 100 per cent crop 

 under the most favorable or unfavorable 

 weather conditions. The following figures 

 show that each of the factors taken into 

 consideration are always based on the 

 supposition that the balance of the three 

 factors are actually 100 per cent on the 

 basis of the 100 per cent perfect yard of 

 bees. This is necessary to find the value 

 of each factor as comiiared with the 100 

 per cent perfect yard. 



The value of each factor in each yard — 

 compared separately— with the crop of the 

 same yard, would show how much profit 

 one factor had over another, of total of the 

 same yard, not considering or comparing 

 same with the 100 per cent perfect yard. 

 100 colonies. 

 Outdoor wintered — 



% credit for queens 100%; crop 16,500 U 16,500=100%. 



% debit for queens 00%; crop 00 J ' 



% credit for protection 100%; crop 1^,500 \iq ^500= mfc 

 % debit for protection 00%; crop 00 J ' 

 % credit for stores 100%; crop 16,500 \ i^. rnn- inner 

 % debit for stores 00%; crop qq / -l^.^OO-lUU/c. 



% credit for time 100%; crop 16,500 \ _!« -nn-inno/ 

 % debit for time 00%; crop qq ] -iQ,oOO-lW /o. 



100 colonies. 



Cellar wintered — 



% credit for queens 85%; crop 14,025 \ _,« =nn_inno/ 

 % debit for queens 15%; crop 2,475 / ~ ■^^'^^- ^^ /o- 

 % credit for protection 82%; crop 13,530 \_tc- cnn-inno/ 

 % debit for protection 18%; crop 2,970 / ~ ^'^'^^ ~ ^^^ ^''■ 



The above figures show that it is only 

 the "debit" factors that must be accounted 

 for to make a balance with the 100 per 

 cent perfect yard. The total debits against 

 the 100 colonies wintered in the cellar are 

 43 p€^ cent ; these are sub-divided into three 

 factors, queens' 15 per cent, protection 18 

 per cent and stores 10 per cent. Each 

 factor is taken up in rotation as follows: 

 Queens, 15 per cent debit — 

 Debit of crop in pounds 2,475 at 



15c per pound $371.25 



Cost 6f 15 per cent of 15 queens at 



$1.50 each, total 22.50 



$348.75 

 This amounts to $23.25 profit for each 

 queen or 1,550 per cent profit on the 

 investment per year. But queens at $1.50 

 each should last two years; then at 75c 

 cost or investment per year, the profit per 

 year would be 3,100 per cent. 



The 15 per cent of queens referred to 

 in this yard were old queens that failed 

 "a long lingering drawn out failure," and 

 were not superceded until the honey flow, 

 this put them in such shape that no sur- 

 plus honey was produced by them. 

 Protection, 18 per cent debit — 



% credit for stores 90%; crop 14,850 \ _i/. cnn— inno/ 

 % debit for stores 10%; crop 1,650 / ~ ^'^'^^- ^^^o- 



500 1 

 00/ 



% credit for time 100%; crop 16,500 1 _!« Knf^-^nno/ 

 % debit for time 00%; crop qq / - lb,5UU- lUU /o. 



100 two-pound. 



Packages — 



% credit for queens 75%; crop 12,375 \ _ift cnn— inncv 

 % debit for queens 25%; crop 4,125 / ~ ^^>^^- ^^^ /o- 



% credit for protection 100%; crop 16,500 \ _i/:. cnn— innor 

 % debit for protection 00%; crop 00 / ~ ^o,ouu- lUU /c. 

 % credit for stores 88%; crop 14,520 \_-,r. cnn— inno/ 

 % debit for stores 12%; crop 1,980 / ~ ^o,WU- lUU /o. 

 % credit for time 88%; crop 14,520 \_-,n cnn- inno/ 

 % debit for time 12%; crop 1,980 / ~ ^^'^^^- ^^ /o- 



