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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



combs than not to have the bees readily 

 enter the supers. We must have our 

 sections as close to the brood as possible. 

 Conditions here are identical with most 

 Alfalfa districts; first crop blooming- June 

 10th to 30th; second crop, Aug. 1st to 

 30th, according to season. Sweet clover 

 furnishes more or less honey throughout 

 the summer, but rarely yielding much 



now owned by Mr. Henry Widner, who is 

 running 600 colonies, and has produced a 

 car load of comb honey each season, with 

 the same system. 



BEES MORE PROFITABLE THAN SHEEP. 



Not being able to obtain sufficient range 

 for my sheep on the Forest Reserve, it 

 necessitated the disposal of them; and 



Machine for Putting Spl 



surplus. My plan was to get all the sec- 

 tions possible drawn out during the first 

 flow. 



During the year of 1906 this yard 

 produced 34,000 pounds; and, again, in 

 1907 the crop was 32,000 pounds. 



1 sold out in the fall of 1908 and en- 

 tered the sheep business; buying 4,400 

 sheep on the range. Although away a 

 great deal during the last two years, 1 

 have kept posted on this yard, which is 



ints into Foundation. 



once more embarking in the bee business, 

 by my purchasing the outfit of Mr. Otto 

 Geise, of Nolus, Idaho, at which place I 

 will own 700 colonies in one yard. Con- 

 sidering the capital invested, and the 

 operating expenses, there is more money 

 in the bees, by far, than in sheep. 



Don't let me influence anyone in not 

 establishing out yards. Do so by all 

 means if you want to branch out, but my 

 idea is to be sure and make them big- 



