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He can purchase even one hive and, while increasing from 

 this, he can gain an experience that he could get in no other 

 way. 



How shall one start bee-keeping? 



Get one hive or a few hives. If you have no room in the 

 yard, put them upon the roof. One man in Cincinnati, 

 Ohio, makes his living from bees kept on the roof of his 

 house. 



Wm. A. Selzer, a large dealer in bee-keepers' supplies, in 

 Philadelphia, established many colonies on the roof of his 

 place right in the heart of the business district, where it would 

 seem impossible for bees to find a living. 



Very little space is required for bee-keeping; hives can 

 be set two feet apart in rows, and the rows six to ten feet 

 apart. No pasture need be provided for them. There 

 are always fields of flowers to supply the nectar. 



White clover produces a large yield of nectar of very fine 

 flavor. The basswood or linden tree blossom produces a 

 fine nectar which some consider better than white clover. 

 Buckwheat also gives a good yield of nectar, but it is dark 

 in color and brings a lower price for that reason. There are 

 other plants which yield large quantities of nectar, and it 

 would be necessary to know the locality to say what would 

 be the best plants; but as white clover is found almost 

 everywhere in the northern states, it is safe to say this will 

 be the best producer in the spring, and goldenrod, where 

 found, the best for the fall supply. 



Frank Benton, in United States Department of Agri- 

 culture Bulletin 59, says : "It may be safely said that any 

 place where farming, gardening, or fruit raising can be suc- 

 cessfully followed is adapted to the profitable keeping of 

 bees." 



