HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



and jumper, I am less liable to be stung than 

 when I wear dark woollen clothes. Whether 

 it is because they detect the animal scent in 

 the woollen goods, or have a natural aversion to 

 black, I am not able to say, but I do know that 

 bees are more gentle and docile when I wear 

 the light suit in preference to the dark. 



I was visiting a few years ago the large api- 

 ary of Mr. Alexander at Delanson, New York. 



He had a large flock of white wyandotte 

 hens, which would wander all day among 

 the hives, picking up drones. In the flock 

 was one single black minorca hen, and strange 

 to say the bees never troubled the white fowls 

 at all, but again and again they would drive the 

 black hen from their midst, which seemed to 

 prove that they have a hatred for black. 



"What hive shall I use?" is a question that 

 is frequently asked, and its answer is the 

 question, "What do you intend to produce, 

 comb or extracted honey?" 



If you intend to produce comb honey, by all 

 means adopt a hive having a shallow brood 

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