HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



New York state, who kept all of his hives, some 

 eight hundred, located in the one home yard, 

 and during favorable years produced in 

 the neighborhood of eighty thousand pounds 

 of extracted honey, principally buckwheat. 

 This, however, is an exceptional case, and 

 the average location will demand the keep- 

 ing of not more than one hundred hives in 

 one yard; in case a large number of colo- 

 nies are kept, a system of out apiaries is ab- 

 solutely essential to success. 



The novice will be wise to go slowly in the 

 matter of out apiaries, until he has the neces- 

 sary experience to make it a success. 



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