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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



March 16. 1905. 



was something awful. Five of the strongest 

 were liilled outright, and about half of the 

 others were damaged so badly it took them 

 all summer to build up into fair-sized colo- 

 nies. 



The honey crop in this part of the country 

 that year was a light one, but we got about 

 1200 pounds of extracted, and not a single 

 swarm. I forgot to say that I had in the 

 meantime purchased " A BC of Bee Culture " 

 and subscribed for the American Bee Journal, 

 and I expect to get more bee-literature later 

 on. Dyring this season the bees were run by 

 the old bee-keeper who moved them, while I 

 worked at my trade. 



In the fall I purchased my partner's inter- 

 est, and also bought 13 more colonies from 

 another man, and in the spring of 1904 moved 

 them to a location 6 miles away. This time I 

 had charge of the moving myself, and did not 

 break a single comb. 



The honey crop for 1904 was a complete 

 failure. I got only about 75 pounds of comb 

 and 75 pounds of extracted, and in the fall I 

 had to feed about $15 worth of sugar, but, as 

 usual, I did not have any swarms. I have 

 done nothing to keep them from swarming 

 unless I did it without knowing it, for I 

 wanted them to swarm, so the only way I can 

 answer Dr. Miller is in his own language, " I 

 don't know ". 



I did not go into the hee-business expecting 

 to make " easy money", but I made up my 

 mind some years ago I would like to follow 

 it, and though it has been a failure financially 

 so far, I am more enthusiastic over the busi- 

 ness now than ever. The nearest I can size 

 things up in this part of the country, after a 

 two years' residence here, is as follows : We 

 can depend upon a heavy honey-flow once in 

 5 years and one failure in that time, and the 

 other 3 years will be ordinary or light crops, 

 and if a man gets an average of 75 pounds per 

 colony per year he is doing well. 



I am gradually learning the business as I go 

 along, and if I should get " fired ", or get too 

 old to run a locomotive, I hope to be able to 

 make a living keeping bees. 



I think the prospects for this year are good. 

 We have had about 10 inches of rain, and it 

 is raining to-day. I expect to try my hand at 

 brood-rearing this year, and make some arti- 

 ficial increase, as I seem to have a strain of 

 non-swarming bees, and I must do something 

 to make up tor winter losses. 



This is my first letter, and it is rather 

 lengthy, but a man is usually forgiven for the 

 first offense, so I hope to be in this case. 



J. W. Kalfus. 



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