152 My Bees 



candy attracted. With judicious management 

 one hive ought to give enough honey for a 

 family, and to require almost no attention. 

 Bees will fly four miles in search of honey, so 

 that our New York City bees get most of their 

 supplies in Jersey or over on Long Island. 

 At one time a few years ago California honey 

 seemed about to drive our Eastern bees out of 

 the business. Since then, however, there has 

 been a reaction, and our honey is preferred for 

 its flavor, and higher prices are paid for it. 

 One bee-keeper of Cherry Valley, New York, 

 exports yearly to England $25,000 worth of 

 honey raised by his own bees. I am now 

 about to move my bees down to my Long 

 Island home, having found that there are thriv- 

 ing apiaries in the neighborhood and plenty of 

 buckwheat and golden-rod for their sustenance. 

 If I cannot get several hundred pounds of 

 honey every year to offset my grocery bill I 

 shall be disappointed. 



