1900 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



125 



MIGRATORY BEE-KEEPING IN THE 

 SOUTH. 



JUDGING from the great number of 

 applications we receive from bee- 

 keepers throughout the country 

 who desire to engage with us for a sea- 

 son, in order that they may acquaint 

 themselves with the advantages and dis- 

 advantages of Florida as a bee-keeping 

 country, and the still greater number of 

 young men who write requesting the 

 privilege of studying practical apiculture 

 with us, in the South, there is a wide- 



to be sure, much pleasure and fascina- 

 tion in the work of visiting one's 

 apiaries along the banks of the beautiful 

 Indian River, with a commodious boat 

 having an extractor and tank aboard, 

 going through the work of extracting, 

 attending to such other matters as may 

 require it, and setting sail for other 

 yards conveniently located along the 

 coast. 



This is one of the pleasures of the 

 migratory bee-keeper in Florida, and is 

 the one usually contemplated in the 

 di'eams of the inexperienced youth who 



LANDING OF THE PILGRIM SONS, AT LOW TIDE. 



spread Interest in Florida, among bee- 

 keepers. 



While there is much pleasure and sat- 

 isfaction in the thought of being located 

 in a land of perpetual summer, and 

 knowing that our industrious little 

 workers have not to be frozen up and 

 snowed under during a great part of the 

 year, we have, at times, obstacles and 

 conditions hardly less unpleasant, and 

 even more difficult to control. There is, 



is inclined to seek his fortune through 

 migratory bee-keeping in the far South. 

 It is commendable in any young man 

 that he should formulate future business 

 plans and strive energetically to execute 

 them to the letter. It is only to such 

 that success ever comes; but, even with 

 the most diligent application to a busi- 

 ness so susceptible to the influence of 

 ever-varying conditions, disappointment 

 is not an infrequent result. 



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