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THE BEE-KEEPERS REVIEW 



Can we develop a race of bees which will be great honey 

 gatherers? I shall keep on trying to find out. 

 Buck Grove, Iowa. 



A Little Story of Success With Bees. 



BY F. ALDERMAN. 



^-«J| COMMENCED to keep bees in the fall of 1874, and I have 

 ^ always kept from one to a hundred colonies. My first colony 

 of bees was taken from the woods, and from a very tall tree, 

 the top being cut ofif and lowered to the ground with ropes. In the 

 spring of '75 I moved them from the tree top to a movable frame hiye 

 and increased them during that summer to four fine colonies. In 

 the spring of '76 I still found myself with four good strong colonies, 

 and during the summer they were increased to nine, and from that 

 year on to the present one I have found myself with a hundred 

 colonies during most of the time. 



Last season was a hard one on bees, and I found myself this 

 present spring with only 16 good colonies. I now have them back 

 to 40 and all in good condition for winter. Have taken 500 lbs. 

 of choice comb honey, and it is all sold and gone. I think I'll still 

 have four or five hundred pounds to come ofif yet this fall. 



I. like all other bee-keepers, have had my ups and downs, but 



F. Alderman's Apiary. Evidently the Bees HavejTreed the Boy. 



