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honey up in. At this point the business took an entirely different 

 planning and so far as progress was concerned, the business was 

 to move very slow, making a little increase here and there where 

 it was thought best to. 



/ now decided to produce comb honey in one-pound sections — Dur- 

 ing all this time the country for 200 miles around was to be explored 

 for bee-ranches, and a bee-business for comb honey in one-pound 

 sections started up in a different and suitable field. At this time 

 new locations were found and testing and arrangements made to 

 go and start up the business, making increase as rapidly as possible, 

 adding on experienced help when it was absolutely necessary, and 

 cheaper, common labor when we could use it to good advantage, 

 until we increased the number of our colonies to 1,200 in this new 

 location, worked in 27 yards, making 2,400 colonies in both locations, 

 worked in 43 yards. 



It was at tJiis period that a sJiop and niacliinery zvas installed for 

 manufacturing our ozcn supplies — Xot long after the start was made 

 in the new territory there was to be added to the business a shop 

 and machinery for making the bulk of the needed bee-supplies. 

 Suitable lumber was bought in car lots and then worked up by our 

 regular helpers at times when the bees did not need their attention. 



An experienced overseer is employed — The next season after this 

 addition a general overseer was put in the field, whose principal 

 dutv was to go from apiary to apiary in the busy season and see 

 that no bees lacked attention, and keep right in touch with those 

 in whose care the bees were entrusted. When necessary, the super- 

 intendent would take hold and help out when so doing would not 

 deter him too much from his regular work. 



Alore interest is taken in out-apiaries zvhere they are zvorked on 

 shares — At this point it would be best to have the bees in the new 

 location operated on shares, for more interest v/ould be taken in 

 them by those having them in charge. 



Well, this was not the extent of the planning, for another bee 

 business, not quite so large as either of the other two, was to be 

 started up in an entirely different section, where it would be the 

 most suitable for the production of extracted honey, wdiich should 

 be non-granulative. These bees, too, were to be operated on shares, 

 and the business overseen by the same general overseer. Thus the 

 business was planned long ago and established accordingly. You 

 may say that it takes natural environment or gift to establish a 

 great bee business, and I will go further and say that the man who 

 does is able to reach away out in the future and grasp the facts of 

 the business. He must have a great mountain of energy roll up 

 behind him and inspiration enough to tumble it down into good 

 service. 



