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Part of Mr. Hograve's 115 colonies. 



ositiou. It was not long before I concluded 

 that a change in management must be made 

 if that prediction of my friends were not to 

 come true. It has remained a mystery to 

 me to this day how it came about; but my 

 friends all know that I am keeping bees, 

 and that the bees are keeping me where I 

 so longed to be. 



In January, 1911, I bought three colonies 

 from a farmer some miles away; transfer- 

 red them to ten-frame dovetailed hives; in- 

 creased to eight colonies; but secured no 

 surplus that year. Since then I have stead- 

 ily increased them in numbers, and have 



A side line that goes well with beekeeping. 



always secured more or less extracted honey 

 per colony, having as many as 115 colonies 

 during the past season, and having had 

 with me a nephew who has now decided to 

 embai'k in the bee business for himself. 



I retail all the honey I produce, in the 

 cities of Milwaukee and Waukesha, at 12 

 cts. per lb., and have found no trouble in 



getting it, altho some other producers liave 

 advertised and offered their product at 10 

 cts. per lb. 



Of course I have not laid away a fortune 

 during this time, but I have made a com- 

 fortable living, made several improvements, 

 chief of which, among other things, is the 

 installing of a furnace, and this fall the 

 acquiring of a new automobile. 



Waukesha, Wis. 



300 lbs. of extracted honey from one colony. 



