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I would think thai, such a location 

 would support as many colonics of bees 

 as any inland location, as bees do not, 

 in my opinion, work to advantage be- 

 yond a distance of three miles. — G. L. 

 Tinker. 



If none of the flowers should produce 

 nectar, one colony would overstock it; if 

 all should produce in abundance, a thou- 

 sand might not. This is one of the un- 

 knowable things except Post. facto. — R. 

 L. Taylor. 



All depends upon the season. In a 

 poor season a few colonies would over- 

 stock it. In years when a basswood 

 tree would furnish the needs of a colony, 

 a large apiary would thrive there. — G. 

 M. Doolittle. 



I should judge that 100 colonies 

 would find all they could do in such a 

 place ; but I would not like to risk any 

 more unless the place is richer with bee- 

 forage than any place I have ever seen. 

 — G. W. Demabee. 



That will depend upon the season. If 

 the seasons should be like this has been 

 in my locality, one colony would over- 

 stock it. An abundance of white clover 

 bloom here and no honey ; I am "feed- 

 ing " to keep bees from starving. -A. B. 

 Mason. 



Oh, Bro. Michigan, you have got clear 

 out of my reach. It would depend en- 

 tirely, of course, upon the amount of 

 honey-producing plants, etc., of your 

 eight square miles. I would make a 

 guess only, at 50 colonies. — Mrs. Jennie 

 Atchley. 



Do you mean by a " range," a radius, 

 or diameter of three miles ? Bees will 

 readily work 3 miles in every direction 

 on the land. Eight square miles would 

 support from 40 to 100 colonies, ac- 

 cording to flora and seasons, I would 

 guess. — James Heddon. 



So much more depends upon the man- 

 agement than upon the acreage, that it 

 is very difficult to answer such a ques- 

 tion satisfactorily without knowing 

 whether comb or extracted honey is to 

 be produced, and who is to take charge 

 of the bees. With 80 colonies to the 

 square mile, it would be well stocked. — 

 Mrs. J. N. Heater. 



The location described in the question 

 is certainly a good one, so far as flora is 

 concerned. The production of honey, 

 however, depends upon atmospheric con- 

 ditions, and the kind of season generally; 

 not on the acreage or upon the flowers, 

 for even white clover, usually such a 



generous honey-producer, is reported to 

 yield no honey at all in some localities 

 this year, where generally it has yielded 

 abundantly. Such reports come every 

 year from some locality or other, and 

 atmospheric conditions are responsible 

 for such a state of affairs. It would 

 certainly be advisable to try 50 or 60 

 colonies, and increase the number until 

 you know experimentally the proper 

 number to keep. — Editors. 



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