250 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



SUCCESS AND FAILURE. 

 By A. J. Halter. 



December 



DID YOU ever stop to think how 

 many bees are Kept at a loss, 

 either through neglect or igno- 

 rance, by individuals who proclaim 

 themselves to be bee-keepers? Sup- 

 pose you for yourself take a little sur- 

 vey in your immediate vicinity, enu- 

 merate the colonies of bees and their 

 owners; what per cent, are operated 

 successfully? How many progressive 

 bee-keepers will you find? 



If figures were in print it certain- 



colonies in old boxes, kegs and th 

 like, to hear him speak of his bee indus 

 try, perhaps placing a value far be 

 yond the ordinary. When you as 

 what he has realized from the sales o 

 honey, he expects to get in the hone; 

 business next season. 



There are some who make a partia 

 sucess at almost anything they ur^ 

 dertake. When I began bee-keepin 

 I had the pleasure to entertain a gen 

 tleman who said he kept bees upward 

 of ten years, mentioning that he ha 

 a large supply of fixtures store 

 away which he did not see fit to us< 





r/lr. A. J. Halter, and Apiary. 



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ly would be astonishing to realize that 

 such conditions would be possible 

 after all has been said in our books 

 and journals. 



But there is a class of people who 

 are always at a standstill, waiting for 

 prosperity to come their way, without 

 making any preparation for its recep- 

 tion; others who are too busy — 

 "can't spare the time and money." 



It may seem somewhat amusing to 

 approach a man with a number of 



as there was no money in the bus 

 ness, as every pound he had secure 

 cost him a dollar. 



Hives and fixtures are a necessit 

 for the production of noney, but mu: 

 be applied with skill and in harmon 

 with the work of the bees. In th: 

 class the successful bee-keeper can t 

 found, seeking information at a 

 times which may lighten his burden. 



Akron, Ohio, Oct. 14, 1904. 



