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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



I mentioned above that there were sev- 

 eral supers that v/ere not sealed and in 

 condition for the market at the close of 

 the season. In these last-filled, unfinished 

 sections, the part that is capped, is very 

 thin, or lean to look at, and were they 

 finished up and capped without the cells 

 being- lengthened out, they would not 

 weigh more than 11 to 12 ounces; and 

 were we to feed to get them into market- 

 able shape, the unsealed portion would be 

 drawn out to the regnlar thickness, while 

 the part that was capped would be left 

 untouched, thus making a bad looking job. 

 We remedy this by uncapping the portion 

 that is capped, letting the bees do anew 

 the whole job of capping, and this gives 

 us a good, smooth, even surface; about 

 the same as they cap with a natural flow. 

 It was good enough, so that it went with 

 the rest, at 1 5 cents a pound, on the car 

 here. 



Although this "fed back'" honey has 

 the reputation of candying- more quickly 

 than the natural gathered article, we 

 have no trouble along this line, although 

 we take the precaution of shipping it to 

 market as early as possible after it is 

 ready. 



COMPARATIVE RESULTS IN EXTRACTED AND 



COMB HONEY PRODUCTION. 



THE COMB HONEY YARD. 



84 colonies at $4.50 - $378.00 



16 empty hives and combs at 



$2.50 - - - 40.00 



300 supers complete at 50c. - 150.00 

 Tools - : - - 10.00 



1 honey house - - 50.00 



Total capital invested $628.00 



Interest on capital invested $ 37.68 



Wear and tear - - 37.68 



Rent and taxes - - 9.00 



3,000 sections - - 13.00 



30 pounds foundation at 54c - 16.20 



150 shipping cases - - 22.00 



18 outside crates at 40c - 7.20 



Work (estimated) - - 75.00 



Traveling expenses - - 20.00 



Credits. 

 2,300 lbs. comb honey at 15c $345.00 

 1,000 lbs. extracted honey at 8c 80.00 

 15 lbs. wax at 30c - - 4.50 



30 new swarms at $1.50 - 45.00 



Total receipts 

 Expense items 



$474.50 

 237.76 



Profits $236.74 



Per cent of profit on capital invested, 

 37-3 per cent. 



EXTRACTED HONEY YARD. 



84 colonies at $4 - - $336.00 



16 empty hives at $2 - 32.00 



170 upper stories and combs $2 340.00 

 1 four-frame extractor - 20.00 



Tools - - - 10.00 



1 honey house - - 50.00 



Total capital estimated $788.00 



Interest on capital invested $ 47.28 



Wear and tear - - 47.28 



Rent and taxes - - 9.00 

 42 cases of empty cans at 40c 21.00 



Work (estimated) - - 25.00 



Traveling expenses - - 20.00 



Total expense $169.56 



Credits. 



5,000 lbs. extracted hoqey at 8c 400.00 



50 lbs. wax at 30c - - 15.00 



5 nev/ sv/arms at $1.50 - 7.50 



Total receipts 

 Expense items 



$422 50 

 169.56 



Total expenses 



$237.76 



Profits $252.94 



Per cent of profit on capital invested, a 

 little over 32 per cent. 

 Total income from both yards $897.00 

 Total expense items - 407.32 



Total profit $490.78 



Total per cent of profit on both yards, 

 about 34)'2 per cent. 



It will be remembered that the season 

 of 1906, in the location v/here this yard 

 is located, was very poor; bee-keepers 

 getting only about half a crop. Had the 

 season been an ordinary one. and we had 

 harvested, say, double the crop we did, 



