8 A Modern Bee-Farm 
The editor of the British Bee Journal states that he 
obtained 1,360 Ibs. from seven hives. This was extracted 
honey, but his results in comb have often exceeded 100 lbs. 
per hive. These weights were obtained from a limited 
number of stocks; it will be seldom, however, that 
such returns will be gained where a larger number are to 
be managed. I have had 50 lbs. stored by a single colony 
in seven days: and in 1886 had a queen sent me, whose 
bees, without attempting to swarm, had given upwards of 
250 Ibs. of honey, about 200 lbs. of which were in nicely- 
finished sections. Such results show what is possible if the 
apiarist will always breed from the best strains, as set forth 
in the chapter upon that subject. 
What Kind of Honey to Produce. 
It has often been stated that it pays best to run an 
apiary for extracted honey, but my own opinion is that 
to obtain the most desirable crop, the apiarist should 
work for both that and comb honey. Certainly a larger 
quantity of extracted honey can be d&tained, but this will 
stand in the proportion of 50 to 30 lbs. of comb. Most 
practical men will admit this is correct, and upon this 
basis I have made out the estimates. It will be noticed 
that there is little difference between the first cost on stock- 
in-trade, whether comb or extracted honey is worked for, 
but the season’s produce of extracted honey costs for 
receptacles more than three times that of the other. After 
the combs are once established for extracting, with no 
further outlay in foundation, and a large quantity of new 
wax from the cappings, the balance may be in favour of 
this class of honey; but against this we have to place 
more labor, and that not of the cleanest. I have published 
these estimates that the bee-keeper may have a ready 
means of making his own comparisons, and be more 
