462 A Modern Bee-Farm 
great. I have sold over my counter since July (letter dated 
April 24th), nearly two tons, not at a low figure, as that 
would kill the sale, but clover honey at ts. 3d. per lb. and 
heather honey at ts. 5d. Clover sections at Is.; heather 
sections at 1s, 3d. I would also advise that any chemist, 
making honey a leading line, should keep one or two hives 
of bees ; he is then in a position to interest his customer, 
who at once has confidence, and moreover, is in a position 
to answer any questions and silence people who are so very 
ignorant that they know better than the seller.” 
The Bees, the Forage, and the Man.—lIn an article 
in Gleanings in Bee-culture for July 15th, 1902, Mr. J. L. 
Gandy unfolds one of the most interesting experiences that 
ever fell to the lot of a bee-keeper. He has had as much as 
45,000 from his bees within two years, but here are his own 
words :—“I give herewith some ideas obtained during my 
30 years’ experience as a bee-keeper, the last seventeen of 
which I have handled them as a commercial pursuit, keeping 
during this time from 500 to 3,000 colonies, 100 of them 
being in my home apiary, of which I more particularly write. 
When I started bee-keeping on a large scale my 
neighbor bee-keepers did not average a surplus yield of over 
50 lbs. per year to the colony. I immediately set- about 
improving the bee-pasturage, and my average yield of 
surplus for eleven years was 150 lbs. to the colony, and for 
the last six years it has been 300 lbs. 
“My net profit for eleven years was a little over 400 per 
cent., and for the last six years it was 800 per cent. Last 
year my home apiary, of which I am now writing, 75 
colonies (spring count), gave me 407 lbs. to the colony.” 
After saying that he started bee-keeping through his 
health failing, and being in debt to the tune of 25,000 
dollars, he gradually bought up bees until he had 500, 
