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honey on both sides; the honey was all eaten out of the cen<i; , 

 and the bees drew to one side; they ate all the honey on that 

 side and a long cold spell prevented their going to the other side 

 until they starved to death, leaving plenty of honey in the hive; 

 or, the colony may have been queenless and weak at the end of 

 the honey season. 



Bees Flying Out.— Q. On a warm afternoon the bees crowd 

 around the entrance to the hive almost clogging it full. Some of 

 the bees crawl up the front of the hive, take wing and fly back to 

 the entrance of the hive and go in. Some of them crawl up the 

 front of the hive and fly away. A few take wing from the en- 

 trance and after circling back and forth in front of the hive, fly 

 away. Why is this? 



A. The young bees are taking their play spell and at the 

 same time marking their location. You will notice that at first 

 they fly with their heads toward the hive. 



Bees, Livelihood from. — Q. I have been trying to decide on a 

 move for several years; that is, in the keeping of bees. I had a 

 slight experience of two years with bees, but just became greatly 

 interested in them when I left the country to accept a position in 

 the Postal Department in New York City. I still hold such a po- 

 sition, but my desire and love for bees have increased so much 

 that I am contemplating a change to the country. Aly hesitation 

 comes from the doubt whether I could make a good living from 

 them alone should I devote my entire time to them. What is j'our 

 opinion? Would it be wise and profitable to give up my position 

 of $100 a month to lurch into beekeeping? I would not go in ex- 

 tensively at the start, but try and feel my way as I advance. Will 

 you kindly give me advice I seek as to whether there is a profit- 

 able field in the keeping of bees as a business proposition? 



A. Your question is one that is exceedingly difficult to answer. 

 If it be a mere matter of dollars and cents, I should say that bee- 

 keeping is a good business to let alone, for the same amount of 

 brains and energy that will make you a living at beekeeping will 

 make more than a living at almost any other business. But if you 

 have the great love for beekeeping that some men have, then it 

 may be the part of wisdom for you to choose beekeeping in 

 preference to any other business that would net you ten times as 

 much mone\ . For your true beekeeper doesn't have to wait until 

 he has made his pile before he begins to enjoy life, but every day 

 is a vacation day, and a day of enjoyment. 



But you must have a living. Can you make a living at bee- 

 keeping r I don't know. There are a few who make a living at 



