PROFITS OF BEE KEEPING. 



any of the others. lean recommend the Controlla- 

 ble Hive to all bee keepers. This spring I have 

 put up fourteen more Controllable Hives, and shall 

 use no other hive in future." 



A lady bought a sv^rarm of Italian bees of me in 

 1874, and from that one stock she increased to over 

 twenty the third season, besides obtaining over one 

 hundred pounds of nice surplus honey from the 

 swarm I sent her in the first season. 



Here I desire to be clearly understood. I do not 

 wish to hold out inducements which will never be 

 realized, for the purpose of causing any one to com- 

 mence bee keeping with unreasonable expectations 

 of profit. There is labor and care required to bring 

 success in any enterprise ; and usually the greater 

 the care and labor bestowed on any business, the 

 greater the reward in profits. Bees give ample re- 

 turn for each little care and attention bestowed upon 

 them ; and if neglected and permitted to go uncared 

 for, there is corresponding loss. I believe that bee 

 keeping on correct and scientific principles should 

 be encouraged, until bees enough are kept to col- 

 lect the honey now allowed to go to waste, and 

 which, if collected, would add millions of dollars to 

 the wealth of the country. 



The statements of large yields of honey here pre- 

 sented, show what it is possible to do ; yet no rea- 

 sonable person w;ould commence bee keeping with 

 the expectation of realizing, on each of a dozen or 

 more stocks kept, the large yields above specified. 

 Some stocks will pay a much greater profit than 

 others. And it is only under the most favorable 



