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tended to properly, will pay so liberally in proportion to the cost 

 and care necessary to devote to it. Furthermore, there is nothing 

 that adds more to the appearance of thrift and comfort of a home, 

 than the keeping of a few hives of bees. 



The United States imports annually about $100,000,000 worth 

 of honey ; and notwithstanding we have in this country all the 



Fig. 1435.— Sketch of Root's Hexagonal Apiary. 



facilities for the successful raiding and management of bees, and 

 this with a sure market at liberal prices for all the honey and wax 

 that could be made, we have but about 3y000;000 swarms of bees, 

 with a capacity to supply only $18,000,000 wprth of product. These 

 facts led us to look into this subject) and it appeared to us to be so 



