60 BEGINNER'S BEE BOOK 



If but one colony of bees is purchased the 

 extra hives will probably be sufficient for the 

 natural increase the first year at least. 



The man who expects to go into honey pro- 

 duction extensively must expect to invest about 

 ten to twenty dollars per colony in hives, bees, 

 equipment, etc. Thus five hundred colonies of 

 bees will represent a working capital of five to 

 ten thousand dollars. In addition to the hives 

 and equipment necessary for a few colonies, the 

 large producer will need honey houses, cellars 

 or wintering cases, and a team or automobile 

 for getting his product to niarket and going to 

 and from his various apiaries. 



