CHAPTER V 



HIVE MANAGEMENT 



In an earlier chapter I made the state- 

 ment that there are eight himdred thou- 

 sand beekeepers in the United States. 

 The term "beekeeper" is a correct de- 

 scriptive name for the majority of men 

 who engage in this industry because that 

 is v^hat they literally do — they "keep" 

 bees, but they do comparatively little in 

 the way of managing or controlling them. 

 In fact the business of honey production 

 is to-day in but little better condition than 

 was the fruit industry twenty-five years 

 ago. If a crop is harvested it is more than 

 likely due to the abundance of Providence 

 than to foresight on the part of the owner 

 of the bees. 



There are, of course, exceptions to this 

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