86 BEEKEEPING 



statement for in many parts of tlie coun- 

 try expert apiculturists manage their bees 

 with consummate skill and their crops 

 are less dependent upon the seasonal 

 chances than are those of their lesser 

 brothers to whom the bee is but an inci- 

 dent in other work. When I say that the 

 majority of beekeepers do not manage 

 their bees but allow them to manage 

 themselves, I speak of the vast army of 

 "little" beekeepers who have from one 

 to a dozen colonies. 



All of these lesser lights could vastly 

 increase their honey production by very 

 little extra care and attention. The ulti- 

 mate end of beekeeping is the production 

 of honey and if this end is to be gained, 

 the owner of the bees must so manage his 

 insect workers that they are in a position 

 to accomplish the greatest amount of la- 

 bor in the least time. 



-^ While bees gather some nectar from 

 flowers during the entire summer it is 

 only at certain periods that they secure 



