INCREASE AIJD THE PEOFITABLB PEODUOTION OF BEES. 63 



two out of this for failures of the young queens to mate, or 

 loss from a severe winter, w^.have eight stocks left — that is, 

 seven stocks to sell, and the original stock left for the repetition 

 of the same process the following year ; and so we come to the 

 profit-and-loss side of the question. 



Profit and Loss. 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



2 cwt. cane sugar at £1 per cwt. . 

 lOJ lbs. thin foundation at 2s. per lb. . 

 7 doz. frames at l*. per dozen 

 Advertising bees for sale 



Total 



This amount, £S 9s., must be added to the tenth part of 

 what I will call the bee-keeper's stock in trade, which amounts 

 to 11«., as below. 



£ s. d. 



9 hives at lOi/ 4 10 



2 rapid feeders at 2«. 6«? 5 



9 slow stimulating feeders . . . .050 

 2 travelling boxes 10 



In spring the seven stocks will be sold on six frames each, 

 not twelve, and so there will be at least three dozen frames of 

 comb which the stocks built during the previous summer. 

 These may either be kept for future use, or (as calculated 

 below) they may be sold at 5s. per dozen. 



RECEIPTS. 



£ t. d. 

 7 stocks sold at 15*. each . . . .560 

 3 doz. frames of comb at 5«. per dozen . . 15 



Total £6 

 Deduct £4 



Net Profit £2 



