48 PEARCE METHOD OF BEE-KEEPING 



SUMMARY 



I present these few testimonials from these very busy- 

 people, who are well known to all of us, for the encourage- 

 ment of those who may not have had much of any experi- 

 ence with bees to show them with what ease these people 

 get this large yield of honey from year to year by this 

 method. None of these people, as I am aware, had ever 

 kept bees before. 



This you will notice is all made possible by hav- 

 ing the bees in this large hive, made of two ordinary 

 hives, and then placing this hive inside of a building or 

 shelter where it is safe at all times and can be most easily 

 cared for. The fact that we can get such a large supply 

 of comb honey should appeal to every one. 



It has heretofore been impossible to produce comb 

 honey without swarming, and this swarming was a great 

 trouble to any one starting with only a few colonies of bees. 

 They did not have enough time to spare to watch them, and 

 swarms would issue and go away in the absence of the 

 keeper. This made it so uncertain and has been the great 

 cause of so many starting in bee keeping and being obliged 

 to give it up. Now with this new way, where the bees do 

 not swarm till you wish them to, it makes it possible for peo- 

 ple with other business to begin bee keeping and pursue it 

 till they can give up their other occupations and devote 

 themselves wholly to the bees if they wish. For this reason 

 it will make a fine vocation for ladies as well as gentlemen, 

 as it is an open air business and you are not confined to it 

 except for a minimum of time through the summer months, 

 as the bees are dormant in winter. 



This is so different from poultry keeping, which many 

 have tried, but in which the constant care has been so great 

 that many have been obliged to abandon it. I know of 



