FOKTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES. 



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DISCOURACE.MENT. 



When the bees were ready to Begm upon the harvest 

 of 1881, there were 67 colonies left out of the 162 that 

 had been put in the cellar the previous fall. A loss of 

 59 per cent was additional proof that it is better for the 

 bees and their owner to spend the winter in the same 

 State. 



Fig. 9. -Philo Carrying a Hive. 

 ENCOURAGEMENT. 



Beginning- 1881 with 67 colonies, I took 7,884 

 pounds of comb honey, and increased to 177 colonies. 



