lo A Modern Bee-Farm 



been estimated, as that can only be valued by the balance 

 of profit shown at the end of the season ; the laborer is 

 worthy of his hire (profit). 



The Averag^e yields per Hive 



for both comb and extracted honey, taking a series of 

 years, have been placed on a fair basis, but in a fairly good 

 district the beekeeper should have no trouble in exceed- 

 ing those figures, if there are not more than a total of 

 150 colonies standing in his area, or range of bee-flight. In 

 a vet/ favourable locality, or where the owner plants bee- 

 forag;, the average will be still higher, and more stocks 

 may be placed in one apiary without any apparent diminu- 

 tion in the " out-put " per hive. 



The editor of the British Bee Journal states that he 

 obtained 1360 lbs. from seven hives. This was extracted 

 honey, but his results in comb have often exceeded 100 

 lbs. per hive. These weights were obtained from'a limited 

 number of stocks ; it will be seldom, however, that 

 such returns will be gained where a larger number 

 are to be managed. I have had 50 lbs. stored by a 

 single colony in seven days : and in 1886 had a 

 queen sent me, whose bees, without attempting to 

 swarm, had given upwards of 250 lbs. of honey, about 

 200 lbs. of which were in nicely-finished sections. 

 Such results show what is possible if the apiarist will al- 

 ways breed from the best strains, as set forth in the 

 chapter upon that subject. 



What Kind of Honey to Produce. 



It has often been stated that it pays best to run an 

 apiary for extracted honey, but my own opinion is that 

 to obtain the most desirable crop, the apiarist should 

 work for both that and comb honey. Certainly a larger 



