64 A Modern Bee Farm 



scale ? Then there is only one way that will do it in this 

 country. You must plant intelligently. By the acre ? 

 Aye ! by the tens and hundreds ! Then will you pile up 

 half-a-dozen supers where now you have one. You will 

 have no more Autumn feeding, and no more unpleasant 

 robbing. 



Estimate of Honey per Acre. 



It has been estimated that an acre of white clover 

 yields some lolbs. of honey per day. Suppose we allow 

 the ordinary local resources to support a medium number 

 of stocks, say lOO, and take only our specially planted 

 fields for the surplus. We will plant say 5 successive 

 crops each of 20 acres to yield 20olbs. per day, for say 5 

 months of 20 honey days each crop, that will be for lOO 

 days 20,ooolbs. of honey from 100 acres and allowing 

 one month only to each crop. 



Less than 100 colonies would gather this from special 

 clover crops close at hand, but we have to allow for the 

 natural yields as well, and must not make the expenses 

 too small. The 20,ooolbs. at 6d. would work out at about 



And now the cost. 



£ s. d. £ s. d. 



Rent at £\ per acre will be 100 o 



2olb. seed per acre average lod., and sowing .. 



say .. .. .. .. .. 100 o o 



Ploughing, rolling &c. . . . . . . . . 100 o 



o 



300 o 



Profit 



Hay, 100 acres, say 100 tons at ^^3 equals . . 300 o o 

 Less haying;^! per acre £\oo .. 

 Less manure £\ per acre £\oa . . 



' I 200 o o 



Total, profit first year 300 o o 



