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yield of surplus for eleven years was 150 lbs. to the colony 

 and for the last six years it has been 30olbs. 



" My net profit for eleven years was a little over 400^ 

 per cent, and for the last six years it was 800 per cent. 

 Last year my home apiary, of which I am now writing, 75, 

 colonies (spring count), gave me 407lbs. to the colony." 



After saying that he started bee-keeping through his 

 health failing, and being in debt to the tune of 25,000 

 dollars, he gradually bought up bees until he had 500, 

 presently 2,000, and finally some 3,000 colonies, and 

 meantime had paid off his debts from the' proceeds, and 

 had regained his usual health. Then began a~ series of 

 investments in farm and fruit lands to the extent of 

 thousands of acres, all being by profit from the bees. He 

 found a small hive of little value, and these were soon 

 discarded for large double storied hives. 



Large Hives and Judicious Planting 



were the foundation stones of his remarkable success. 

 . . . "Bees," he says, ''even in an eight-frame hive, 

 generally use the two outside frames on eiach side of the 

 hive for honey and pollen, and this leaves but four frames 

 for brood-rearing. This will not produce one-sixth as 

 many bees as the colony should contain. I went through 

 a colony having on six lo-frame hives last summer, and it 

 had brood in 32 frames. That hive produced over 500 

 lbs. of surplus, while the same colony in an 8-frame, with a 

 queen-excluder used, would not have produced to exceed 

 100 lbs. of surplus. A queen-excluder will exclude the 

 queen, and will also, to some extent, bar or greatly hinder 

 a well-filled hive." 



" In conclusion I will say a few words about selling 

 honey, as that is about as injportant as its production. Of 

 course I could sell my honey at a profit at 5 cents. (2^d.) 



