406 PASTURAGE AND OVERSTOCKING. 
715. With proper management, at least fifty pounds of 
surplus honey may .be obtained from each colony that is 
wintered in good condition. ‘This is not a ‘‘ guess”’ esti- 
mate, it is the average of our crops during a period of over 
twenty years in different localities. 
Such an average may appear small to experienced bee- 
keepers, but we think it large enough when we consider 
that we have very few linden trees in our neighborhood. 
A careful man, who, with Langstroth hives, will begin 
bee-keeping on a prudent scale, enlarging his operations as 
his skill and experience increase, will succeed in any region. 
But, in favorable localities, a much larger profit may be 
realized. 
Bee-keepers cannot be too cautious in entering largely 
upon new systems of management, until they have ascer- 
tained, not only that they are good, but that they can make 
a good use of them. There is, however, a golden mean 
between the stupid conservatism that tries nothing new, and 
that rash experimenting, on an extravagant scale, which is 
so characteristic of many people. 
