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Fig. 14. The SchoU .Vpiaries in Texas are arranged in groups of five. 



Adam Grimm, writing in the American Bee Journal in 1874 

 said: "There is no quedtionwith me any longer that t he smaller th (; 

 number of coloni es kept in on e location., fh^jn-pnipjc will Vip t,]^ 

 yield of honey from a single c oIouy. But the question is not how 

 the beekeeper can secure the largest yield of honey from a smaller 

 number of colonies, but how can he secure the largest income by. 

 keeping bees." 



Grimm thought that for his locations in AVisconsin the ideal 

 number was from 50 to 100 colonies placed at least three miles 

 apart. 



Alexander of New Yoi'k was able to keep 750 colonies m one 

 yard and one year secured an average per colony production of 

 141 pounds of extracted honej'. It is certain, however, that 

 Lhis yield was phenomenal, and was due to an extremely fortunate 

 location and to a profusion of bloom from spring to fall. 



It falls upon each beekeeper to determine for himself, either 

 by experience or by excellent foresight for just how many colonies 

 each locality will afford i.cctar with the greatest amount of profit, 

 not forgetting that the poor seasons must be considered along 

 with the good ones. 



John W. Cash of Northern Georgia, a very successful apiarist, 

 found that the number, for him, is not to exceed forty colonies, 



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