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end of the year 190.5. j\Ir. Alexander reported a crop of 

 about TOjOOO lbs. of honey in one season. But in years of 

 scarcity of honey, it is quite probable that many colonies will 

 starve in a very larye apiary, while a small apiary might 

 yather enough for ^Yinter. 



710. According to Oettl (p. 3S9), Bohemia contained 

 160,000 colonies in 18.33, from a careful estimate, and he 

 thought the country could readily support four times that 

 Bumber. This province contains 19,822 square English miles. 



We say square English miles, and we insist on the word 

 English, for we have read of reports from Germany, show- 

 ing incredible figures as to the number of bees, and the amount 

 of beeswax and honey gathered on areas of a few square 

 miles; and yet, some of these reports niaj' have been true, 

 for there are different sized miles, in Germany. The German 

 geographical mile is equal to 4. 611-1000 English miles; the 

 German shoi't mile, to 3. 807-1000; and the German long mile 

 to .5. 7.53-1000, &c., the shortest (Jerman square mile being as 

 about 15 of the English, and the long being about equal to 

 33 of our square miles. This we glean from "Chambers. 

 Encj'clopedia." 



Accimling to an official report, there were in Denmark, in 

 1838, eighty-six thousand and thirty-six cnlonies of bees. The 

 annual product of honey appears to have been about 1,841,- 

 SOO lbs. In 1855, the export of wax from that country was 

 118,370 lbs. 



In 1S56, according to official returns, there were 58,964 

 colonies of Ijees in the kingdom of Wurtemberg. 



In 1S57, the yield of honey and wax in the empire of 

 Austria was estimated to be worth over seven millions of 

 dollars. 



Doubtless, in these districts, where honey is so largely pro- 

 duced, great attention is paid to the cultivation of crops, 

 which, while in themselves profitable, afford abmidant pas- 

 turage fur bees. 



711. California, which seems to be the Eldorado of bee- 



