6 A Modern Bee-Farm 



General Expenses, Second Year: 



£ 8. d. £ s. d. 



Rent (more or less) ... ... ... 15 ° ° 



Sugar 10 o o 



Sundry expenses, carriage, &c. ... ... S ° ° 



30 o o 



Working for Comb Honey : 



Total 1st year 



100 extra super crates, at 2/6 

 6000 I lb. sections, at 22/6 

 50 \\ doz. crates, at 2/6... 

 100 lbs. super foundation, at 2/6 

 General expenses, 2nd year 



Working for Extracted Honey : 

 Total first year 

 50 crates, to hold 3 doz. bottles, 



at 3/- 



,5s 100 extracting supers, at 2/6 

 288.0 20 gross I lb. jars, at 14/- 



20 „ corks, at 1/6 

 1728 6 „ 2 lb. tins, at 18/- 

 1296 3 „ 3 lb tins, at 24/- 

 864 I ,,6 lb. tinS; at 30/- 

 6768 General expenses .. . 



337 '5 

 12 10 



6 IS 



6 5 



12 10 



30 o 



6 

 o 

 o 

 o 

 o 

 o 



7 10 

 12 10 

 14 o 



I 10 



5 8 

 3 12 



I 10 



30 o 



405 IS 6 



354 3 <5 



430 3 6 



Estimated Returns, at a Low Average, taking a Series 

 OE Years, Good and Bad. 



£ s. d. £ s. d. 

 Comb Honey : First year. 



100 stocks, at 30 lb. per hive 

 = 3000 lbs. at gd. ... 112 10 o 



112 10 o 



