“Xovicn's ” Wind-mill Print. 
B E E S AND HO N E Y 
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WHICH, TO BE FRANK, IS PRINCIPALLY AN ENUMERATION OF 
W II A. T W E HAVE TO SELL! 
Besides Being a Condensed View of Bee Culture for 1873, 
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DOES BEE-KEEPING- PAY AS AN OCCUPATION? 
Sixth Edition. MEDINA, 0., DEC. 17, 1873. A. I. Root & Co. 
Introductory. 
We trust the iibovo hearting will introduce ussuffl- 
■I.'iinv to such ol our renders ns we meet for the first 
, ’m' ’! i i °1’ V s . 11 ' ^ sb<u,1<l not prevent them lYom getting 
an Idea th:d this is only a new dodge to beguile their at- 
tention while we slowly and cautiously unfold marvel- 
ous reports ol astounding yields of some “patent hive” 
"L '"‘'"l-.”,™ "ill state: First, that every mti- 
. V. ne<1 » ? ur l lst ' witb perhaps a single exception, 
an he made by the bee-keeper himself at home, and 
>o uni have only to consider which vou have the most 
I’ 1 ,'.' 1 or money. Secondly, we furnish the 
CM’liwt directions for enabling vou to make your 
\ ' Aiplcmenta, or anything we oiler for sale, and 
h . i .,n- ° VV y l<> tl 1 e<;kle ' b - v lhc price, whether vou can 
pfements t0 pulcliase of us > ()r (<) use home-made im- 
lww^ni? t (,G ?‘ 5, le that we are “too clever”, we 
in our Monlhlv 1 V,,U,al,le kn,nvlci, S« "e furnish 
“GLEANINGS IX BEE CULTURE,” 
lor whirl, we ask the modest, sum of 73 Cents 
X or 3c ear, or 50 cents in Clubs. 
1873 ass a Honey Season. 
Notwithstanding that we have many times evnerl- 
'° hoa, ' ins “/«»<><>•• nailed the S4 
st'itin,";. ''S" 11 !’ must he excused for 
fm m..v m, ‘ ,,,nmt T °‘ 1H ' :! baa been the poorest 
mi none\ we have ever known. 
h-.,n!!»o l),o r.T ls f ;' irl - v ’ hut when White Clover 
aii w vic,,,1, ig harely ten days a “dry spell” set; in, 
wood W n thc ilst 01 boney for the season. Bass- 
I ‘ ! 1 u ‘*V Uv . K V V< “, us a n,lvnl ' of it, and other sources 
Kiluips lunnshrd the bees nearly what they consum- 
t •' ,1 '!"h r "» swarms issued in this vle.ln- 
tfiei'r Imes hZ.t.'Z® ™ r our box-hive friends will lose 
uun Dees bj starvation generally. 
" s l'imisure to add that we t hiuk we can 
s ' . : , 1 f bo laade t0 I>ny even In such sea- 
sons, and that only ten days of a yield of White Olo- 
rcst of the^ear 4 P8y f ° r a " troub “ nmI expense the 
eok.n'lM* l ? n dn V mentioned we secured, from 5G 
hein , ’ ” ne ton ol nice Clover lionev. which has 
SHtioo wV i S ° ’’ nt ? n “yeeage, say of 17c., making 
to vi Iri,' ll , ! vc Pyebused and fed them preparatory 
neZo lr ! g ’ V 1 !® 0 barrels of A coffee sugar, at an ex- 
eeivmi r 1 about *100.00; but as at least Sco.oo was re- 
lionev v?.u V ueon8 h> t]lp upper stories after the 
mi ra-sh ov..,' ov< ;i ■’ cal > S}'« the result as £300.00 
1 een hi tlmhni J 7 lh S v - ,,xcl>|,t '“bor. We have not 
it b'lnlw .1 making any account of labor, unless 
t,.„ ,i! ' 'b* boney season, (which was of less than 
bees Is 1 } ltlim , thc past summer.) as the care of our 
tilai- msim « ‘ y 11 I de “sont recreation from our reg- 
meits Smersi as B ®. cs - I 80 Ito »«e, and imule- 
Wl . | llM fr. . ‘ 1 • ; bare been Invoiced at about £1,00(1.00, 
U lt . whdn "fbidelhnt "" per cent, a very fair ,iroflt on 
of l . f‘ al ,, ln ' r , L ' s 1 tmc > u ' even If il has been the “worst 
nearly all of , f , n ,° ,no JC® th:| n fair to state that 
est ami il ,., i yield was from about 40 of thestrong- 
eei al t,, { ‘.J? opinion. 25 really good stocks, say 
" than our wli, lie ^ hOTC b™ 1 ”- 
t | ii',>i|.']!!mt'i'hn C i'r >l i b “ 3 , buen , reported mostly poor 
and u'e v lull " yi 1 s «‘"ie localities report it 
points hJuey^ldeZqultewell ° Hr “ C0HUty » ,V "' 
Implements for tlie Apiary. 
Almost the first thing lo be considered in eommem- 
ng Bee-Keeping is Ilives for our bees, and as the 
“ 1V ? ( b*termine<l by the sized frame we use, it seems 
that the frame is alter all at the real foundation of a 
start in Bee-Keeping. We need hardly add now that 
whatever dimensions be decided on, ho other should 
be used In the Apiary under any circumstances what- 
ever. Make up your mind on commencing, the size 
and shape you prefer, with a decision that shall be a 
llnal one, tor the want ot uniformity between Apiarie* 
is had enough now, without having the same trouble 
exist in a single establishment, i. c., have every frame 
Jit nicety in any hive. 
Now those who have one kind of hive and frame al- 
ready, perhaps had better not change, even if there 
are a hundred and one different kinds ; blit our friends 
who are making a start, it seems to us, etui certainly 
decide upon one of the live kinds of frames now suc- 
cesstu iy in use, given below; we give them in order 
ol their size, on a scale of one-sixteenth of their act- 
ual size, outside measure, the Quinby being the largest 
and thc Gallup the smallest. 
11 Xl 
Gallup. 
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