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Economical There are few if any cultivators of the bee in this country who
Consideration. have very large apiaries and who make the keeping of bees
a business of great importance. If a swarm of bees does well it
yields a very large profit to its owner. What is the reason then why the business
is not prosecuted on a large scale? Many are of opinion that only a
very limited number of swarms can be kept to advantage. The experience of
large cultivators shows that this is a mistake (Dzierzon). I shall now proceed to
give what I suppose are the real causes why in this country which is a paradise for
bees we see so few who have succeeded in establishing large apiaries.