Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-06-08
[From The Southern World !
Bce Koopiny Profitable.

l would say in reply to your announce
mcnt that you would like to hear from me
or the subject of ''bec culture" that it
will compare tavorably with any pursuit in
lite, and is one Of the most profitable of
the coming industries of the South Every
thing tending to its further development
should be diigcpily encouraged, for il comes
strictly within the proviucc Of tho farmer
and 1t is to he exceedingly regretted that
more have not been induced to cn.agp in
1t. Alas! the farm,cr can thiok Of uothing
but "cottrn,' aud how many Of them deny
their families the iuxuries-ycn, the ne :
ccsAitics of iic, when millions of pounds
OF the duntieSt aud most Wholesome of all
syrups are permitted to s'wase their sweet.
ness on tho desert air"
Any m,n of ordinary ability c,n cnsiIy
supply his table with tho best of honey
during the catlrc year, at very mcasrc
out ay, either Of time of money. Ii he
should not appreciate this article at his own
! board he can always lind il ready market
tor his surplus, which will afford an cx.
! celIent mcthod of augmen;ing his iuru,nc,
being iir more rGmuneraire than the Oril.
nary produce Of The farm. There are n.nuy
men who give this business their undivided
| attcntlun and depend on it alone for their
entire sustenancc. We know a gentleman
who says he is prepared to show concln,vcy
thrt twenty-five co!opics well managed will
pty better than two horse farm; and a
prominent mcmbcr Y the Georgia bar, re
marked few days since that if he had a
! dozen colonies OF lla.i.n bees he would
quit the profession This is not simply
line talk, but is practical reasoning. aud |
can give you ",he proof Of the pudding ("
Mr. G. W. Dooli,tle, Borodincs, N Y,
gives his report for the past season some
what us follows: after footing up the
whole receipts aud dcducting tic expenses
incurred by the bees ttcrcfrom, | find
have an average profit of S2D G3 for each
colony, had IN spriug, MS the cash receipts
free from all expense. Thus it will be sccn
IT person can care for one hundred colo.
nics Of bees (nnd is done by mauy) that it
will siSc un income of 50 9G3 year. But
to be on !he safe side, suppose we cal! it
lI!ty colonies. thus giving q salary OF
Sl,1Sl.50, then to DC sure we do not get
our iSurcs too high We viii take off SlSl.
leaving $1,000 as an average ncome for
one person, for only short period of at
tcntion during the honey harvcst). have
cleared on an average over 81 900 from my
bees each year for the past nine years, with
an average of less than fifty colonies I"
Sir. Dooitt!c gathered from Que colony in
season 5G5 pounds of pure honey, and Mr..
\. Il Hutchinson, Rngersyi!!c, Michigan,
carried AWAY the banner by exceeding that
yield Nlr |, q. Mayo, Lake Midland,
Fiold', in single season increased his
bees 80 per cent aud averaged 100 pounds
OF honey to each colony. | would expert,
ence little o: no difficulty in citing Dumcr-
Gus other clses similar to the above, but
hope these will suffice to show lat tho bee
keeping is practically rcmuneratvc.
10 pursue this industry successfully we
will, of course, want tho best bees, the
best hives, and oil modern appliances The
iirst step toward scientific bee keeping is to
procure movable bee hives, such as We have
in the Lnngstroth and the simplicity
models These hives are not patented, and
all patent hives should be particularly
avoided by tho inexperienced They can
hc casiy transferred from the old boxes
into these hives obscrving few SIM 10
directions. Having the bees in hive
which enables you to give them proper
attention, the next thing in order is to
procure the ltnlinn bees. | make speci-
atty oil rearing queens of this stock which
cru Ic conveniently mailed in cages pro-
yidc.' for that purpose Introduce your