The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-12-11
AMATEUR sEE.CULTURE.
The Latest Craze Pursued by People Of
Wealth and Leisure.

Wealth and Leisure.
Observing n crowd in front Of q show
window the other day, reporter,
curious TO learn the cause, joined and
discovered the oh. ect of attract on to bc
a glass hive full of bees working in the
traditonally industrious manner. In
response to inquiries the proprietor Of
the place said that there is noticeable
Just now remarkable increase of inter
est in DECREASING, particularly among
people of wealth and leisure, both bc
cause of sort of fasc nation In the
work and the pleasure of getting honey
from hives of their own. Lad cs. too
are tax ng quite an interest in the work.
he said, and many letters are received
from them show ng that they can man
age the tile insects rs successfully ,ts
men. 1t is noticeable, also, that many
i'm the chicken business are adding
bees to their stock, on
account of the profit to be made
in the bus ness, and also because they
re1u re so tile care. man attending
to incuba'o ors and ch ckcns having
plenty of tine to also att nd to the few
duties required by the bees. When
| asked the cost Of the stock, the report
er' s informant said that n complete hive
| could be built for 800, as follows:
| Hivo ........................ .'.'.'.''''.''
| Smokers, combs, etc......... ............. b
| Total SO
! With proper treatment, in n year this
one swarm, as IL is called. will produce
100 pounds of honey, which read y
| sells in the market for 70 cents n poun
or $40. Besides, til s one swarm Will
produce two moro swarms, so that by
the end of twelve months the beginner
has paid for h s ou fit and has three
swarms on hand w thout addit onal out
lay. Examples were given of persons
having 2U0 10 800 swarms those who
make business of bec-ra ng and
whose profit easily reaches $4,000 to
s 900 u year, bes des the increase in
number OF swarms.
''Do not bees re Iuire special and Pc
cul ar carcp" was asked
mot ut all; on The contrary, they re-
quire very little care. They find their
own feed, and the only t Inc they are TO
be watched is when they are swatmng
Then the thing to do S TO provide he
new swarms with Il place of abode.
One man can attend to several hundred
hives without difficulty. AS to the r
food dur ng W ntcr. swarm w Il make
money enough to feed themse YES on all
winter. n addition TO the 100 pounds
taken away from them.
..But is there not danger in handling
them?'
mot with q proper understand ng OF
how to do il. If necessary they eau be
stupefcd by smoke when transferring
them from one hive to another, by
means of little apparatus made es-
pee ally for the purpose, called bee
smoker. Nor does it need any spec al
experience for one to go nto the bus
ness. A little obscrvat on and some
read ng up on the subject is all
that is ncce >sary, and person
never knowing any thing about b. g:
can manage them all right in n few
) weeks t me. OF course Il great deal o
this is due to the great improvement n
bee-rais.ng appliances made within tho
last two years. A lew years ago the bees
were raise in common box hive ano
the bees had to he k He'd to get at tht
honey. But now the hives are so ma
that the bees can be easily transferre,
} ON one t. another and The honey OBJ
tain W thout hurting them. Among
the latest improvements OF this natur,
are hives tn boxes on the top so ar
T.. nged that the bees go into them to make
the honey. and thus the honey can bt
readily removed w thout d sturb' 'ng In,
be IS. No, the large supply of I ali
fornia honey coming here does not af
feet the demand for native production
The latter is growing more and more
popular. AMI good honey can always b'
read ly disposed of IN the market. ~
Mall and Erprcss.