Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-05
SOME SOUND ADVICE.
How to Make Agriculture. Poultry Eais-

How to Make Agriculture. Poultry Rais-
Ing ard Iruit-Growing Success.
4 correspondent wants Ia know il
the bee business il suitable occupa-
ton for ladies, and il widow could
combine that business with poultry and
make living for her family from the
two. In answer would say that much
depends. There are . few that could
run half dozen occupations at the
same time and make a snccess out OF
all Of them: but such persons are few.
II anyone has many bees, with little
help, the be cs or the poultry would
have to be neglected ut n time when
they would need the most attention, as
in the spring is the time when they
both need the most attention.
In order to make bee culturc a sue
cess # entered into extensively the de-
tails of the business will have to be
looked closely into.
First of all in starting in the bee bus
mess we would most cmphatically adj
wise first, last and all the time to begin
with modern movable frame hive
adapted to either extract the honey or
procure it in the comb IN one pound
wise anyone to get more than two or
three colonies of bees to start on, for If
they are successful with that many the
bees will increase as fast as NEST any
one can learn to take care of them.
The bees may be Of any kind that the
person can procure; II Italians they
would be just right for business; but il
any other kind the person could procure
some Italian queens and introduce them
and thus get expert snce In Italianizing.
In early spring is the time to prepare
for the honey harvest, if any comes, by
keeping the bees well protected and
stimulating them to brood-rcaring by
feeding them, and thus get a strong
colony of bees by the time white clover
comes in bloom. If the bees are LETT
alone they will generally not breed
very fast until white clover comes in
bloom, and then they win build up
rapidly; but they should be strong
right at the beginning 50 as to secure
full crop of the honey flow.
tits impossible to give in limited space
all the details necessary, but anyone
going into the business should procure
q good book on bee culture, which does
go into details, and study it well; then
visit some apiarist and see what they
had learned practically demonstrated
The profits come as in other branches
of business; the keen observer who
gives close attention to business and
especially attends to the small details
is the one to make success. The busi-
ness has many drawbacks but the per-
sons who stick to it persistently and in
telligently we believe will make it pay.
Poultry could very well be combined
with the bee business until the latter
had grown to large proportions Then
if the poultry business interfered too
much it could be discontinued. would
rather advise combining fruits and
small fruits with the bee business, rs
small fruit does not require the atten-
ion that poultry does in early spring
and summer, besides having the flowers
of the fruits for the bees to work on.
/ would advise anyone going into the
bee business to go slowly at first, as
few bees well taken care of will beat
much larger lot poorly managed, and
anyone having a large lot without
knowing how to manage them would be
apt to get in sad plight in swarming
time, for then frequently three or four
swarms will be in the air at once. An
experienced apiarist could manage
thcm.-J. w. Rouse, in St Louis Re-
public