Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-09
BEES
Mistakes Omen Made by ncckcepers lie.
ginning Dusincas.

ginning Dusincas.
A beginner Ne quite likely 10 fall into
the error Of Increasing his colonies too
rapidly. There Is probably no mistake
30 disastrous "a this, on account Ut lis
frequency and results. To the beginner
this is very tempting ground. II boo.
keeping must be- learned by experience
and reading, without the serving Of an
apprenticeship. the beginning should
be small, aud practical knowledge and
skill should keep pnco with the increase
Of colonies. A common mistake is 10
look upon bcekeeping ~ a sort Of royal
road TO wealth. Or ~ least 10 n good liv.
Ing with little labor aud. as some scoin
to think, little brains, after thsy have
once learned few secrets 10 choose
ANY business simply because it IS profit.
able Is folly. A business that is unusu-
ally profitable does not long remain 20.
II soon becomes oycrcrowlcd and loses
It's bonanza character A man should
choose q business because hc and Dis
surroundings ar8 best adapted to tho
pursuit.
II great yield per colony Is Che r..
suit OF great deal Of work, Il may b.
that the work was done ai q loss. 1t
may sometimes be profitable 10 put a
great deal of work on each colony, bnt
each bcekeopcr should ask himself,
How, all things considered. can | make
tldemost prosu That Is the question.
and all other propositions not relating
directly thereto are mistakes. Aud this
leads 10 the mention OF tho opposite
mistake OF keeping too few bees. In
stead OF keeping only q few swarms
and striving to secure tho largest Yields
pee colony, It Is often more profitable,
when one IS accustomed 10 the business,
10 keep more boes-onough to gather all
tho honey produced in given area.
Aud then, when the said area is over.
stocked, II l. probably mistake not to
start other apiaries.
Another mistake is that Of choosing
hives, implements and methods that are
complicated and require much time for
their manipulation. a most common
error iu this limo IS In trying TO ndapt
hives 10 bees 10 an extent which almost
entirely ignores the adaptnbility Of tho
hive 10 the bcekcopcr. We do not keep
bees nor arrange their hives with Wow
to saving them labor, but that we may
get the most honey with the least labor
TO ourselves. Dove tops, queen tops,
self lhvers, queen oXclndefA, smokers
and many other contriyanccs arc pruba.
bly, not considered "handy' by the bees.
but their use Is an advantage to us.
IL Is IN a line with this method Of roa-
soning that Cause- some bpokcepers 10
mako the mistake OF condonning any
practice that is not according to M
ture.' The system Of modern bce cul-
turo Is wholly artificial. IN some things
It is advisable TO allow nature To have
her own way In others 1t is not, aud we
have the best success, when we hayo
learned just whore We can advantage.
ously, tOa certain extent, modify ma.
turos methods. It ~ mistake to have
undue confidence In tho leaders in bco
culture. They may err. or some un.
known circumstances may cause differ.
ent results at different times in other
localities. 1t Is n mistake to pin ones
faith hlindly to anothcr's.
One expensive mistake, yet ono tha,
is easily avoided. Is mado year after
year by many bcckeepcrs, aud that Is in
not securing hives, sections. foundations
and other supplies in scason.--W. z.
Hutchinson.