The morning times., 1896-07-05
A SWEET ENTERPRISE.
Big Money Can Be Made by Keep
ing an Apiary.

Did 1t ever occur to the woman who Is
pursuit that bee keeping Is the ideal en-
ployment.
1t requires very little expenditure of
money TO set up an apiary. Nor Is much
ground needed. Colonies OF bees have been
kept where the land at ones disposal
other. and the bees look out for their own
nourishment, seeking It in your ncighbor's
clover patch, perchance, or miles away y from
home, and only In rare cases Is pasturage
especially cultivated for bees.
Another advantage this sweet enter
prise Possesses is tina. it can be carried on 10
conjunction with other work. For instance,
one could also have poultry ,-ard, or fIccks
of pigeons. and raise squads for market; or
one could go on with ones designing or
drawing. or story writing for magazines.
Neither has age anything to do with the
subject. one young girl, only eighteen years
OF age is making money with her apiary
and If she were old enough to be her own
grandmother. she might keep bees with
equal success.
Tending bees comes In more as a relaxa-
ton from toll than as actual labor ard one
dons veil and rubber gloves with the keenest
pleasure.
or course, the apiarlan will get sting
now and then. but one is said to become, to
great extent. hs rdened against the effect
of bee poison in time.
Experiments have been made to ascrr-
tain the number Of stings required to in
noculate tie blood. and it has been shown
that about thirty. at the rate OF three or
fear day, will suffice after which the er.
feet OF the bee poison is trivial.
And what are thirty stings. more or less.
TO picturesque effects: / can't imagine n
girl looking more charming than when
moving fearlessly among 4 lot OF hives
standing against an ivy covered wall, per-
baps, for a background What pity that
the march nf progress has taken away the
pretty old straw hive, or '-skep" as it is
called. and given US in its place the SQUARE
wooden box. furnished with all modern
Improvements"
However. the straw skep is still used in
some apiaries during swarmiHg time
The hive which most conmeniis itself to
the apiarian is Il wooden box. or movable
frame hive, nearly square. covered by a
top OF crown board, lightly screwed down
THIS board has circular hole in the center
two and half inches in diameter, for
feeding purposes. as there are times and
seasons when ones colony OF bees must se
treated to barley sugar An alighting board
for rile bees is fixed to the front of the
floor board opposite the entrance which
IS space abO1t four inches wide and three.
eig!iths OF an inch deep. The aiightIns
bn1rd projects about three inches u wood
en- ridge roof covering all
The Interior OF the hive is fitted with
light iath, movable frame, usually ten
IN ALL Upon these the bees build their
combs, ard when filled with honey, by
means of . honey extractor the contents is
quickly taken out without injury Ia the
combs. which are ready at once tu te re-
turned to the hive to be refiilcd. BY this
little invention. the honey extractor, the
ing comb, viii ch is important, as the honey
making season is never too long at the
best
In regard to the bees themselves. If pos~
sible get LiguaTian or italian ones. for they
are the best workers. II you Garnet get a
colony at the start. You can Ifalianize them
hy importing an Italian queen. and you can
buy bee in Italy just as easily as bonnet
In Paris. 1talian bees can te purchased in
this country fromfirms which supply every
thing needed in an apiary.
a hceinner should start with one II two
colonies OF lees. tot more a colony Uosts
about So. Start in the spring. and at the
three colonies from this one.
And the profits? Don't Icok for profits
worth mentioning until the second year.
although one woman engaged IN the honey
trade cleared 500 the iirst year from two
colonies OF bees. from au outla OF $50 The