Year: 1878




than hundred miles, and 20 that the
news Of any disaster. any gale. any
low barometer, any storm impending
Cd our northern coast. could como to
him In his office at Washington.


Can Evely Farmer Keeper Bees.
II there Is one class to which bee
keeping seens more especially adapt
ed than to any other, 1t is the farmer,
surrounded as he is by all that Is es-
sential to the prosperity of the BEES.
The bloom of his orchard, pastures,
fields and forests, furnish Q bountiful
harvest OF delicious sweets which the
bee alone knows how to gather, and
the farmer loves so well 70 enjoy.
His trees and shrubs afford = pleasant
shade for his hives. which. II rightly
arranged, add much to the beauty
and adornment Of home. while tho
care necessary to attend to his little
untiring labors is mere matter Of re-
creation and pleasure, and which Is
repaid hundred-fold by them In re-
turn. 1t is no exaggeration 70 say
that it requires less labor to care for
a stock OF bees than to raise calf.
pig, or lamb, while the profits are
many times greater. ft7


Everything in bee-keeping. how
ever, does not depend on location.
The manner In which many farmers
keep their bees almost forses ono to
conclude that they are either too In
dolent or ignorant to keep them sue
cessfully. and that In reality they
should not make the attempt. We
will enumerate the kind Of farmers
who can keep bees. at least enough to
supply themselves with honey sufi1c-
lent for the wants Of their own fam
lilies. The farmer who has sufficient
sense to plant corn at the right time,
and energy to eradicate the weeds
and stir the soil to insure good crop.
can keep bees. The man who adorns
his home with shrubs and flowers,
raises delicious fruits for his table,
and desires the education of his chill
dren in every useful art that agricul-
ture and home affords, can keep them.
On the other hand. the one who has
not the interest or energy to do all
these things need not expect TO get
either money or honey from bee cul-
ture.


Some OF the requisites to care. even
for few stocks of bees. are, first
love for the bees. No one succeeds
well who keeps bees with only large
profits In view. for in this business
-he who msketh haste to b rich"
will surely fall into q snare. Second
knowledge end energy to DO the
light thing at the right time. This
can be attained by reading and OBJ
servation, and time and money thus
expended will prove q good invest
ment Third-faith that bees win
pay II rightly kept A like faith is
necessary in this vocation as that
which the farmer exercises Ia all his
farm matters. When horse or COW
dies. or his hogs have the cholers, he:
by no means stops keeping horses o.
raising hogs and says he has no luck
In that kind Of stock. When bugs
eat his potatoes, the drought destroys
his corn. and the fly kills his wheat,
does he Immediately 60 out of the
business? No; because he has faith
in his calling. he plows again, and.
instead OF trusting wholly to chance,
tries to avoia like disaster by max
use OF such knowledge as he has
gained by his former experience. The
faithful apiarist works upon the same
plan. II the flowers fail to produce
honey, he cares for his bses TIL they
do, and then when times of prosperity
do come, q reward Of 200 to 500 per
cent amply repays him for all his
care and anxiety. When farmers be-
gin to keep bees on business princi-
pies. instead OF the uncertainties OF
old dame Chance, then will they fully
realize that for pleasure, profit and
health there is no business in aeri-
culture that can compare to the care
! Of bees.-Bee- Keepers Guide.