The Business and Economics of Beekeeping - A Collection of Articles on the Profits and Marketing of Beekeeping Products

By Read Books Ltd.

This volume contains a collection of articles on the profits and marketing of beekeeping products, with information on beekeeping, natural history, marketing, and more. Written in clear, concise language and full of interesting and practical information on keeping bees, this is a book that will be of considerable interest to the modem enthusiast, and makes for a worthy addition to collections of bee-keeping literature. The articles contained herein include: 'Bees and Bee Keeping - A Plain and Practical Work'; 'The Honey-Bee - Its Nature, Homes, and Products'; 'The Practical Guide - A Manual for Modern Bee-Keeping'; 'How to Keep Bees for Profit'; end 'Every Step in Beekeeping - A book for Amateur and Professional'. We are proud to republish this antique book, now complete with a new and specially commissioned introduction on bee keeping.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Read Books Ltd.
• Release date: Sep 13, 2016
• ISBN: 9781473355149

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HOW TO MAKE BEES PROFITABLE WITHOUT RAPID INCREASE OF COLONIES.

TO THOSE who wish to secure a large yield of honey rather than an increase of colonies, we recommend the following plan; but to operate with ease and certainty, it is necessary to have the bees in our improved movable comb hives.

When the bees begin to work busily in the spring, carefully examine all your stocks, some fine, warm day, by lifting out each comb. Should you find one scarce of honey and another having a good supply, exchange combs, being careful to brush off all the bees, each into their own hive; thus you will give a full comb of honey to the one that lacks, and replace it in the other hive with the empty comb. In this manner all the stocks in the apiary may be equalized. The strong, heavy stocks may be benefited by removing one or two combs that contain only honey, provided they are fed as directed, but not otherwise. I here protest against taking honey from the hives at this season of the year, under the false apprehension that they have too