OCR Text |
Show Ifnny From Seventy rolnnlrsof rises, A load of extracted honey, weighing 4KK) pound, was recently hauled from Tuscola to Davison, nud wns the product prod-uct of seventy colonies of boos owned by Jnine McKay, This wns an average aver-age of llfty-seveu potinila per colony, and worth, upproxluuitcly, ftiOO. The bees did almost all tho work, McKay's part being merely providing hives and comb foundations, getting stung a few times nnd extracting the honey a light and pleuslug task throughout. The col. lection of two tons of honey In a single season by seventy colonies of bee was extraordinary doings. Still, the bee not only "Improves the shining hour," but cloudy days and Sundaj s. Detroit Tribune. |