THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



as much honey as the members of a 

 group of 100 would usually produce. 

 They are extensive bee keepers, produce 

 honey by the car load; enough so that 

 when they met in convention last October, 

 and petitioned the Santa Fe to give them 

 lower rales on honey, that they might 



The market has not improved so much 

 in the way of high prices, as it has in 

 reliability and steady demand. It has 

 also shaken off the curse of the commis- 

 sion business, and became a cash pro- 

 duct. A steady demand, with quick 

 returns in cash, is really more desirable 



Convention Group of the Pecos Valley Bee Keeper's Association of New Mexico. 



Members— commencing at the left- seated; Geo. E. Dudley. Ernest Nelson, J. W. E. Basham, W. N; 

 Green, N. A Palmer, R. B. slease, Henry G. Barron, M. M. Brayshaw, R. H. Crawford 



Standing— B, H.Crawford. N. C. Smitti C. V. Bout, S. T. Crawford, R. N. Beer^, W. H. Crawford 

 A. J. Crawford, Mrs. A. J. Crawford, Miss irene Basham, Henry Adams. On porch— C, M. Hester and 

 son, Bryan Foster. 



compete with Denver, the request was 

 granted. 



The Condition of the Honey Market. 



Bro. Hershiser is correct in saying that 

 the price of honey has not. in the last 

 few years, kept pace with that of wheat, 

 pork, butter, eggs, and other produce. 

 One reason is that honey is regarded as 

 a luxury, and the price of luxuries does 

 not go up in keeping with that of staples. 



than high prices with slow, uncertain 

 sales. A man can branch out now. and 

 establish yard after yard, and produce 

 just as much honey as he possibly can, 

 with the full assurance tnat he can sell 

 it for casli at any time, at a fair price. 

 Bee keepers are becoming more enlight- 

 ened, and adopting better methods of 

 selling. The mail order business promises 

 to be a large factor in the sale and dis- 

 tribution of honey. I have no expectation 

 that the price of honey will ever be ex- 



