THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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Dr. Bonney's home town, Buck Grove, Iowa. 

 The home of " bonney honey." 



son was wet, and I had difficulty start- 

 ing a fire quickly I ])egan using dena- 

 tured alcohol. This burns without 

 odor, is cheap, and I hud it very handy. 

 Buck Grove, Iowa. 



But, Dr. Bonney. is it a question of 

 supply and demand? Isn't it more of a 

 question of proper distribution? Are 

 all honey consumers properly supplied? 

 And isn't it a fact that many honey 

 producers do not get the market price 

 for their honey simply because tlK\ 

 don't ask enough? 



A few days ago a honey buyer show- 

 ed me a nice lot of honey that he had 

 bought at 12 iX cents per pound, from a 

 bee-keeper who couldn't afford to take 

 a bee-journal. That honey could have 



been sold in a n'liolrsalc zvay at 18 

 cents. What had supply and demand to 

 do with that sale? 



No, Doctor, it isn't fair to compare 

 the honey situation with the Standard 

 Oil Co.. or even with the market for 

 potatoes. The Standard Oil Co. has a 

 complete selling system, and was un- 

 doubtedly giving the market all it 

 would bear. The honey producers have 

 no such system, and there is no ques- 

 tion but what the demand can be multi- 

 ]ilied many times by proper effort. Po- 

 tatoes are a ]jeris"hable product, while 

 honey is not, so naturally the former 

 would fluctuate in price much more 

 than the latter. 



This question of marketing is a big 

 one, and will bear our closest attention 

 and studv. 



A Simple Plan for Disposing of Cappings. 



S. A. NIVER. 



^yyR. EDITOR:— What to do with 

 ^^^ cappings is attracting atten- 

 tion just now in the bee jour- 

 nals, and some very elaborate plans il- 

 lustrated, but it is a simple matter if 

 you watch out for the main difficulty — 



that is. lettin.g them accumulate. I use 

 a modification of the plan outlined on 

 page 188 of July Review. 



Aly uncapping can is a galvanized iron 

 wash tub 20 inches in diameter. When 

 full, I place it in another tub 24 inches 



