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American Hee Journal | 



October, 1916. 



ful dinner served in true southern 

 style. The attendance was small at 

 Hollow Rock, since there are not 

 many beekeepers in that section, but 

 the day was pleasantly spent in dis- 

 cussions and in visiting among those 

 present. 



At Mempliis, W. E. Drane, who ac- 

 companied the party home on a short 

 furlough, took us for an auto ride 

 about the city. We were e-specially 

 interested in the cotton fields and 

 the big warehouses where the cotton 

 is stored for market. The beekeepers 



sus, unless the northern beekeepers 

 have a care, Tennessee will shortly 

 be at the head of the states in honey 

 production. 



Selling Honey 



BY A. F. BONNEY. 



The sentiment of beekeepers seems 

 to be crystalizing into the pro- 

 position that no one rule Avill ap- 

 ply for all men. He with a crop of a 

 few hundred pounds cannot afford to 



J. M. DAVIS AND SON. BEN DAVIS 



advertise but must depend on the 

 local market and this condition per- 

 sists until the crop is so large that 

 it must be disposed of in lots of a 

 thousand or more pounds to one party. 

 The sooner all beekeepers under- 

 stand this the quicker each will seek 

 his own field according to size of crop. 

 To increase my local trade I am 

 now circulating advertisements as 

 as follows: 



PRIZE CAKE. 



"To the person sending me the best 

 Honey Cake of any kind, made Of 

 BONNEY HONEY, before December 

 15th, I will send a gallon can of BON- 

 NEY HONEY, postage paid as a fiee 

 gift. 



THE BUCK GROVE APIARY. 



BUCK GROVE. IOWA. 

 DR BONNEY, King Bee. 



I have already begun to see the re- 

 sults of the ad and when the present 

 hot spell of weather is over I expect 

 to see many calls for honey for cake 

 purposes. 



Another thing the small producer can 

 do to increase sales: Advertise like 

 this: 



"If you will bring your own contain- 

 er, I will sell you BONNEY HOXEY 

 for 10 cents a pound. It is delicious. 

 Dr. BONNEY, King Bee." 



It matters not if you a''e in town or 

 on the farm, people find you 

 with Mason jars, Karo cans and even 

 wa'er buckets, and you will sell one 

 to fifty pounds, .iust as I do. 



Here follows the principal cake re- 

 cipe I send out as I am very fond of 

 it, and hope to get in enough to last 

 me all winter. 



THE FINEST GINGERBREAD MAN EVER 

 TASTED. 



"Take one cup BONNEY HONEY, 

 half cup dark molasses, 1 cup but- 



came from some distance to attend 

 this meeting several being present 

 from Mississippi. The problems of 

 this section are somewhat different 

 from those which concern us here in 

 the north. In a section where fig 

 trees grow without protection, little 

 attention is given to wintering the 

 bees further than to provide them with 

 sufficient stores. There is much hon- 

 ey gathered which is of poor quality 

 and some care is necessary to keep 

 it separate from the better honey. Mr. 

 Drane suggested that the beekeepers 

 of that section should form an associa- 

 tion for the purpose of grading and 

 blending their honey and thus real- 

 ize the most possible for their product. 

 In Tennessee, the State Board of 

 Agriculture and the State University 

 are taking an interest in the develup- 

 ment of the honey-producing indus- 

 try so that we look for an increasing 

 interest in up-to-date methods. Like 

 other states, Tennessee still has a 

 large number of beekeepers who have 

 not yet adopted movable frames and 

 full sheets of foundation, but the Bee- 

 keeper's Association is encouraging 

 every movement which looks to the 

 betterment of the industry. With all 

 these influences at work and with 

 the high place she already holds 

 among the states as shown by the cen- 



SOME WELL KNOWN TENNESSEE BEEKEEPERS 



Upper row-G. M. Bentley. J. M, Davis. Ben G. Davis. Tlios. G Drane. I. N. Banks. Dr. J. S. 



Ward. J. M. Buchanan. Lower row— W. E, Drane. Mrs. Grace Allen. 



