American ^cc Jonrnal j 



I.— Original Home Apiary at Hinter. Tex. 



2.— First Out Bee- Yard. 



bee-keepers who have already sold 

 bulk-comb honey in a small way, in 

 some way or other, finding that it will 

 work, that there can be worked up a 

 trade for it, that there will be a demand 

 for such a product if it is only intro- 

 duced, and that there will be a bigger 

 profit in it for the producer. And the 

 latter is one of the i^w'-'"''' things a per- 

 son could wish for in bee-keeping. 



Right in line with the above I need 

 only refer our readers to the article by 

 Mr. Greiner, on page 13 of the January 

 American Bee Journal. His article 

 represents practically what has been 

 written me by many others, by bee- 

 keepers who have had the same kind of 

 experience, and who favor bulk-comb 

 honey. I should like to ask the reader 

 to look up Mr. Greiner's article and 

 read it over carefully, for he covers 

 many good points in it. It will be noted 

 how it would be possible for him easily 

 to work up his trade in bulk-comb 

 honey already begun. In fact, he al- 

 ready has the trade, and all he will have 

 to do is to furnish the bulk-comb 

 honey. There are thousands of others 

 who can do exactly 'the same thing. 

 And it will mean dollars and cents to 

 them. It will help them to sell honey 

 where they are not selling section 

 honey today. It will help the bee-keep- 

 ers all over the country to dispose of a 

 far greater amount of honey, and a 

 great deal of it right at home, thus 

 keeping great quantities away from the 

 glutted market. And is there any doubt 

 about this not helping to increase the 

 price of honey? Will it not help to 

 lessen the bee-keeper's wail about the 

 honey market, and the low prices for 

 his honey? Will the production of 



comb honey — a honey that will be used 

 by more of the masses, as it is in the 

 reach of those who cannot afford sec- 

 tion honey, and those who do not care 

 for extracted honey — not result in a 

 more even and wider distribution of 

 honey, instead of it going in train-loads 

 to markets tliat are only glutted be- 

 cause of this action on the part of the 

 bee-keeper himself? We know this is so. 



Right in this connection I wish to 

 call the attention of the reader to a 

 few points that will have to be consid- 

 ered in this matter of bulk-comb honey 

 production in the North, and other 

 places where it will be a new product, 

 if its introduction is to be attempted. 



The first of these is, not to go too 

 fast. Remember that it may be a new 

 thing to your customers ; that they may 

 not like such honey right at the start; 

 and that a good deal of education may 

 be necessary (?) before the people in 

 your market will take to it readily. I 

 have put a question mark above for the 

 reason that here in Texas it has never 

 been necessary for its producers to 

 spend much effort toward educating 

 the consumers for bulk-comb honey. 

 They "took to it" right from the start; 

 in fact, they took to buying it much 

 more readily than did the most of the 

 bee-keepers to producing it. In the lat- 

 ter respect, the bee-keepers of Texas of 

 that time resembled the bee-keepers of 

 the North at the present time. While 

 some of them adopted the plan imme- 

 diately, and profited by it, others lagged 

 behind for a' while, to see if it would 

 work, and then they wondered after- 

 ward why they did not fall in line right 

 away. But since there is a difference 

 in localities, it will be well to give the 



matter a thorough trial in a small way 

 at first, and then increase its produc- 

 tion as the market takes to it. 



Secondly, it will be well to remember 

 that some education on the part of the 

 bee-keeper himself is required in the 

 new method, since it takes experience 

 and knowledge on the part of the pro- 

 ducer in producing a good article, put- 

 ting it up attractively; and, lastly, but 

 not least by any means, introducing it 

 to his customers in the right way. 



Summing up the whole, therefore, do 

 not rush into this matter, but take 

 plenty of time. Go slowly, and work 

 into it if it will work in your locality, 

 and then, as your increase in demand, 

 and your increase in experience, grow, 

 your business will naturally enough 

 grow with them. The while that you are 

 trying to introduce bulk-comb honey 

 in a small way, keep right on produc- 

 ing the other kinds now produced by 

 you, and if the new venture should fail, 

 your loss will be very slight ; and if the 

 new way is successful, the change can 

 be made gradually until an entire 

 change seems advisable. 



My succeeding articles will deal with 

 each feature in rotation, so that I hope 

 to help all who wish to try it this sea- 

 son. There is a great future for bulk- 

 comb honey, but the change may be a 

 gradual one for a year or two, to the 

 advantage of the bee-keepers, perhaps. 



Scholl Apiaries— Where Bull(-Comb Honey 

 is Produced Exclusively 



To give the readers an idea in what a 

 great variety of looking apiaries bulk- 

 comb honey production can be carried 



3.-Oi'T Bee-Yard— Mesi.u'Itk Trek .Smauk. 



12.— A Deep-Water .-Xpiary in Texas. 



