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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



December, 1919 



understand each other that we could get 

 much better results and the producer would 

 be much better off for success in this under- 

 taking. ' ' 



F. Eric Millen says: "At the present 

 time there are far too many grades and 

 qualities of honey on the market. The pub- 

 lic buys one flavor and quality of honey to- 

 day, and another flavor and quality tomor- 

 row. They may like the one and not the 

 other. Some definite form of grading, so 

 that all the honeys produced in one State 

 or Province are practically uniform, would 

 tend to make honey a more staple article, 

 and finally would work out to the benefit 

 of the beekeeper by returning him a more 

 uniform price, and one that would give him 

 a fair profit for his labor. I believe the 

 selling of honey is a separate business, and 

 it will be placed on a firmer basis when 

 there are more selling organizations. ' ' 



Morley Pettit's answer is: "We have no 

 particular reason to be dissatisfied with 

 present methods of buying and selling, so 

 long as the supply is so far short of the de- 

 mand. As the industry develops and pro- 

 duction increases, more organized effort will 

 be necessary in advertising and distribution 

 to place honey where it belongs as a staple 

 food." 



E. F. Atwater says: "With greatly in- 

 creased production, I fear that we may see 

 times come when sales will be difficult and 

 prices unsatisfactory, unless honey can be 



furnished to the consumer in neat, low-cost 

 packages, at a reasonable advance over the 

 price received by the producer." 



Fred Leininger & Son say: "We are not 

 dissatisfied with present methods of buying 

 and selling. We buy needed supplies thru 

 our organization, thereby getting better 

 prices at a discount of quite a saving. Our 

 association meets the second Tuesday of 

 each month to discuss the various questions 

 of the day. We have many pleasant meet- 

 ings and are getting better acquainted and 

 are learning more of each other, making life 

 worth while." 



Adams & Myers say: "We think the 

 present methods of buying and selling very 

 good, but can be improved upon by a little 

 co-operation and education to the fact that 

 all our interests are mutual. Much could 

 be accomplished by co-operative advertis- 

 ing, and, by so doing, the demand for holiey 

 will grow faster than increased production 

 can supply it." 



E. F. Holtermann 's view on this final 

 question is this: "There are honest and dis- 

 honest dealers; there are honest and dis- 

 honest beekeepers. An honest man prefers 

 to deal with an honest man, and if each 

 knows the other to be so and he knows there 

 will be no unpleasant afterclaps, he can af- 

 ford to work on a finer margin, because he 

 feels sure that that margin will not be jeo- 

 pardized by unforeseen and unagreed condi- 

 tions arising. ' ' 



Beekeepers find time for sport. At the extreme left of this picture is Ira Bartlett, one of the, lest beekeep- 

 ers in Michigan. After his bees were in winter quarters last fall, he went deer hunting. Thei big buck he 



got hangs just behind him. 



