18 BEGINNER'S BEE BOOK 



more agricultural colleges have added this sub- 

 ject to their regular work. 



The total output of the apiaries of the entire 

 country probably does not amount to more than 

 a pound or two of honey per capita for the 

 population of the country, while many times 

 the amount of sugar is consumed by the public. 

 This fact should offer assurance that there is 

 no immediate danger of over-production if the 

 beekeepers use good business methods in the 

 development of markets. 



Food Value of Honey. — In a recent bul- 

 letin by the Food and Dairy Department of 

 Iowa, iirhas been shown that for actual food 

 value, honey is one of the cheapest of foods. 

 While with most foods, a large part of the bulk 

 is waste which adds neither fuel to warm the 

 body nor rebuilds dead tissue, the bees have 

 removed most of the waste from honey, so that 

 it is nearly all consumed within the body. When 

 its actual food and fuel value is considered, it is 



