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among the blossoms. There are mitold hun- 

 dreds of good locations that will support profit- 

 able apiaries in any one of several of the 

 northern states and perhaps as good openings 

 in many of the southern states. In only a few 

 states has beekeeping been commercially spe- 

 cialized, although the development bids fair to 

 be much more rapid in the very near future. 



Possible Development. — There are men 

 of limited observation who are breaking into 

 print with a warning against a possible over- 

 production of honey. Their arguments are 

 very weak, and it is safe to say that the present 

 output might be doubled two or three times over 

 before there would be any danger of over- 

 production. As an example of the possibilities 

 of market development, it is only neces- 

 sary to point to the growth of the orange 

 business during the past few years. Concern- 

 ing the growth of that industry Mr. R. C. 

 Gano, in the American Bee Journal, writes 

 as follows : 



