MARKETING THE HONEY CROP 



reap the benefits of the increased price se- 

 cured. 



Generally speaking, there is seldom more 

 than one beekeeper in business on an exten- 

 sive scale in a given place, and he will have 

 little difficulty in disposing of his crop at home 

 and in near-by towns to both stores and 

 families. This will necessitate the use of 

 a horse and wagon, but the greater profit 

 will make this plan advisable, and it is fol- 

 lowed by hundreds of beekeepers every year. 

 I know an old man seventy years of age, who 

 puts his honey up in quart jars, and visits 

 the factories and shops at the noon hour, 

 giving a little talk on bees, who has sold as 

 much as $2000 worth of honey in a single 

 year. He gets fifty cents a quart for his 

 honey. 



Sometimes in a large city a vacant store on a 

 busy thoroughfare can be rented for a month, 

 and a display of live bees and honey will 

 result in large sales at fancy prices, as bees 

 are a source of interest to city folk. Depart- 



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