HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



ment stores are good customers and are glad 

 to have an exhibit of live bees in observation 

 hives together with a nice display of honey, 

 as such exhibits draw a crowd and result in 

 business in all departments. 



With the new pure food laws in operation, 

 the beekeeper is having his day, as he no 

 longer has to compete with mixtures of honey 

 and glucose masquerading under the name 

 of pure honey, as was formerly the case. In 

 the matter of honey these laws are rigidly 

 enforced, and adulterated honey is required 

 to have a statement on every package, stating 

 just what the adulterant is and in what pro- 

 portions. Few people will buy such stuff 

 when they can secure the real thing at a mod- 

 erate price. 



Comb honey has to be prepared in an en- 

 tirely different way to be placed on the market, 

 and unless great caution is exercised in the 

 matter of packing, serious breakage of the 

 combs will follow. Each section should be 

 carefully scraped of all particles of propolis, 



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