May 4, 1905 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



331 



year, and our friend and able commentor, Mr. 

 Hasty, commented on the same. 



I do not wish to go into detail on the sub- 

 ject this time, any further than to emphasize 

 to honey-producers the fact that they must 

 cater to the demand for honey by inducing 

 the common class of people to buy their prod- 

 uct, as my experience also teaches me that it 

 is this class of people that consume the most 

 honey. But they are under the impression 

 that they are not getting their money's worth 

 when buying it, especially the light, under- 

 weight sections. 



But I believe besides giving them a full- 

 Tveight section there is considerable room tor 

 educating them as to the value of honey as a 

 food and medicine. I tried a little experi- 

 ment in the last-named direction a year ago 

 last fall, spending between $15 and $20 for 

 local advertising, clothing the advertisements 

 in bee and honey tallf. I had 100 gallons of 

 extracted honey to sell, for which I expected 

 $1 per gallon, but when shipping it to the 

 larger cities it would net me no more than 75o. 

 Well, it didn't net me much more at home af- 

 ter deducting the expenses for advertising 

 and writing the same. But it brought the 

 honey right where it belonged, that is, to the 

 consumer. 



But, again, it was not entirely satisfactory 

 to me. Being of a selfish disposition as i am, 

 and advertising honey as a liealth-food in gen- 

 eral, it benefited others who sold in the same 

 market nearly as much as it did me, and, 

 finally, I concluded I would not "go it" 

 alone again. A. C. F. Bartz. 



Chippewa Co., Wis. 



Bees Wintered Well— Rain Needed 



Bees on summer stands came through the 

 winter in fair condition, but those wintered 

 in cellars and caves came through better. 

 There has been considerable spring dwindling 

 both with outdoor and cellar wintered bees. 

 Spring opened up very early and bloom has 

 made a good start, but this morning the mer- 

 cury stood at 10 degrees below freezing. 



There seems to be an abundance of white 

 clover starting, but we are needing rain to 

 make it grow and bloDm well. 



H. G. Wtkoff. 



Warren Co., Iowa, April 14. 



Alsike Clover as a Honey-Plant 



We often hear the question asked. What is 

 the best honey-plant i First, in answering 

 this question I will suppose that I am not 

 ■over 600 miles from Chicago. Next, that no 

 one raises a plant exclusively for the honey 

 it will produce. What is known as Swedish 



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