1907. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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His whole crop is practically of white 

 clover and amounted this year to lo,- 

 200 pounds of comb and about 600 

 pounds of extracted. This splendid 

 crop averages 57 pounds to the colony 

 and was produced while at the same 

 time, Mr. Holmes was increasing his 

 apiary 25 per cent. Mr. Holmes 

 had in the spring, 190 colonies and 

 began winter with 250. Figure on 

 any basis you will, the interest on 

 the money invested and ask yourself 



FREIGHT RATES ON HONEY- 

 MR. MUTH'S VIEWS SUS- 

 TAINED. 



J. E. HAND. 



EDITOR AMERICAN BEE- 

 KEEPER: As a producer and 

 shipped of conub honey I can 

 heartily second every word of M'r. 

 Muth's article in the February Bee- 

 Keeper. 



APIARY OF E. F. ATWATER, MERIDIAN, IDAHO. 



Pholo by E. F. Alwaler. 



if it is not good enough for most 

 folks? 



Of course we fully realize, that on 

 so few notes it is not safe to ground 

 too great conclusions; but consider- 

 ing the data in hand, from whom it 

 came, it is of interest if not instruc- 

 tive, to generalize. At some future 

 date, it is hoped to have figures 

 which shall express more accurately 

 and with even greater interest the 

 bee-keeping status of Massachusetts. 



Clark University, Worcester, Mass. 



The effort on the part of the Na- 

 tional Bee-Keepers' Association to se- 

 cure lower rates on honey is highly 

 commendable and should receive the 

 hearty co-operation of every producer 

 of honey. 



Perhaps no man in the United 

 States is in a better position to get at 

 the inside fact relative to the ship- 

 ping of honey than is Mr. Muth, and it 

 is useless for any one to attempt to 

 deny the fact that the present high 

 freight rates on comb honey ar^ 



