[84 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. [August. 



REPORT OF THE COLORADO STATE BEE-KEEPERS^ 



CONVENTION, 



CONTINUED FROM LAST MONTH. 

 PROGRAM COMMITTEE. 



Mr. Rhodes: I feel like I ought to don't want to persist; you might lose 



make this report, as the committee a cu-etomer for all time. The next time 



was scattered here and there and else- they would see me coming they would 



where the program we have here we order without hesitation. Another 



had to do by correspondence and very plan I found is, this year not being 



little help, and we came up with the able to retail honey I put up a honey 



very best we could do, with the ex- stand, and it makes quite a nice exhi- 



ception of my part. I took the lib- bit and calls people's attention, and 



erty of writing for questions from they ask for honey. Another thing 



different bee-keepers and I laid them I might speak of in regard to putting 



away in an envelope very carefully up extracted honey. I had a small 



and left them there, and there they tank made to liquefy honey by putting 



are yet. Guess this part of the com- the cans in hot water and letting them 



mittee will be all right. The difficulties stand over night. I was instructed 



have been so great that I am not that it had to be bottled up tight when 



satisfied with this work myself. I it was hot, and result was it became 



would not have had a single paper, foamy on top. When I was down 



but one of the members t • the com- to Denver I asked Mr. Frank Rauch- 



mittee has a paper and it is all right; fuss about it. I found he let it stand 



so we arranged for one paper for over night and then bottled it, and that 



each session. We have done as well it would be nice and clear. Strain 



as could be under the circumstances, it through four thicknesses of cheese 



Motion made and seconded that we cloth before letting it stand over night, 



accept report and discharge the com- Another thing is in regard to labeHng 



mittee. honey. They should be clean and at- 



tractive. I want to speak about adul- 



_ , . .r^ .f T-. terated honey in Lafayette and Louis- 



"How I Succeeded in Retailing Ex- yiHe. i found some of it in those 



tracted Honey." places. I received a letter from Mrs. 



Wright asking me to send some of 



Paper by Secretary S. Francis. the adulterated to her for analyzing, 



but as the grocer informed me they 



About three or four years ago I put had bought it for adulterated honey 



up a lot of extracted honey in Mason and were selling it as such, I thought 



quart jars. I took them down town it unnecessary to send any to Mrs. 



to a grocery store, and arranged for Wright. The adulterated honey was 



the payment later on. I left them labeled "Kellogg's Pure White Clover 



there and they went like hot cakes. Honey," and it was put up by Bliss 



The next season I put up 36 dozen Syrup Company, Kansas City, 



of the same jars and the same result, Mr. Pease: For how much do you 



and the following season to have more, sell pints of honey at wholesale? 



I think it is a good plan to supply Mr. Francis: 20 cents a pint whole- 



the home markets. I left five dozen sale, 25 cents retail, 



at a store; result was that the next F. Rauchfuss: What do you figure 



time I came along the honey was on making by putting up extracted 



candied, so I had to go to work at honey in that way? 



reliquefying honey. I want to make Mr. Francis: I don't know as I 



it a point never to deliver too many can answer this question direct, but 



jars of honey at any store at one I figure about making 12 cents a pound 



time. One other thing^ in regard to on the honey. 



peddling honey I found in going from F. Rauchfuss: ij^ lbs of honey at 12 



house to house, that leaving a sample cents, eighteen pounds for dozen jars 



of honey to let people taste is a very that would make $2.16, a case of jars 



good thing. This is a very common is no less than 40 cents, that is $2.56, 



saying: "We don't care for honejj;" and selling them for $2.25, what is he 



but if they may sample it they getting for his honey? 



will order a jar. Of course, a man H. Rauchfuss: I used to put up 



