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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



paying quantities. Hence the neces- 

 sity of cultivating a market for clear 

 honey. I want to emphasize the fact 

 that the apiarist, to make a success of 

 his business, must be able to plan 

 everything in accordance with the 

 varying seasons, condition of his col- 

 onies, and every and all things per- 

 taining to the production of honey. 

 Without particular attention to these 

 matters honey producing is an uncer- 

 tain business. 



My apiary the past season paid me 

 nearly, if not quite, $200.00 a month 

 for my labor. I know of no rural 

 pursuit that pays so well for manual 

 labor, but it requires skilled labor, and 

 a high quality of tact in management. 

 Being a skilled manipulator of bees is 

 not enough to insure success, you must 

 be a skilled manager also. There is a 

 peculiarity that attaches more ad- 

 hesively to this pursuit than to any 

 other business pertaining to food pro- 

 duction, and that is the question of 

 strict honesty. The trade will bear 

 adulteration in everything but honey. 

 Honey must be the pure nectar, fin- 

 ished to perfection by the bees them- 

 selves. Hence those apiarists who 

 dabble with artificially evaporated 

 honey, and sugar feeding, will and 

 ought to come to grief. 



( 'h ristiansburg, Ky. 



Dr. Peter Collier, director of the New York 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, believes 

 that hard times for farmers are almost at an 

 end and that soon they will become the most 

 prosperous class in the land. He says: "At 

 the risk of being thought optimistic, 1 wish 

 to be placed on record as predicting that, to 

 the best of my knowledge and belief, we are 

 about entering upon an era of agricultural 

 prosperity the like of which we have never 

 known, and which prosperity will be perma- 

 ent." 



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< >i i r Canadian friends are sorely troubled 

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