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9Io8t Promising; Field of Labor 

 for Apiarists. 



Query 860.— In your opinion, what is the 

 " most promising field of labor " for apiarists 

 at this stage of the industry of bee-keeping in 

 this country ?— Missouri. 



I don't know. — P. H. Elwood. 



We don't know. — Dadant & Son. 



The production of honey. — R. L. Tat- 



LOK. 



Economy — more honey. — Will M. 

 Barnum. 



I will not venture an opinion. — Mrs. 

 L. Harrison. 



I am not suflBciently posted to even 

 give an idea. — J. E. Pond. 



The production of gilt-edge comb- 

 honey. — Mrs. J. N. Heater. 



This is a large question. An answer 

 would be only an opinion. — Eugene 

 Secor. 



This is the question that would take a 

 wiser than Solomon to answer. — Jas. A. 

 Stone. 



A very indefinite question. Rearing 

 bees and producing extracted and comb 

 honey, I reckon. — M. Mahin. 



Producing honey. If you mean to ask 

 what is the best location for an apiarist, 

 I don't know. — James A. Green. 



I don't understand the question. Try 

 the corn-field until you can put your 

 question in a better shape. — E. France. 



To overcome the prejudice in the 

 minds of the people as regards all liquid 

 honey being spurious. Increase honey 

 consumption, etc. — J. M. Hambaugh. 



In Missouri, I don't know ; but if you 

 are in a good locality for honey, and 

 understand how to make the bees do 

 just about as you want them to do, you 

 had better produce comb honey ; or, If 

 they won't mind you in that line, try 

 extracted honey. But if I were turned 

 loose to produce honey again, I would 



look upon producing comb honey as the 

 most promising field for me, as nice sec- 

 tion honey never goes begging for a 

 buyer. — Mrs. Jennie Atchley. 



At home— in California, Florida, Wis- 

 consin or Colorado. But almost always 

 somewhere else than in your present 

 location, wherever you are. — J. H. Lar- 

 rabee. 



In the apiary, of course. Where else, 

 or in what other field should an apiarist 

 or bee-keeper labor ? If you did not 

 mean this, tell us what you did mean. — 



G. M. DOOLITTLE. 



I hardly know what is meant by the 

 " most promising field of labor." I will 

 venture to say, however, queen-rearing 

 or running a bee-paper, as the "crop" 

 never fails. — C. H. Dibbebn. 



Locality and aptitude for some other 

 occupation must govern in all cases. 

 Poultry-keeping in connection with 

 fruit-raising will make a good combina- 

 tion in many localities. — H. D. Cutting. 



I don't know. May be washing dishes, 

 If you're a woman. If you mean inside 

 of bee-keeping, if there is nothing 

 to be made producing honey, then there 

 will be no continued profit in any other 

 department. — C. C. Miller. 



Bee-keeping, to be sure. If other 

 work is to be added, it must be a kind 

 fitted to the person. For me, it is to 

 teach ; for Hutchinson, to edit a paper ; 

 for Bingham, to make knives and 

 smokers. The thing, in short, that one 

 can do best. — A. J. Cook. 



It might be best to go at something 

 else. But in the bee-business I should 

 produce comb and the article extracted, 

 in proportion of one-third of the former 

 and two-thirds of the latter. That has 

 been my plan for a number of years, and 

 it has paid me reasonably well. — G. W. 

 Demaree. 



• I don't understand the question, but 

 will venture to say : Secure all the 

 honey you can in such shape as will 

 best suit your market, and then trade 

 or sell to the best advantage. This plan 

 will likely "promise" the best— if not 



better than any other rural industries 



J. P. H. Brown. 



I can hardly tell from Query 860 just 

 what you mean. If you mean whether 

 you should produce comb or extracted 

 honey, you will have to determine that 

 by your taste and market. If you mean 

 the best location, look for one with 

 plenty of basswood, clover and wlld- 

 flowers, and five or more miles from any 

 large bee-keeper.— S. I. Freeborn. 



