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given regaraiiii;- big yields of single colonies. Several yards of three 

 hundred pound of extracted honey being- reported, and one yield of 

 two hundred and ninety pounds of comb honey. 



The average yield for Iowa for a term of years is placed at or 

 around fifty pounds. The bulletin has four illuocrations and should 

 interest quite a number of Iowa farmers in bee-keeping and also in 

 better manag"ement of the bees they may have. The Iowa State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, which is one of the affiliated associations 

 of the National, is mentioned as one of the main helps to the Iowa 

 bee-keeper. After reading the bulletin it looks to me as if the pros- 

 pects for specialization of bee-keeping in Iowa are as good as any 

 western state where specialization has been highly developed. 



The Broad View. 



I'he idea is expressed quite frequently that the Eastern bee- 

 keeper is not interested in helping the west and south dispose of 

 their large quantities of honey. They say if they aid them any the 

 result will be that the western and southern honeys will take their 

 markets from them. The fact remains, however, that this honey is 

 going to seek a market, and if the National is anything- but a name 

 it will have to help all the bee men in their various endeavors. 



The same idea is in mind when the eastern bee man is slow- 

 about helping- secure cheaper rates on honey — the ever-present fear 

 that western and southern honey will get the advantage of eastern 

 honev in the market! We have fourteen affiliated associations west 

 of the Mississippi and twenty-two states. East of the Mississippi 

 we have fifteen affiliated associations and twenty-six states. So the 

 country is pretty well divided. The west deserves equal considera- 

 tion. 



The eastern bee-keeper should be just as much interested in 

 the economical and systematic distribution of western and southern 

 honey as the west; for if we can distribute this honey without caus- 

 ing a glut, the market will be kept up, and all can sell their honey 

 for fair prices. 



Some one at the National convention told me that the eastern 

 bee men were not interested in co-operation, all that they wished 

 for the National was a big bee-keeping convention once a year along 

 with a report of the meeting. Upon inquiry among delegates I 

 found that the majority from the east were anxious that co-operative 

 efl'orts should be pushed. 



The honey from west and south, with intelligent distribution 

 will not hurt any market. We should never lose sight of the fact 

 that there is not honey enough produced to supply all the markets 

 with a salable article throughout the year. That points the way for 

 the National to work. 



