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ey maikel. At tlie present writing, Uncle 

 8aiu is distributing currency all over the 

 country through the Paine-Aldrich act. 



Taking a general view, it is probable that 

 prices will not decline on table honey; but 

 unless an outlet can be found for other 

 honeys for manufacturing purposes there 

 may be a decline in these goods. Europe, 

 as has been stated elsewhere, is a very large 

 consumer of honey from the West Indies 

 and some of the South American republics; 

 but as long as the Avar lasts, and for some 

 time after, these honeys will have to find 

 other markets, and naturally they will come 

 here. It is that situation which is disturbing 

 prices on our cheaper honeys. 



Bees in a Caedy-factory 



One of the occasional objections raised to 

 keeping bees within the limits of a city is 

 that, during a dearth of honey, they may 

 get to robbing exposed sweets. A case of 

 this kind has just come to our notice. A 

 candy-factory on the fifth floor of a build- 

 ing in Muskogee, Okla., does not use screens 

 on the windows on account of being so high 

 that flies are never seen. The latter part of 

 July (when no honey from natural sources 

 was coming in), bees, attracted by the ex- 

 posed syrup, began coming in large numbers 

 into the open windows, making the work of 

 the employees engaged in the manufacture 

 of the candy somewhat strenuous, to say the 

 least. 



This is not the first time that this sort of 

 thing has happened. If screens are not 

 needed to keep out the flies, it would seem as 

 though any beekeepers living in the city and 

 keeping bees within the city should go more 

 than half way toward helping to defray the 

 expense of putting in screens. We say this, 

 realizing that there would probably be just 

 as many bees around the unscreened win- 

 dows, even if there were no apiaries located 

 within the city limits. Bees are not observ- 

 ers of city ordinances; but, nevertheless, to 

 avoid friction it would seem that any bee- 

 keeper interested should adopt the golden- 

 rule principle. 



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Purposes 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



sugar. Now that the European market has 

 been entirely cut off for these goods, espe- 

 cially those from South America and the 

 West Indies, they are flowing into the mar- 

 kets of the United States. They must go 

 somewhere, and at prices that will make 

 them move. We already have ample evi- 

 dence that they are being offered at very 

 low prices — so low, indeed, that they are 

 depressing the price of domestic cheap or 

 dark honey. But the general advance in 

 sugar may be the means of finding other 

 outlets for these honeys that have hitherto 

 been going to Europe. 



There is no great loss without some small 

 gain. Perhaps it will be so in this ease. 

 If the high i^rice of sugar shall be the 

 means of forcing some of these cheaper 

 honeys into avenues of consumption hither- 

 to never dreamed of, it will in the long run 

 be a blessing. We shall hope so. 



EFFECT OF THE WAR ON PRICE OF WAX. 



In the same way, large quantities of wax 

 from South America and the West Indies 

 that formerly poured into the European 

 markets, are coming to America. Some of 

 these waxes are not suitable for making 

 comb foundation, because they do not quite 

 come up to the United States standard set 

 for pure domestic beeswax. Again, some of 

 them are too dark; but it is apparent that 

 they can be used in the other arts, where 

 ordinary domestic beeswax is employed. The 

 general effect of these importations of cheap 

 wax has caused a decline in the i^rice of 

 beeswax. See Special Notices elsewhere. 



New Co-operative Association of 



Perhaps it may not be known, but never- 

 theless it is true, that Europe uses (or did 

 use up to the war) immense quantities of 

 honey for pastry and baking purposes. In 

 fact, the Europeans among the peasantry 

 class have for centuries back been using 

 hon^y for co^i-'-" ' -"" naturally use 



A NEW organization has just been effected 

 which is to be known as the Tri-State Honey 

 Exchange. This is a co-operative associa- 

 tion of beekeepers organized to assist honey- 

 producers in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and 

 Iowa, to market their honey and obtain the 

 highest possible prices, the profits of the 

 association to go to the producers. The 

 membership of this organization, which has 

 been endorsed by the Minnesota Beekeepers' 

 Association, is one dollar a year, and tliis 

 amount will be deducted from the first ship- 

 ment of honey sent in. Beekeejjers are also 

 invited to purchase one share of stock at 

 $10.00 per share. Honey will be bought from 

 beekeepers at any time, prices quoted on 

 application. Payment will be made within 

 thirty days, and all profits will be distribut- 

 ed according to the bylaws. Tlie place of 

 business is located in the Maiket Bank 

 Building, Minneapolis, witli L. M. Bussey 

 as manager. 



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