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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



A beeyai'<l in tin- disiainc under cabliase palmetto. T e laiiiu-h belons;s to Mr. Olute, win 

 was just startinjj on a trip of 24 miles up to Lake Jessup, where the honey-flow is earlier. 



at the time 



DO BEEKEEPERS WANT A DISTRIBUTING ASSOCIATION? 



BY G. P. STARK 



After having- had various exioeriences in 

 the honey business I have come to the con- 

 elusion that very few really want or need a 

 distributing organization. On the other 

 hand, on reading the bee-journals many cor- 

 respondents seem much interested. 



Early in 1915 several leading beemen who 

 had no particular personal need of nor in- 

 terest in such an association, having been in 

 the business long enough to establish a mar- 

 ket for their own and their neighbors' prod- 



uct, saw visions of the need, and of the 

 great good that could be accomplished by 

 such an institution. These beemen started 

 the ball rolling by ineoi'porating the Na- 

 tional Honey- ijrodueers' Association, to be 

 capitalized by beemen only. When it came 

 to the cash, however, the beekeepers in gen- 

 eral preferred " watchful waiting," and the 

 burden therefore fell on the few. 



Not even a peanut-stand can run without 

 capital. Sometimes I wish that J. P. Mor- 



Smartweed, -wild sunflower, and ironweed along the river, 

 a mile and a half distant. 



The cabbage palmetto in the background is 



