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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



February, 1917 



HE ADS OF GRAIN I DpOM^d 



DIFFERENT FIELDS 



Beekeeping to the From a financial stand- 

 Front in Northern point beekeeping in 

 Wisconsin the northern part of 



our state has been 

 very profitable. One beekeeper with a start 

 of 26 colonies in the spring increased to 42 

 and extracted 5000 pounds of honey. He 

 has a small farm of 15 acres, and runs the 

 bees only as a side line. 



Another with a start of only 9 colonies in- 

 creased to 22 and took off 600 pounds of 

 comb honey. There are many others that I 

 might mention. 



In August, State Inspector France was 

 here and we organized the Northern Wis- 

 consin Beekeepers' Association with a mem- 

 bership of 17. In coming together on a co- 

 operative basis we find that it is much to 

 the advantage of all members, both in buy- 

 ing supplies and in selling honey. 



The county fair association granted us 

 the use of a booth for display this last fall 

 — the first display of honey products ever 

 made here. It was a great attraction to all 



classes of people, and very instructive at 

 the same time, as we had a glass hive of bees 

 and an exhibit of extracting-frames, comb- 

 honey sections, and extractor to show the 

 people how the honey was taken from the 

 comb, thus proving that it is not strained 

 honey. 



One exhibitor had one-pound glasses and 

 ten-jjound pails. These we sold. A lady 

 visiting the fair from Minneapolis bought a 

 glass jar, took it home, and in a few days 

 ordered 20 five-pound pails shipped C. O. D. 

 She had taken orders among her neighbors. 

 This shows that it pays to advertise. 



The fair (Langlade County) was run on 

 the free plan this year as an experiment, and 

 was a success, both in point of exhibits and 

 attendance, also in a financial way. No 

 charge was made except for concessions. 

 The same plan has been decided on for 1917. 



The bee industry is getting to the front 

 very rapidly, and I think that by next year 

 many more farmers will take an interest in 

 bees. 



Antiso, Wis. B. H. Marsh. 



THE BACKTvOT BUZZER 



BY J. H. DONAHEY' 



Speaking of successful wintering, Benny Sourweed says he generally adopts a course somewhere between 

 the feller who keeps his bees in a mvilkeg an^ the beginner who stopped up the> entra-nces with a rag to 

 keep 'em from freezin' to de<itfi, 



