A WARTIME APPEAL 



TO AMERICAN BEEKEEPERS 



THE PRESENT CRISIS INTO WHICH OUR COUNTRY HAS BEEN FORCED IS A 

 SUPREME TEST OF THE USEFULNESS OF YOUR INDUSTRY AND IS THE GREAT 

 EST OPPORTUNITY BEEKEEPING HAS EVER HAD TO SHOW ITS VALUE TO THE 

 NATION. THE ANNUAL PRODUCTION OF THREE HUNDRED MILLION POUNDS 

 OF HONEY MUST BE INCREASED AT ONCE BY AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED MIL 

 LION POUNDS TO FILL THE DEMAND AND TO FIVE TIMES AS MUCH AS SOOX 

 AS FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE. 



Every pound of honey produced "vyIII 

 release its equivalent of butter or sugar 

 for other purposes of food. 



On account of the jirospective short- 

 age of sugar a large production of honey 

 is iulperati^•e. 



Push your production to the utmost, 

 giving preferejice in times sucli as this 

 to extracted honey, because in that "way 

 the total honey supply may be move 

 greatly increased. IJemember that two 

 comb-iioney supers may easily be con- 

 Acrted into a deep extracting super or 

 a hive body. 



Afiiliate with your state beekeepers' 

 association and -with your local beekeep- 

 ers ' association if you have one. Field 

 meetings should be encouraged early in 

 summer to give practical information on 

 manipulation, etc. 



Order your bee sup]>lies early and 

 order standard goods in. order to save 

 time and enable manufacturing plants 

 to accomplish the most in the shortest 

 possible time. 



Be sure that you are provided "with a 

 liberal quantity of containers at tlie 



outset in order that the present seeming 

 shortage in tin and glassware may not 

 ]irevent the sale of your iioney when it 

 is ready for market. 



Sell all or as much of your honey as 

 ]i(issible on Aour home market. It will 

 l)iing greater iiroJit to yourself commen- 

 surate with the cost of production anil 

 retail handling. It will help relieve 

 freight congestion and will offer oppor- 

 tunity for the beekeepci- who cannot 

 sell at home to get a living price for his 

 product. At present over ninety pi- 

 cent of the honey crop is sold on t!\ 

 home nuirket. 



If you sell honey at wholesale, do not 

 sell Tintil yon have full infornuition con- 

 cerning the needs of wholesale markets. 

 Such information is furnished by th; 

 OfScc of Markets of the Department or 

 Agriculture at "Washington. D. C, to th<' 

 bee journals and to individual beekeep- 

 ers. The beekeeper will readily see the 

 f(dly of dunqdug l\is lioney without 

 knowledge of the }uarkets, as this de- 

 moralizes the market with profit only t^i 

 the spec\i1att>i-. 



REMEMBER. IN HARMONY WITH THE GENERAL CALL MADE BY THE PRESI 

 DENT ALL BEEKEEPERS NOW OWE IT TO THE NATION. IN ORDER THAT 

 BEEKEEPING MAY FULFILL ITS HIGHEST OBLIGATION. TO REDOUBLE THEIR 

 EFFORTS TO INCREASE THE IMPORTANCE OF BEEKEEPING AS AN AGRICUL- 

 TURAL INDUSTRY WHICH CONSERVES A VALUABLE NATIONAL RESOURCE AND 

 WHICH PRODUCES A NON-PERISHABLE, CONCENTRATED. WHOLESOME FOOD 

 WHICH PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT PART IN THE ENDURANCE OF ANY NATION 



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