Decembek, 1917 



GLKANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



915 



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A good day's work ready for hauling to the station. 



There will be a biy diemand for packag'e 

 bees for next year. In fact, most of tbe 

 breeders already have inquiries for almost 

 all the business they can handle for the 

 coming: year. It is certain that no booking's 

 will be madie at last year's prices. Owing 

 to the attractive price that honey is bring'- 

 ing', undoubtedly some of the package men 

 mil go out of the packag^e business. This 

 coiidition. together with the increased de-' 

 mand. and the fact that the breeder's profits 

 ran short tliis season, will raise the price of 

 bees tAventy-five to fifty i>eii' cent for next 

 year. E. A. Harris. 



Penn, Miss. 



[Some, perhaps, in studying the figures 

 presented by our eon'espondent will be in- 

 clined to think that at least one of the 

 items in the list of expenses is too high — 

 the $300 for depreciation and maintenance 

 for example. However, depreciation goes 

 on day after day and year after year. If 

 a certain percentage on the investment is 

 not set aside every year, when an entirely 

 new equipment becomes necessary there will 

 be nothing on hand with which to meet the 

 bill. Moi'e than one business has beem 

 wrecked by the ignoring of this one thing — 

 the maintenance of equipment, and beekeep- 

 ers who are not taking this item of ex- 



Fnr a queen-breeder the jitney is indispensable. 



