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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



April 





Produce More Honey 



FOR WAR FOOD 



A Glorious Opportunity for Beekeeping 



TVTEVER BEFORE lias beekeeping had such 



* ' an opportunity to prove its usefulness. 

 Beekeeping is the only means of saving the 

 tons of honey now wasted. Every beekeeper 

 must help, but the commercial producers can 

 do most. 



AIT" HAT DOES IT MEAN when beekeepers 

 ** are permitted to buy sugar during a 

 sugar shortage in order that their bees may 

 not starve? Why do the beekeeping supply 

 factories run on fuelless days? Honey is an 

 important food. 



More Honey is Needed 



There must be an increase in the production of 

 all foods, but the shortage of sweets is espe- 

 cially acute. There must be more Honey. 



MOW CAN IT BE PRODUCED? The Nec- 



* *■ tar supply of 1918 is still uncertain. How- 

 ever, a failure of the crop is more frequent 

 than a failure of the nectar supply. The bee- 

 keeper must have his bees ready to get all the 



Nectar. 



N 



OW IS THE CRITICAL TIME. The good 

 beekeeper does two things: 

 He has colonies strong before the honey-flow. 



He prevents swarming by division. 



"VJLT HAT BEES NEED. To reach maximum 

 " strength early, bees need only three 



things : 



Plenty of stores. 



Plenty of room for breeding. 



Plenty of protection from cold and wind. 



Most beekeeping failures are due to neglect in 

 preparation for the honey-flow. Each colony 

 should have ten frames of brood when it begins. 



/"VTHER PREPARATIONS. Buy or lease un- 

 ^^ productive colonies. There may be a 

 thousand in your county. Order necessary sup- 

 plies at once. Watch for brood diseases this 

 summer. 



TTHE GREATEST LOSS is through failure to 

 * have bees ready on time. Now is the time 

 to begin plans and preparations for the honey- 

 flow. Delay may decrease the crop one-half. 



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ARKET the crop intelligently, after study- 

 ing the bulletins of the Bureau of Mar- 



Keep More Bees 



Can the Department Help You? There are several offices in the Department of Agriculture which 

 are anxious to help beekeepers increase their honey crops this year. There are in many of the 

 States, Inspectors and Extension Beekeepers who are at your service. The Department can tell 

 you who they are. 



Keep Bees Better 



If your bees are unproductive, place them in the hands of a good beekeeper and lei them do their 

 share. 



U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



I This space donated by Tm G. B 1. 1 u is Co.. Makers of Be 



e. Watcrlown, Wisconsin I 



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