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THE BEE-KEEPERS- REVIEW 



®Ij0 Nattnnal Mtt-^ttpna^ Aaanrtalinn 



Anb tt0 AflSUattli Aaaortatioita 



Officer!. 



Dr. Burton N. Gates, President 



Amherst, Mass. 



Dr, H. a. Surface, Vice-Pres.Harrisburg, Pa. 



E. B. Tyrrell, Secretary Detroit, Mich. 



214 Hammond Bldg. 

 C. P. Dadant, Treas Hamilton, 111. 



Affiliated Agsociations 



Arizona Honey Exchange 



G. M. Frizzell, Tempe, Ariz. 



Adirondack — H. E. Gray.. .Fort Edward, N. Y. 



Colorado — Wesley Foster Boulder, Colo. 



Chicago-Northwestern — L. C. Dadant.. 



Hamilton, 111. 



Hampshire — Hampden — Franklin — Dr.. 



Burton N. Gates Amherst, Mass. 



Idaho — R. D. Bradshaw Notus, Ida. 



Twin Falls — C. H. Stinson. .Twin Falls, Ida. 

 Idaho Honey Producers' Assn. — F. C. 



Bowman Idaho Falls 



Illinois — Jas. A. Stone. .Rt. 4, Springfield, 111. 

 Indiana — Geo. W. Williams, Redkey, Ind. 



Iowa — S. W. Snyder Center Point, lo-.va 



Kansas — O. A. Keen Topeka, Kans. 



MlASS. Eastern Society of Bee-Keepers. . 



..Leslie A. M. Stewart, Franklin, Mass. 

 Michigan — O. H. Schmidt 



Rt. 5, Bay City, Mich. 



Minnesota — Dr. L. D. Leonard 



..515 Syndicate Bldg., Minneapolis, Minn. 



Missouri — J. F. Diemer Liberty, Mo. 



N. California — Alwin P. Heim 



Box 16, Fair Oaks, Calif 



Directora. 



Dr. Burton N. Gates, Chairman 



Amherst, Mass. 



E. D. Townsend Northstar, Mich. 



J. M. Buchanan Franklin, Tenn. 



Wesley Foster Boulder, Colo. 



F. B. Cavanagh Hebron, Ind. 



WiLMON Newell College Station, Tex. 



and Their Secretaries. 



New Jersey — E. G. Carr New Egypt, N.J. 



N. Michigan — Ira D. Bartlett 



East Jordan, Mich. 



Ohio— Prof. N. E. Shaw, Dept. of Agr... 



Columbus, Ohio 



Oregon — H. Wilson Corvalis, Ore. 



Pecos Valley — Henry C. Barron 



Hagerman, New Mexico 



Pennsylvania — H. C. Klinger, Liverpool, Pa. 

 Puerto Rico^ — J. W. Van Leenhoff, 



Ponce, Puerto Rico, 11 Marina St. 



South Idaho and East Oregon — -R. D. 



Bradshaw Payette, Ida. 



Tennessee — J. M. Buchanan, Franklin, Tenn. 

 Texas— Willis C. Collier, Box 154 



Goliad, Texas 



Vermont — P. E. Crane Middlebury, Vt. 



Vintah Bee-keepers' Ass'x — E. J. Winder, 



Vernal, Utah 



Washington — J. B. Ramage 



Rt. 2. N. Yakima, Wash. 



Wisconsin — Gus Dittmer Augusta, Wis. 



Worcester County — J. S. Whittemorc.. 



Leicester, Mass. 



We are planning to begin publishing the report of the National Convention at 

 St. Louis with the May number of the Review. Too late to give a list of the new 

 officers and directors this month. They will appear in the April number. 



Home Marketing of Honey. 



The problem of marketing honey at 

 home has caused many to follow the 

 course of least resistance, that of send- 

 ing their honey to the cities and re- 

 ceiving a much lower price than would 

 be possible to obtain in their own town 

 or vicinity. This is not an invariable 

 rule, however, as some places cannot use 

 the entire amount that is produced in 

 the locality. By studying the situation 

 much can be done with the home 

 market, no matter how small and dis- 

 couraging. 



This question will receive much 

 thought and attention from producers 

 this year, as a very large honey crop 

 has been obtained in the north-central 

 states. Honey markets in the large 

 cities are overcrowded — -"more honey 

 than we ever had" they say. This will 

 cause the market to weaken and drop in 

 these centers. Never was the advice, 

 "market at home." more needed. 



A surprisingly large trade, with good 



profits, can be built up in every small 

 town. This will bring an increasing 

 revenue every year if one produces only 

 honey of the best quality, honey that is 

 of good body and fine flavor. If you 

 produce extracted honey, do not ex- 

 tract until the honey is fully ripened 

 and capped. 



A plan that has been very successful 

 in building up a trade is that of giving 

 away a sample of honey and personally 

 talking with the lady of the house. A 

 can of extracted honey is taken to the 

 house and the lady of the house sought. 

 She is told that you are not selling- 

 honey today, but that you are giving 

 it away. Ask her for a dish that you 

 may give her a sample. This can easily 

 be drawn from the can by means of a 

 honey gate. A little talk on who you 

 are, where you live, and that you pro- 

 duce the best grade of honey possible, 

 should follow. Give the price per 

 pound of comb and extracted, and if 

 you have it put up in pails, tell the 



