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honey. This would help you and the really deserving West In- 

 dian producer. The producer of honey from log gums does not mer- 

 it much help. The fact that my honey is West Indian, should not 

 make it bad, but it does to the average buyer abroad. I am how- 

 ever just as well satisfied now, as I always have been, that I will 

 always find a good market for all my own honey, and so can any 

 one else who will try and who will stick to honest methods and the 

 production of pure, clean and ripe goods. The present war has had 

 its effects, as what were our best markets are now closed. For 

 this personally I am very glad, because it has made it necessary for 

 me to now find a good and permanent market in the United States 

 and much closer at home. 



So far, I am in the class mentioned above as not coming out 

 even in their business, but my failure to do this has been due more 

 to my rabbit's foot than anything else, and in no way is it a reflec- 

 tion on the possibilities. First I had my bees burned up during a 

 so called revolution, because I just happened to be v/here a guard 

 house and two or three shacks were fired, no other damage to speak 

 of being done any place around and nobody was hurt. Your person 

 and property are just as safe, if not more so, than they would be in 

 the United States. Last season I had my entire crop of honey and 

 wax on the way to Germany when the war broke out and it is still 

 there as near as I can guess. The longer I stay in Cuba and the more 

 I learn, the more I think of the prospects and possibilities, aside 

 from its being the most delightful place in the whole world to live. 



Queens can be produced here in January and February as good 

 as at any other time of year, and, in a small way I expect this sea- 

 son to make some tests,that is I will mail a limited number of queens, 

 one to any reliable beekeeper, as early as he can use her, free of 

 charge, providing he will give her a fair trial and tell me what she 

 has shown in his locality. If I can produce the quality suitable 

 for northern uses, I can supply the quantity at any time. Upon 

 the result of my experimenting this year will depend the future 

 of this feature of the business with me. To my belief there is no 

 foul brood here and my queens will be mailed in cages supplied 

 with Fondant from a reliable dealer in the United States. 



Aside from the bee industry or in connection with it there 

 are many excellent opportunities for the practical farmer with 

 moderate means. One can in a good location grow almost anything, 

 any time, with irrigation and proper drainage. We have two sea- 

 sons, summer or wet and winter or dry. As in other countries 

 however, the seasons cannot always be relied upon. The summer 



