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stand their business, would it not be a good plan for the Illinois State Society 

 to take some means to educate and instruct grocerymen in the best methods 

 of keeping, handling and presenting honey to their customers in an attractive 

 manner, so that the consumption of honey may be greatly increased. I know 

 that grocerymen can double their trade in honey by proper means . 



LUTHER F. JACOBS, VIENNA, JOHNSON COUNTY, ILL. 



1. Seventeen. 



2. No. I follow agriculture and horticulture. . 

 3- 151025. 



4. Box. 



6 . Comb . 



8. One pound. 



9. Metal and prefer the same. 



10. Flowers, wild and tame clover and fruits. 



11. 20 to 24 pounds . 



13. Sell at home market. 



14. From two to four each year. 

 16. 15 to 25 cents per pound. 



J 18. I think they will. 



19, None. 



20. They do not but do on white. 



22. Mine were originally Italans and are preferred. 



23. More domestic not so cross . 



24. Upon their summer stands. 



25. Hardly ever any loss. 



26. We never cellar our bees, not necessary. 



28. Do not understand the meaning "foul." 



29 . Have not, as we spray no fruit trees as yet. 



31 . If time to attend to them the more the better. 



32. By competent committees to pass upon them and to show the profit 

 arising from honey and produces &c . 



33. Keeping moths from our hives is the only issue. They are the 

 only detriment here in Southern Illinois to our producing honey in large 

 quantities and at comparatively little cost . The winter's cold is not in the 

 way. And now if some bee-raiser and honey producer will only invent a 

 hive that willlse moth proof and at the same time be a granary lor the safe 

 deposit of their sweets Bee-keeping in this locality could be made very 

 profitable. Can't some one produce the thing needful? (Yes movable frame 

 hive and Italian bees— Sec . ) 



