14 A Modern Bee-Farm 
we need not fear, however many become honey-producers 
in our generation. No genuine article of food will long 
want for a customer, if only it is presented in an attractive 
manner at a reasonable rate. There are many ways in 
which honey can be utilised, not only as food and medicine, 
but also for a number of manufacturing purposes ; and 
while many others will continue to enter into the occupa- 
tion, the value of honey will become more generally known, 
to the advantage of all concerned. 
It may be taken for granted that the prices of all articles 
of food reached their lowest level about the year 1910, 
since when everything has advanced in value. We may 
not again see a period of low prices, as for all practical 
purposes the world has reached the limit of comparative 
production. This is a condition accelerated by the means 
of rapid intercommunication of late years, though in the 
meantime this resulted in low prices. New worlds are now 
becoming as old worlds, with dense populations, which 
demand food from the newer countries, and these, in short 
course, will have larger populations to support. 
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