Beekeeping as an Occupation 



Fig. 2. — A bee and apple blos- 

 soms. Bees are valuable as agents 

 of cross-pollination. 



keepers in their conven- 

 tions and elsewhere that 

 the honey market will be 

 overstocked if any greater 

 crops are produced. This 

 fear is vingrounded. A 

 few dealers are now at- 

 tempting to supply their 

 customers with honey 

 throughout the year, al- 

 though usually the honey 

 crop is sold so quickly that 

 it is found on the market 

 only between the time of 

 harvesting the crop and the 

 holiday season. It must 

 also be remembered that 

 in many families honey 

 is almost unknown as a 

 food, not because it is not relished but because the present 

 supply is so limited that it never comes to the attention 



of the housewife. 

 Furthermore, bakers 

 and confectioners are 

 using an increasing 

 amount of honey 

 for manufacturing 

 purposes, especially 

 honeys of the darker 

 grades. With such 

 conditions of the 

 honey market, there 

 need be no fear of 

 overproduction, even 

 though the beekeep- 

 ers take full advantage of the nectar supply, in so far as it 

 is profitable. 



Fig. 3. — Mud hives in Palestine. 



