INVESTIGATIONS PERTAINING TO TEXAS BEEKEEPING. 43 
estimate, the average would be much higher, in spite of adverse seasonal 
influences, 
Bulk comb honey (“chunk honey”) is the chief production of the Texas 
aplary. Follows extracted honey and sections, the latter form being com- 
paratively scarce. ! 
In the data expressing the views of Texas beekeepers as to whether 
apiculture is profitable as a side line rather than as a profession, it is 
interesting to note that the most extensive beekeepers: maintain that the 
industry is unprofitable unless conducted on a large scale,’ and that those 
who claim the industry is profitable only as a side line are almost invari- 
ably beekeepers who follow the calling on the corresponding scale. 
In nearly every case it appears that the small beekeeper finds a good 
market locally for his honey. The large beekeeper does not and is forced 
to ship. Of course, such conditions are directly governed by the law of 
supply and demand, the small town_near a small apiary or apiaries con- 
suming their output, while an excessive honey crop would find no 
market there. Those who ship their honey find Fort Worth, Dallas, 
Floresville and San Antonio to be excellent Texas markets, and it appears 
that most of the shipments within the State reach these, Those shipping 
out of the State find a good and ready market in Oklahoma. But it is 
again worth stopping to note that the greater bulk of Texas honeys never 
get out of the State. Unquestionably Texas could consume yet a larger 
quantity than is annually produced by her own apiaries. 
