Beekeeping as an Occupation 
5 
keepers in their conven¬ 
tions and elsewhere that 
the honey market will be 
overstocked if any greater 
crops are produced. This 
fear is ungrounded. 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 Fig. 2.— A bee and apple blos- 
also be remembered that s ° ms - Bees are valuable as agents 
.... , of cross-pollination, 
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 
Fig. 3. - Mud hives in Palestine. overproduction, even 
though the beekeep¬ 
ers take full advantage of the nectar supply, in so far as it 
is profitable. 
