. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. I40 THE BEE KEEPERS' REVIEW. ey was of slow sale at low prices, but its use by bakers and other manufactures has placed the demand upon a firm ; Yes, and two successive crops of honey throughout our country would place it on firm bed-rock. But with ample capital, and just lots of bees, it can be made a very fair business at three cents a pound. Qf course this applies to extracted honey with fair crops. The most money I ever made in one year was on honey that sold under three cents at shipping point. On honey which sold for over five cents anot
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. I40 THE BEE KEEPERS' REVIEW. ey was of slow sale at low prices, but its use by bakers and other manufactures has placed the demand upon a firm ; Yes, and two successive crops of honey throughout our country would place it on firm bed-rock. But with ample capital, and just lots of bees, it can be made a very fair business at three cents a pound. Qf course this applies to extracted honey with fair crops. The most money I ever made in one year was on honey that sold under three cents at shipping point. On honey which sold for over five cents another season my profits were not so large. Fewer bees with better average yield was the cause. The rush to get great numbers should not be made at a disregard for good stock. With modern methods it is so easy to keep approved bees that there is little excuse for handling inferior trash. If there is a general rush of many to keep a large amount of bees it will cer- tainly drive many "'little fish" out of the business, or into territory now unoccii- pied, probably both. I shall not attempt to discuss whether this policy will bring the greatest good to the greatest number or not. The person who contemplates the rapid expansion of his bee business should consider his means, taste, location, mar- ket, and other factors bearing on the prob- lem before deciding. Having decided let him adapt his methods to his choice. Grayson, Cal., Feb. 17, i>^ IND, CRISP, CRITICISMS INSPIRED BY THE LAST FEW ISSUES OF THE RE- VIEW. BY J. E. HAND. Friend Hutchinson, the April Review is at hand, and it is, as usual, "chuck full" of solid information and encourage- ment for the honey producer. The Re- view for 1901 has done much towards es- tablishing honey production, as a means of gaining a livelihood, on a solid basis as compared with other rural pursuits. The March and April numbers are es- pecially encouraging; and it seems to me that I have never read any two bee jour- nals
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