. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Mar. 21, 1907 233 ^American Bee Journal Bees have ii'>nc into the winter in splen(h(l condition and liave a stock of good quality honey in their hives, which should insure their safe wintering. So the prospects for the coming season may be termed "; The volume of our 1906 honey-busi- ness has been very Be- sides handling our members' honey, we have also handled quite a (luantity for non-members. Many of these will no doubt see that it is to their advantage to come in and become stockholders now, and thereby reap all th
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Mar. 21, 1907 233 ^American Bee Journal Bees have ii'>nc into the winter in splen(h(l condition and liave a stock of good quality honey in their hives, which should insure their safe wintering. So the prospects for the coming season may be termed "; The volume of our 1906 honey-busi- ness has been very Be- sides handling our members' honey, we have also handled quite a (luantity for non-members. Many of these will no doubt see that it is to their advantage to come in and become stockholders now, and thereby reap all the benefits of this truly co-operative association of bee-keepers. Our Association is now well known to every car-load buyer of comb honey in the United States. We have the repu- tation of shipping a well-graded article, put up in an attractive manner, and of being thoroughly responsible. This reputation is our most valuable asset, and it bchoo'i'cs crcry iiiciiihcr to do his share in upholding the same by putting out nothing that is not strictly up to grade. The prices realized by the Associa- tion for honey sold have been the high- est of any comb honey shipped out of the West this year (1906). No. i honey, graded according to Association rules, has brought an average of $ per case, and $ for No. 2 grade. The returns have all been received and turned over to the respective producers by the Association, and, now that the year's business is closed, we are happy to be able to announce that we zi'llt be in a position not only to declare a 10 percent dividend on the stock for the past season, but also for the year 1905, when jc'tr had a crop failure. Besides this, every cent of the commission paid by members during the season of 1906 will he paid back to them in the form of a rebate. This is the best showing we have ever made, and should be highly satisfactory to every member. We did nearly as well in former years, and in order to give our new and prospective members an ide
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