. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. Api'il (From The Review.) LESS HONEY PER OOLO^lY MAY BE SICURED IN THE FUTURE BUT IM- PROVEMENTS WILL LESSEN THE COST. G. A. Deadman The bee-keeping of the future will undoubtedly differ from that o£ the past. It differs now considerably from that of only a few years ago, and must continue to differ. If we were living in the "East," Syria for instance,and did as they do in many things, there would probably be very little change, as they are slow to adopt new methods, being content to live as their fathers did. We
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. Api'il (From The Review.) LESS HONEY PER OOLO^lY MAY BE SICURED IN THE FUTURE BUT IM- PROVEMENTS WILL LESSEN THE COST. G. A. Deadman The bee-keeping of the future will undoubtedly differ from that o£ the past. It differs now considerably from that of only a few years ago, and must continue to differ. If we were living in the "East," Syria for instance,and did as they do in many things, there would probably be very little change, as they are slow to adopt new methods, being content to live as their fathers did. We in the "West" pride our- selves on being progressive, which, if true, there must of necessity be a dif- ference, arising from improved meth- ods and appliances, saying nothing of that arising from extended or depressed markets. Rather would it not have been better to have asked, " Wherein will the bee-keeping of the future dif- fer from the past?" Certain changes in condition, such as 3'ou mention in your excellent paper read at the On- tario Bee-Keepers' convention recent- ly held in Stratford, must make a dif- ference in the bee-keeping of the fu- ture. Who can say what this differ- ence will be? Do "coming events cast their^^shadows ; I believe with you that changes in conditions render the honf-y yield more doubtful, and no doubt even those in Florida, who have or will suffer from the late severe frosts, will assent to this. Just how much the change of conditions will decrease the honey yield on the one hand, or improved methods and appliances increase the profits on the other is difficult to say. That im- proved methods and appliances will change the bee-keeping of the future no one can doubt. As you say, "It is astonishing to see with hovv little care an apiary can now be ; From changed conditions in nature the honey yield may be less, but it may be more than counterbalanced bj the lessened cost of production. How a
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