. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. September, 1913. 303 American Hm Journal. TEXAS HortK io^di T K St ^Its In a State of such magnitude there is^rootn for organization among beekeepers, and the State Department of Agriculture has a great field in which to extend its work. be given thought. It is but a matter of time when bee-keepers will have to pay more attention to this. There is at the present time a great variance in the manner of packing the regular sizes of honey packages adopted as standard sizes by the Texas bee-keep- ers. It has been a custom of many to pack short weight gallo
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. September, 1913. 303 American Hm Journal. TEXAS HortK io^di T K St ^Its In a State of such magnitude there is^rootn for organization among beekeepers, and the State Department of Agriculture has a great field in which to extend its work. be given thought. It is but a matter of time when bee-keepers will have to pay more attention to this. There is at the present time a great variance in the manner of packing the regular sizes of honey packages adopted as standard sizes by the Texas bee-keep- ers. It has been a custom of many to pack short weight gallons, halt gallons and quarts, as well as sixty pound cans, and sell them at so much per pound and charge for 12 pounds, 6 pounds, 3 pounds, and 60 pounds. There is also a great differ- ence of opinion even among the best bee-keepers as to the proper pro- portion of comb and extracted honey in bulk comb honey. It is essential that the State Bee-keepers' Associa- tion go on record as demanding that all packages be packed according to a set standard. There should be uni- formity in packing as W(>11 as grad- ing. Then the price should be looked after. There is no reason why a short crop of honey should not bring the bee-keepers more than when there is a big crop. My obser- vations are that there is hardly any difference, due, I believe, to the lack of proper attention on the part of bee-keepers. It is useless for any in- dividual to try to accomplish these results if the bee-keepers of the state will not co-operate. BvR Western ^ Bee-Keeping Conducted by Wesley Foster. Boulder. Colo. Some Hive Tools I Have Seen in Honey Shops and Apiaries There is a dearth of handy hive tools. The supply manufacturers make a few useful ones, but there are not enough for the various uses for which a bee- man needs a special tool, and few of the manufactured tools I have seen are strong enough. Perhaps one reason is that the sale is too limited. It is easy for each bee-keeper to go to his bl
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