. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 172 Feb. 28, 1907 American Bee Journal appealed very much to the palate, but the first-named was by all means to be preferred. Unripe honey is a hard thing to leg- islate against, and the only remedy I see is the education of the bee-keeper to understand that it is to his interest to put only well-ripened honey on the market. Even if you can not appeal to a man's moral instincts, as a gen- eral rule, if you pander to his pocket- book, you can convince him. It is always easier to tear down than to build up, and in this matter of better honey, it is dis
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 172 Feb. 28, 1907 American Bee Journal appealed very much to the palate, but the first-named was by all means to be preferred. Unripe honey is a hard thing to leg- islate against, and the only remedy I see is the education of the bee-keeper to understand that it is to his interest to put only well-ripened honey on the market. Even if you can not appeal to a man's moral instincts, as a gen- eral rule, if you pander to his pocket- book, you can convince him. It is always easier to tear down than to build up, and in this matter of better honey, it is discouraging to know that some who could be a power for good if they choose, on the contrary use their influence in persuading bee-keepers that it is not necessary to allow the bees to ripen the honey on the Qur ^ 'Bee-Keeping Conducted by Emma M. Wilson, Mureiiijo, Women Lead in Bee-Keeping A. I. Root has found at least one re- gion where women take the lead in bee-keeping. He says in Gleanings in Bee Culture: It is a Utile peculiar that bee-keeping all through the Black Hills seems to be largely in tbi- hHnds of the women. Our good friend Mr. Anflerson has a harness-shop, and does quilt a business; but his wife has been sue- ceediDg so well in bee-culture that I believe he contemplates closing up his shop and giv- ing his whole attention to bees. I think they have now something like 130 colonies, and have started a very pretty apiary a mile or so out of town. Speaking of Bellefourche, S. Dak., he says: I found quite an excitement in regard to what had recently been done in bee-culture at this place; and, queer enough, bee-keeping there is almost entirely in the hands of women. One lady said that the bees got so much honey they were everlastingly swarm- ing; and there were so many swarms that came out when nobody was around to care for them that they clustered in dooryards and gardens all over town; and now almost every home had one or more colonies hived in dry- goods box
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