. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 406 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL December this is that honey is gathered from so many different Sources that there is no uniform quality. Some of the Mississippi honey is of as fine a qual- ity as goes to market anywhere. However, it would be difficult to se- lect a sample of honey as typical, and supply the same customer with a sec- ond lot exactly like it, from a dif- ferent place or at a different time. Although the northern bee-man has fewer sources of honty, his product is much more uniform and the honey going to market is very similar year after year. I
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 406 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL December this is that honey is gathered from so many different Sources that there is no uniform quality. Some of the Mississippi honey is of as fine a qual- ity as goes to market anywhere. However, it would be difficult to se- lect a sample of honey as typical, and supply the same customer with a sec- ond lot exactly like it, from a dif- ferent place or at a different time. Although the northern bee-man has fewer sources of honty, his product is much more uniform and the honey going to market is very similar year after year. In the South it may hap- pen that the bees from one dolony will be bringing in honey of a dif- ferent color and flavor from that coming to another hive at the same time. It seems to me that the reme- dy lies in the organization of co-op- erative associations whicli will blend the honey of a particular locality and establish a market for it under its own trade name. Unle",s this is done the bottlers are likely to continue to take advantage of the situation to force down the price. There were several colored men present at the Greenville meeting and I was told that there were some very good beekeepers among them. We drove out to the apiary of Rich- ard Grant, which was the nearest. It was well kept and a picture herewith shows both the apiary ?nd the black mammy who bottled the honey. The Agricu'.tural College Beekeeping is not neglected at the Mississippi College of Agriculture. R. B. Willson gives his full time to beekeeping, most of it being spent in extension work in the field. Willson is a live wire chap who makes a good impression, and who is a good .booster for beekeeping, and espe- cially for the State of Mississippi. To hear him tell it there is no better State than Mississippi and no better business than beekeeping. He is do- ing much to improve the methods in the localities where he works. Dr. R. W. Harned, the State Entom'olo-. Field force of the Mississippi Plant
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