. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. We are almost daily receiving very flattering reports of honey put up in plain sections. Mr. J. E. Crane, of Middlebury. Vt., one who has no inter- est in supplies, having recently been over the markets of the East, says that honey in plain sections was all cleaned up in some markets, and that there was a demand for more. While this may not be true in other markets, it is a fact worth considering. When you place your order for comb-honey supers the coming season, consider. But the Fences and Plain Sections are not the only latest feature to our Supers
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. We are almost daily receiving very flattering reports of honey put up in plain sections. Mr. J. E. Crane, of Middlebury. Vt., one who has no inter- est in supplies, having recently been over the markets of the East, says that honey in plain sections was all cleaned up in some markets, and that there was a demand for more. While this may not be true in other markets, it is a fact worth considering. When you place your order for comb-honey supers the coming season, consider. But the Fences and Plain Sections are not the only latest feature to our Supers and Hives. In the next issue we will show you .some conveniences that will be readily appreciated. Keqs your Eye on this Column, for it may save you Dollars. A-iVA^A^A^ MEDINA, lu the multitude of counsellors there is —Prov. 11-14. Bee-Keeping as a Business. Query 89.— Would you advise any one to fol- low bee-keepinj^ as a business in the United States ? That is, to depend upon its results for a livelihood—be a specialist in honey-produc- tion ?—Anon. S. T. Pettit—Yes. W. G. Larrabee—No. Prof. A. J. Cook—That depends. Yes and no. Chas. Dadant & Son—Yes, provided you do not keep less than 300 to SCO col- onies. G. M. Doolittle—Well, that is what I am doing, and what I do any one else can do. Jas. A. Stone—I am of the same mind in bee-keeping as in farming— don"t believe in specialties. Dr. J. P. H. Brown—Best not to risk ail )-our eggs in one basket. Have some more strings to your bow. R. L. Taylor—No, not any o)u\ but any one who has a taste for it, and who is able-bodied, active and skillful withal. J. M. Hambaugh—Location has much to do with this question. I would saj' yes were the conditions right; other- wise, no. Eugene Secor—There may be locali- ties where bee-keeping as a business will pay, but such places are not plen- tiful, in my judgment. O. O. Poppleton—No man can fully advise another—
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