. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 46 THE BEE-KEEPERS" REVIEW located inside of one square mile, and run for comb honey, and these bees have often equaled, yes, surpassed my yields. If these 500 colonies were all gathered into one yard, and put in charge of one good bee keeper, would they be good money makers? Yes sir! 1 have been watching that mile of bees for some time, and when it beats my four apiaries that are widely scattered, it sets me to thinking. Delmar. Iowa, Dec. 16, 1910. «%^-^^ Help from a Committee on Prices. Don't Consign; and Don't Cut Prices; but Advertise. 0. L. HE
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 46 THE BEE-KEEPERS" REVIEW located inside of one square mile, and run for comb honey, and these bees have often equaled, yes, surpassed my yields. If these 500 colonies were all gathered into one yard, and put in charge of one good bee keeper, would they be good money makers? Yes sir! 1 have been watching that mile of bees for some time, and when it beats my four apiaries that are widely scattered, it sets me to thinking. Delmar. Iowa, Dec. 16, 1910. «%^-^^ Help from a Committee on Prices. Don't Consign; and Don't Cut Prices; but Advertise. 0. L. T AST year a •'^1 dealer wrote a producer of honey in Cana- da, asking for a quotation on his iancy honey. A price was named which was the same as advis- ed by the crop committee of the Ontario bee keepers' association. (That such price was reasonable is evidenced by the fact that practically all of Ontario's crop of honey went out of the producers' hands before the first of January, at the prices recommended by the committee.) The dealer replied that he thought that figure too high and offered 1 ^i cts. less, with the promise that if he had to pay others more he would do the same by the producer in question. This producer, being a little wise to the ways of dealers, declined the bait. He rightly reasoned that a dealer with a large list of pro- ducers would write the same sort of letter to each, and would place himself under no obligation to pay more than the lowest price offered, as out of a large number of producers, he would succeed in purchasing of at least a few at his own figures. It is no trouble for Canadian bee keep- ers to sell their honey at committee's prices. And, by the way, this crop committee of the Ontario bee keepers' association is one of the best things that ever happened to Canadian bee keepers. This com- mittee meets immediately after the white honey harvest, and after considering the reports of the amount and quality of the crop, as furnished
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