. Gleanings in bee culture . 1909 crop was about 2,500,000 lbs., honey is now selling in London,where most of it goes, at ?^^l to 37 shillingsper 100 lbs. (112 lbs.), or, in other words, 1%to 734 cts. a pound. When freight, com-mission, and package are deducted, 5X toi^y2 is left for the producer. There are big jiossibilities for bees in .Ja-maica. A man witli a capital of $2000 ormore can go there and make a profit of sev-eral thousand a year. Labor is clieap—from25 to 50 cts. a day. Women can be had for18 cts. a day. My assistant had a woman tocook and take care of his
. Gleanings in bee culture . 1909 crop was about 2,500,000 lbs., honey is now selling in London,where most of it goes, at ?^^l to 37 shillingsper 100 lbs. (112 lbs.), or, in other words, 1%to 734 cts. a pound. When freight, com-mission, and package are deducted, 5X toi^y2 is left for the producer. There are big jiossibilities for bees in .Ja-maica. A man witli a capital of $2000 ormore can go there and make a profit of sev-eral thousand a year. Labor is clieap—from25 to 50 cts. a day. Women can be had for18 cts. a day. My assistant had a woman tocook and take care of his house, and shepaid for her own food, for 87 cts. a week. Water is hard to get in some ])laces. AtI^our Paths, where the American Jiee Irod-ucts Co. have their yard, it comes from adeep well. It takes a horse to draw the wa-ter, and twice a week water is drawn for allthat section of the county. A large hogs-head is kept filled for the bees. Tlie railroad is a one-track affair—slowand dingy. In the city of Kingston there. 464 Gleanings in Bee Culture
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