. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 302 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL September They all came through the winter in good ; (Kentucky. Glean- ings in Bee Culture.) "The goldenrod is one of our main sources for a fall flow. The bees us- ually fill one or more supers from ; (Connecticut. Gleanings in Bee Cul- ture.) "My bees have gathered lots of goldenrod honey this fall and at times the odor has been offensive to the ; (Vermont. Glean- ings in Bee Culture.) "Smartweed and goldenrod grow here, but do not furnish any honey. Never saw a bee on the
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 302 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL September They all came through the winter in good ; (Kentucky. Glean- ings in Bee Culture.) "The goldenrod is one of our main sources for a fall flow. The bees us- ually fill one or more supers from ; (Connecticut. Gleanings in Bee Cul- ture.) "My bees have gathered lots of goldenrod honey this fall and at times the odor has been offensive to the ; (Vermont. Glean- ings in Bee Culture.) "Smartweed and goldenrod grow here, but do not furnish any honey. Never saw a bee on ; (Iowa. American Bee Journal.) How I Dispose of the Crop By W. S. Pangburn. WHEN I commenced to produce honey for the market, some- thing like twelve or thirteen years ago, I wanted to sell my honey in a lump to the jobber, and be done with it. I had, and still have, a farm in connection with the bees, or vice versa (I really do not know which myself), and thought it would be the best way for me to dispose of the crop. I soon learned, however, that if I were to receive what my honey was worth, I had to look to someone other than the jobber to buy it. 1 also reasoned that if I ever expected to advertise my business and the quality of my honey, and get my name before the public as a producer of honey, I must sell to people who used honey, not those who bought honey and sold it under a different label from my own. You may sell to a jobber all your life, and the public will never know you are a producer of honey, and this I consider goes a long ways in disposing of the crop to good advantage. A business that is not worth adver- tising, isn't much of a business. There was one instance that cured me of the jobbing trade, and was the means of my starting the direct-to- the consumer trade. Five years ago this winter I took a little trip into Chicago to visit a friend who at that time was selling about a ton and a half of my honey each year. One afternoon we went down to the loo
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