. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE W T FALCONER MANFG CO VOL. IV. OCTOB&R, 1894. NO. IO. For Better Markets. B} W i : GRAB \ M E. Success in the apiary noi nee ily follow the footprints of the successful management of bees Edi- son once said that it takes more ability to make money from an invention that it takes to make the invention. In other words constructive ability is one thing' and executive ability quite another. In the same way it may be all very easy (though it seldom is) to manage the apiary up to the prepara- tion of the finished
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE W T FALCONER MANFG CO VOL. IV. OCTOB&R, 1894. NO. IO. For Better Markets. B} W i : GRAB \ M E. Success in the apiary noi nee ily follow the footprints of the successful management of bees Edi- son once said that it takes more ability to make money from an invention that it takes to make the invention. In other words constructive ability is one thing' and executive ability quite another. In the same way it may be all very easy (though it seldom is) to manage the apiary up to the prepara- tion of the finished product for the market, and then a little mistake or series of them destroys the profits of the season that are seemingly already in sight. One may control the varying features of his own premises much easier that he can control the shifting conditions of the markets. But there are certain schemes and makeshifts by means of which even the question of markets is to some extent in the hands of the individual. Two subjects should interest the apiarist ; vis : quantity and quality, whereas too often the first alone is recognized. It is possible then for the individual by courting the general neglected item to place his product out of the ordinary market run and manufacture a market of his own as it were for his special brand and at his own scale of rates. In these papers it is proposed to treat upon the pro- duction of an article worthy of a bet- ter market than the ordinary run of honey, and of the establishment of that market and of better prices. One thing is of paramount impor- tance in the production of a high grade honey—cleanliness. And I ap- ply the term in a much wider sense than is frequently given it. I assume the hives are sweet and absolutely clean so fur as foreign matter is con- cerned. If they are new so much the better. Hives made of rough or weather-tarnished boards will not do. When the colonies are first set out in the spring for a new season one should have
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