The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-01-03
NO 81

business tbst will pay - lseUe psssess
upon the investmews one yeaf we0A
another a bseksepioe vhss psopsssv
massgsd. Nov II - evident sbss 'AerS
10 cause for thia bosiaess fslisg 70
pay, might cay several oansss. To
point out some 81 them an4 o4sr ~
suggestions In regard to their remedies
is tho object Of thie articIs. And drss
among them { wosIa messios ignorance
of the na,are and habit Of The honey
Ire. A fsr a ny knowlsdgs q
Bookkeeping msn goss. | Ind large
majority Of them 20 fearful Of the atings
of their little basy fsiss6a shst they
take good care, 70 trsp shsnss5sss -
far from the beehive q possibte.. Tos
ask them any qnsaiona. shout sbssf'
stock Of hosssa, castlcs sAssp,, o. swsues'
and thsy esn feR u ahoN h, whas
breeds, and ho~ old, NJ sost ofysissag.
their market valne, md 20 forth; ks6
come to gusatisps ab,us The besAis&
and you 6nd il somethiag like this; On
I don. meddie with their a&aira aaah
they don. owe.ms ssye eseA v;tlA in.
fast sting me every tine + 70 aar
them besidss you know tho Old saginx
,ha. the less you meddls NTH yoar bsas.
the better they are ok; Aad % ~
beehive stands neglsctsd tlrongb The
season, overgrown with wss0', prey
to moths, worms, ants aud vssmiH of
every description. And il psreAanee
ny their industry they snoceed in atoss-
ing few lbs q susplsa ssss5 thss =
taken from them b the faR withosg :
case OF thought shout whether thss
have enough bssiaes 70 keep tAee from
starvation and the hive LEFT standing oa
its summer s.sna exposed n & the
rieors Of An Iowa, Ntnsee slsikaneE
,pcrhaps scantf i - fan sempssss'y
frozan up tksdnoh - vissss M
colany sxrrcandel with ies sni ffost
and in danger q stsrvssion even il the
midst # plenty. What is TIE wonder
,ha, tho business does not pay with
sa..h management. Whist branch of
stock growing or farm economy woal,l
psy under like circum m,tancea Z Now
this arrangement for the beehive il ais
wrong. 4 business that win pay from
one to two hundred per cent on tho in.
vestment 10 worth inqniSinQ isto; the
fact that the h"neybee il fust - capable
Of being handled with impuni,y o. !
calf or q coli has been denonstfssed +.
think beyond contradiction; and I do
rot believe there il more than due per
son in ten, male or female, bat what can
handle them without any extra protsc.,
ton and with perfec. safety Il they viii
take the trouble to inform thsuselves q
little abont their habits and disposition.
It u high time tina. ,he beekeepcrs Il
Iowa began to wake up to their own
best interest. There are several stand.
ard authors on the subjec. among
whom are Qainby, L,ngs,royh ard
K,l,ier. But their works 6nd by per.
sonal canvass are not as extensively
known a. they shoAd b aad I think
there could be grsatsr sDoans %
knowledge disseminated upon
hat subject, by organising conventions
,r beekeepers associations than even
hose valuable works are carrying with
hem At the preasnt time. ket ~ ehtn
,r. anize some such Institution whore
70 can meet once OF twice year f,s
he mutual interchange Of opinions Aa.t
discussion nron this interesting and
paying branch Of rural economy. Why.
IAN we not start such An insiieuticn:
We haze our State and county Fairs il.
4 true and our intercsts are represented
1 20 ne Of them but nos d rays - they
hould be or - think the snbjsot
demands. Our fruit growess Of the
fferent States are rspi ssentsd at tho
|,fferent Fairs toe, but besides that.
hoy have taken the matter into their
,wn hands and have formed 1ruis
Growers Associations and BY % doing
ave advanced their own interests more
han 100 per cent., and have become
y orae'es Of the country in I'll that,
ertains to that branch. What good.
sason is ,hero Why The beeEeepsrs sf
,e different couutiss 10 Iowa should
Of organise Themselves 10 like manner
nsa thus by mutual interchange Of
pinion in that branch Of bnsinses ad-,
anoe their own interest iu like msnn1s3
concluded next week.
he following which d sad e hava
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