Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-04-29

In the course OF an address or thi
subject, Hon. ]. A. Stone, secretary O
the Illinois Beekeepers' association
said:
II matters not what pursuit In If
we wish TO enter. the first question
that confronta us is, VIII 1t pay?
IL Is an axiom that no business in thi
world will pay unless II Is properly
managed and that the time will finally
come when it will prove unsuccessful
financially. Take wheat growing, fol
example. which has not been profitable
Tor a number OF years In this state. and
yet there are many farmers who have
paid for their farms out Of crop OF
wheat. One OF the great faults among
farmers Ia 10 all raise the same thing
and get overcrowded. The interests OF
the beekeepers are not 30 for the rea-
son that the wild flowers are disap-
pearins, and there is not the bee pas
turage TO feed upon that there used to
be. Then again, many are afraid OF
bees. IL n person is not brave enough
TO stand an occasional sting. II would
be better for him never TO engage In
bee culture.
With many barriers IN the way. the
interests OF the beekceper are over
looked TO the loss OF everybody. The
first objection. that the wild flowers
are disappearing, can easily be over
come. No sane man ever thinks OF
keeping any kind OF animals without
In some way providing food for those
animals. but when It comes to bees.
because they have wings their owners
viii say: III you cannot sponge on my
neighbor's fields. you can starve." VIII
II pay TO raise some kind OF pasture
Tor them? We know II will pay largely
Not long since OF OF piece OF alsike
clover we obtained only nifty pounds
OF honey per acre. and only 10 cents per
pound for tho honey. That would pay
for the land at 81 an acre and the hay
and seed could be marketed In add
ton. While In charge OF the Illinois
honey exhibit at the Worlds Fair, we
we're one day converslng with dairy
man who said that his COWS. on alsike
clover. produced more butter than his
neighbor's COWS. We quizzed him and
said Perhaps you have better cows"
He said In reply: "They are the same
cows have had on other pasture and
they did not produce as well then" |
said; Are you beekeeper?" He said:
NO; but my neighbours bees swarm on
my pasture"
The beginner In the bee business |
should get some good book on beekeap- |
Ing. such as the "a. b. @. In Bee Cul-
fure. and should take a good bee pa
per Then, with a small number OF
hives there are a number OF good |
unds) with Italian bees In them. In
Tow years you viii have all the bees
Fou desire. and the knowledge neees-
sary 60 care for them. We claim for
he bee industry what can be said OF
40 other II does not take from any
,ther thing that which would make Il
more valuable by retaining the same.
'ut on tho contrary adds to the value.
For example when bees go into the
richard In full bloom, to gather what
iature has placed there. they carry the
ertilizing dust from blossom to bios
ON. causing fruit to grow where there
would have been none without some
gent TO carry the pollen. az nature
GEMS to ahhor Standardization, and
n the busy bee carries of as a re-
Tard for his valuable services Is not
oeded and Is OF no use 10 either fruit
e tree. and was placed there for him
D carry away.
II would be well to say In this con-
ection that we do not look for seed
4 the first crop OF red clover, but we ,
ave observed since having Italian bees
hat In seasons that are dry and the ,
lessons not so large. Italian bees work
a them sufficiently TO cause a guam
~ OF seed In the first crop. Alsiks
over produces Its big crop OF seed the :
rst crop because bees work so heay-
y upon It. Can this be said OF any
her industry. that. by taking a part :.
the things we have named. the re-
ainder Is made greater? A beekeeper
lend living In the northern part OF
II county said to me during walk
trough bis alsike clover fields. II will +
q three crops from those fields: l n
IN get a crop OF honey, crop OF hay v
Id crop OF seed" Bookkeeping will Il
liable as TO save what Is otherwise a
'ing to waste. and with no loss ex- 4
'pt the time for their care. DR.. Want 8
Iys. Honey Is a physiological sweet b
other words. its constituents are b
Ich II y absorbed Into the blood with
II undergoing chemical change" Such
not the fact In regard to sugar !,
oney is an inverted sugar, and Ia =
.picly absorbed into the system with p
II being acted upon by the gastric =