Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-19
ABOUT BEES.
Money In the Biz If you
Will Fix for Ii.

splendid article to the horticul-
turists of our county. He gives
most excellent advice in urging ell
sruit growers to join with us in
our association which is a most ex-
cellent school Of instruction 10 its
members. In organizing this as
sociation l was asked to join with
the rest but stated only had a
very small fruit interest but was
assured il would join that bee
keeping would be included in the
organization. | am the only bee
keeper that has joined as a bee
keeper There are several of the
members that have bees but l
think all these went into the as
sociation on account of the fruit
interests that they have.
Now wish to say to bee beepers
that ! do not think that you can
afford not to belong to bee keepers
association. One may succeed
without doing so, but so far as |
know all the best successful bee
keepers do belong to an associa-
ton aud thus keep posted in the
business. | met a man who has
bees recently, and he commenced
to tell me how we'll he had sue
ceeded with his bees. He stated
that he had fixed three colonies
what he called in good shape, and
had secured srom them l60 pounds 3
Of honey aud he had sent part Of
it to Mexico aud sold it for Zoe per
pound. | told him il he had had
his honey in good marketable le
shape aud then had been posted,
that he could have gotten from Ice
to 20c per pound for this honey.
I asked him how many colonies he
had aud he stated, "a. He asked
me how many had aud told him
the same number in the spring,
and while he had got 100 pounds
| got nearly 1900 pounds. He
stated that he did not feel able TO
fix his bees in patent gums. Ii
he had done so last spring, even
at cost Of 5000 he might now
have $3.50 90 worth of honey in-
stead Of $1,000 as he now has.
He stated that he did not feel able
to have his bees fixed right. |
think it is rather sheer : care :
lessness and a ship.shod way of
doing business; think he is able
to fix his bees il he desired to do
so. He had plenty Of money to
lose time from his farm aud come
to the fair aud there spend his
money.
Another man having bees for %
years asked me il he could take all
the honey from his bees. as he had
sold ont the place where they had
been kept. and he thought that the
honey he could get from the bees
would bring more than to try to
sell bees aud all as they were.
This shows very bad management.
l have tried to induce some Of
our merchants 10 buy honey aud
ship it out and thus relieve our
local market but | have been un-
able to do so. as the honey that
comes to our market most OF 1t is
unmarketable aud could not be
shipped, l am having calls foT
honey and could sell all that is
raised in Audrain county ut a
tgoOd price il il was in marketable
shape. No one is so far from
market as the one that has nothing
to sell, Section honey is row
quoted at from l6c 10 zoe pen
pound. that is. dealers are paying
that as there is probably not
half a crop in the U. s. l have
shipped some Of my honey to b.
Dakota and will ship quite q lot
to Nebraska soon. have shipped
to ILL.,, Neb., Kan. and to seyera
places In Mo. In the past aud will
dispose OF all my crop at good fig.
CURES this time. Could sell all ms
i op0., M . or IA al1oVs, inarkat nuofa