The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-12-10
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bee culture, and as a result much in
terest is already being manifested
in this important industry through
out the State. He had on exhibition
at the recent Fair in the Capital
City his new method of handli.g
bees, and this exhibit attracted
much attention from the great
throng of visitors in attendance at
the Fair. DR.. Stone wants the peo-
pie of Mississippito take advantage
OF this modern way providing them
selves with an abundant of honey,
and will be pleased to furnish all
inquiries with information pertain
ing thereto. The Commonwealth COM
mends him for the interest he takes
in the movement for more honey
and better honey, and therefore re-
produces the following descriptive
article relative to DR.. Stones new
proct So also along this line from a
recent issue of the Farmers Union
Advocate:
THE Mississippi State Fair is
doing no small amount of good in
advancing the diversified interest
of our people. In fact, subjects that
have hitherto received little or no
attention are being brought to the
front by the fair. Notably among
these we mention the chicken and
bee question. The bee has been
known among us for all time, but as
a wild natured creature building his
home, and storing his comb and
honey in tee hollow trees of the
forest, yet letting man partially con-
troll him in a home made of a section
of q hollow log or a rude gum of
four boards nailed together and a
top piece. Then it was a real battle
to get his honey and was wagei
by the owner at night and called
rubbing the bees" And those who
know the wild bee beast can testify
to the fact that he had other power
besides making honey and welded
it in singing rebuke to any one
who dared steal his sweet or rob his
home, What a contrast between the
old and modern way of. handling
bees, and what a difference in the
wild bee and his domesticated pro-
geny. Aworking hive of Italian bees
will make tribble the amount OF
honey that the wild bee will make,
and is much more congenial to his
keeper. The sections of his stand
can be drawn, the honey taken with
the combs or extracted and the comb
left. One reason why the bee does
not produce more honey than he
does is because the comb is not
grown at all seasons even though
are plenty of sweets. Then, too; we
have learned that he responds tc
feed as much as hoge, chickens OF
other things.
"Dr. Lee A Stone, of Jackson,
Miss, has been working for several
years to get up a working interest
among the keepers of bees in Miss
issippi and at last he has set the
ball to rolling and the bee to buzz
zing. Their humming was heard
by thousands who visited the agri.
cultral exhibit this fair to their de-
light and information on the Subject
Mr.. o.. D. Anderson, whose bees
were on exhibit this year has given
up general farming, and is devoting
his entire time to raising bees and
chickens, both to his pleasure and
profit. DR. Stone proposes to have
one hive of Italian bees at the fair
next year with all its swarms for the
year, aud their entire product of
The bees will be in a wire
Enclosure with access to the outside
20 they can come back and forth
and demonstrate their power in nee
tar celebrating natures sweet sip
pings and prepare it for mans
Sweet tooth.
"Dr. Stone is to be commended
for his tireless effort to give an i'm
petus to be culture in our state,
and it is to be hoped that all bee
growers will co operate with him
both in building up the bee inter-
est, and in making agreat display
Of bee products IN our next fair.