Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-12-22
ADV ANTtGES OF BEEI< EEIING.
To tho Editor of the Landmark:

so heartily do I agree with the idea
and purpose of your editorials and other
matter urging that more Of the people
Of Vermont and New Hampshire engugo
In apple culture, that I desire to say !,
word respecting q great help In apple
and all kinds Of fruit culture The one
particular hello 20 which refer Is tho
Keeping OF bees They are an essential
| on every farm and garden. All know
that the more complete the cross fer;il-
i2ation OF blossoms, the better the fruit.
Other things being equal, that man has
the best Strawberries that has the most
bees about his vines when they are in
blossom. All snow how anxious we are
when our squash, melon and cucumber
vines ar" in blossom that bees visit
them. and the more bees the fewer nub-
by cucumbers and culls among melons,
| ! notice in reports of farmers meetings
that orchardists everywhere are urging
he Keeping OF bees for the purposes
have named; and why not They cost
the farmer or gardener nothing for keep
and besides doing the good work named.
they are al work from sunrise to sunset
storing up honey that in turn feeds and
clothes the owner.
Honey Is n perfect food IT is as clean
! and pure MS the flowers from which It
it is made. AS financial Investment let
me say that have taken from a single
swarm of bees this season 10 pounds of
honey. From the opening OF spring when
they are brought from their winter
quarters tho bees are self fed and self
cared for In every respect NY apiary
consists to-day OF 40 swarms and / plan
| to add to the number annually. Since
starting Bookkeeping | have never seen n
| season in which my bees failed to yield
an abundant harvest OF honey While
| good luck may have been an element IN
this result, still claim It was not al!
| there was to II, for from the start Of
| my bee keeping have aimed 70 do the
| RICH. thing as far as possible, My bees
| are tha pure long tongued Italians, which
experience mas proven as the best of all
the breeds, and these are the bees with
| which | have supplied every customer
Again my hives are all OF the same size
and pattern therefore interchangeable in
every respect.
| As to the marke. for honey and IT'S
price. Thus far the bulk of the product
| OF my apiary has been sold in and abou,
White River Junction, and az all know
the retail price has rarely II ever fell
below 20 cents Al pound Resides my own
| honey the local markets are to-day hand
| ling the output Of n number Of aIisries
| that | have established from time To
| time for customers, Aly own honey and
! that from the apiaries / sold TO others
1 goes to the market neatly wrapped in
| transparent paper, which keeps the hon
ey free from dirt and the contact of in
sects, The paper around each box ct
honey contains tho name Of the Owner
for it is always so good an article that
| il il pleasure to claim oWnershi But
as to markets let me say that were no,
| sell every particle of it and more too
In other near markets and at top notch
| prices.
| find no end of genuine pleasure "
| keeping bees. II does one good to watch
| them at work and to hear their busy
and merry hum, and why there are no,
ali over New England ten swarms to-day
where there are only one. is beyond m,
| compre hension. The honey they gathel
from the clover blossoms, the wild and
the cultivated flower robs no one. AS (,
seems to me. the farmer ana gardener
can't afford TO be without one or more
| swarms. 40 all who would like to Inspect
| my apiary ! extend "A cordial welcome
| and to all who cannot make q personal
inspection let me say win reply by let.
ter to all requests by mail asking fol
information concerning any feature OF
| beekecping.
White River Junction. VI.