The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-26
DECREASING AND TANNING,
AND THE HONEY BUSINESS
Some Thoughts and SurKcstions About
m Industry Thnt's becoming Pop
uinr In NirriufR

uinr In Virginia.
The bee and honry-making industry
is attracting more attention in Nir-
gina than evcy' before since John
Smith first found the honcynakers 50
plentiful In the woods down on the
Peninsula.
In olden times Virginia people kept
n few hives of bees to the end that
they might gather enough honey at
the right time to supply the family
during the winter months with such
of the concentrated sweetness MS the
family might choose to consume. II
is only in very recent years that Il
few bee enthusiasts In Virgins, have.
commenced 10 make a special business
OF bee-growinS and honey making
honey making for the city markets of
the country. ! know of several ;piari.s
In the state aud several EXTENSIVE.
honey-growet* ami dcaicrs who are
doing this thing.
| have Il letter from ON. of them
one who does not. perhaps. re;,liz- that
newspapers principal stock In trade.
the principal thing it has To sell. is its
advertising space. In this letter lie
frames up some iirst-claas free ;,Ivcr-
Using. but lie Is honest about it. and
he naively adds that .'bcct.epcrs :s
rule, do not realize what AN udvatl-
1aBe they have in The way OF sccur-
ing free advertisement. Not only free
but. II properly managed one can get
pnJ toi ADVERTISING MS own buSltleSS
we bee Keepers study the mysteries Of
the bees and discuss them among our
selves through the medium of the bee
Journals until to us they are well uu-
derstood. The rank and file OF tile
honey consumers never understand the
marvellous things Of interest concern
ing tho bee ana Its works 1t is up
to uA to give them. through the ncws-
papers and bee journals. live inter
csting sketches of the bee and the
honey industry. They like anything
unique. original and interesting or
course person must not give the ar
ticles the appearance Of advertising
or 1t Will queer the game II is not
necessary to say that you HAY. honey
or bees 10 sell; If YOU have bees they
Will know that you have honey"
And then with an Inconsistencies or
an Innocence, perhaps. that is really
rural, he proceeds TO tell about his
two apiarics. the queen bees lac has
10 sell. the hive supplies lc offers and
tho tons Of honey lie can offer. Koi-
lowing all OF this il a more or less
interesting essay Oh how 10 tame bees
and keep them Crom s,iuying. and he
incloses "a picture of himself literally
covered UP hy ices, not one of which
has sought 10 sting him. The pie
lure looks something like thai OF the
man. who. ia 1860. sworc II. would
never shave again until Il Democratic.
President should be inanvurnied and
his beard grew until Grover cleye-
land made his inaugural address. aud
got down 10 his feet in the meantime
The hive Of bees form the beard tia.
reaches down TO the feet. aud thAt
this fellow got ihc bees so tame tnut
they would sit for such :, picture tx
really something wonderful. and that
is the real essence OF this bee. story
But after all. the bee Industry and
the honey-iaakirg business is really
getting to he quite a commercial en-
terpfise In old Virginia