The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-06-20
BEES WILL HELP
PROVIDE SWEETS
Better Care of Colonies Is Best
Way to Quicken Supply Of
This Crop.
SUGAR NEEDED TO HELP WAR
Present Stock Of Honey Could De In.
ersased 10 to 20 Times Without
Apprecishie Increase In
Cost Per Pound.

More honey H. needed ta hrlp the
sugar suppiy-snd needed in 1918. IL
Is imperative. using the language Of
officials of the United States depart
ment OF agriculture In a recent puhli-
cation. that we Increase not only the
sugar crop In the United States. but
every possible supply of sweets. and
honey is one of the supplemental
sweets the supply OF which can be en-
larged without great effort. Not only
should those who already keep bees
enlarge the number OF their colonies.
hut the industry should also be extend
ed. ssy federal officials. to localities
where beekeeping has not been tried
on y commercial scale. II Is important
that efforts be made to make the honey
increase immediafe--more honey this
year.
Provides Nutritious Food.
IL Is quite possibly for the Amerl-
can beek~-ping industry to he devei-
oped 10 that the honey crop win he ten
times what IL II St present. Not only
would such a development he valuable
IN an emergency. such as the present
crisis, but In normal times to which
all hope the nation may speedily re
turn, the beekecping industry can pro
vide q concentrated nutritious food.
slmost universally liked ana assuredly
su article OF diet preferable TO the In
ferior sirups s2d jams so commonly
used. The beeAeeping industry may be
the means OF conserving national re-
source now largely wasted. changing
Il into natures own sweet. The raw
material In free on every hand: the In
vestment for equipment Is small in
comparison with other branches Of
agriculture: the profits are fully COM
inensurate with the study aud labor In
volv~d II would seem profitable to
stop such waste of So desirable q
supply of sugar. This waste can be
prevented only by the education OF bee
Keepers.
In selecting place for commercial
bcekeeping. attention should be paid to
the regions best adapted TO the In
dustry. and IL should also be remem-
bered that not all localities within .
main region are equally valuable. The
chief honey regions OF the United
States are u) the white clover region
Of the Northeast. f2) the southeastern
4. tFkiou. WrHt W tarttfu hrAas. WIN =
wide variety Of nectar sources; (I) the
alfalfa region OF the West: (4) the
mountain sage region of southern Calf
fornla. and (.) the semierid region OF
Texas aud adjacent states In all OF
these regions commercial bcekecping
IS prWciiced extensively and In all OF
them. loo. there II room for a great
expansion Of the industry ss = com
tnerciai enterprise. In addition 10
these larger regions many more re.
-tricted areas offer special induce
nnents TO the bcckecper.
Net Always Profitable.
nut even where colonies of bees are
suficisntly numerous and where nectar
Il freely secreted. bookkeeping Is not al.
ways considered profitable. This re-
suits from the nature OF the industry.
4 colony Of bees does not always
gather sufi,,lent honey for Its own use
and also enough 20 that the beckeeper
can take honey for HIMSELF II II only
when bees are properly handled that
they yield to the beekeeper the fullest
return, and to an unusual degree bees
keeping Is profitable TO just the extent
30 which the bcckccper applies inteIii-
gent care.
Success In bookkeeping depends upon
the beeReeper's skill In two lines Of cf-
fort--keepinR the colonies strong by
proper care In winter and keeping tho
colonies from EwarfninE. The failure
<c t.t, s,r0ucr care or heca In winter IN