Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-11
BEES WILL HELP
PROVIDE SWEETS
Better Care ri Colonies IN Hesl
Way to Qsackea s5pply 81
Tlais Greg.
SUGAR NEEDED To HELP WAR


ssars aaofsey h aesssess 10 hasp tha
#sigar aaptsl .ssssasd Nesasea lii iaIA. Ia
II ltspsrusise. uaaag tho ssagsia re af
eatasi#ia af sise EHitsa ssgssas sseparss
1asst of 4 agriculture in n raretst psssasis
easieas sisat Ne Increase not ussly sha
stsgar csnp Id sha t5faisnss States, bat
svssfy pessthls saplssy Of zws#tA, and
honey ~ one uf she supplemental
sweets the supply uf which Can ba es,s
iRfEaa sithcut great effort. Nps arsy
siaanSd these who nfreasiy keep hsssa
esssaFga The nu1nbsr eg their sospssses.
htt tlas industry slssssasai asAt, ba xtentls
ed, say fesferal officials, ~ localities
where Bookkeeping Aas not been tried
.fsn d commercial AeaiN. iii Iii Important
that efforts he fsaasie ta make The honey
inefeaae Immediate snofs hsnsy shis
seas.
Provides Mssritioua Fsods
II ~ quite pnaalhiy for tie Asufrl-
can haekeepiug industry tn lie dessl
epad 80 thAf the honey crop Will be ten
times Wfaat III iii lit present. Not only
would snsh development be sHasiabfe
In an emergency, such as The present
crisis, bat 10 normal sitsles. so which
saii hops The nafton naas speedily re-
turn, the beeksepsng industry can pro.
vide a concentrated nutritious food,
almost universally liked ard assuresiiy
an article Of diet preferable ID the iu-
fsrios sirups and jams 20 commonly
used, The bookkeeping Industry may he
the nleaag OF conserving Ii national re-
source now largely wasted, changing
AZ into natures own sweet. The raw
raateriai Ia free Oh every hand. the III,
yest1ent for equipment III small In
comparison with other branches of
agriculture; the profits are fnii7 conl~
uaeusarate with the study and labor In
voiyed II would seem profitable TO
stop such waste OF so desirable
supply OF sugar. This waste can be
prevented only by the education at baes
keepers.
In selecting a place for commercial
Bookkeeping. attention should be paid to
the regions best adapted to the In
tiustry. and it should niso be reInern-
bered that not all localities within d
main region are equally valuable. The
chief honey regions of the United
States are f13 the white clover region
Of the Northeast. l2) the southeastern
region. west TO eastern Texas, with d
wide variety OF nectar sources t33l the
alfalfa region OF the West: al the
nountait.sage region OF southern Cali
fornia, and k51 the sefniarid region OF
Texas and adjacent states. In all Of
these regions commercial heekeeping
is praeticed extensively and In all Of,
them, too, there 81 room for great
expansion OF the industry as d COM
merciai enterprise. In addition to-
..AAesa larger regions many more re-
strieted areas offer spesdai induce.
ments to the beekeeper.
Not Always Profitable.
But even where colonies Or bees are
sufficiently numerous and where nectar
Is freely secreteA, beckeeping Is not al
ways considered proffaple. This re-
cults from the nature Of The industry.
colony OF bees does not always
gather sufficient honey FOR ifs own use
and also enough 80 that the beekeeper
canstake honey for himself 1t Is only
when bees are properly handled that
| | they yield % The beekeeper fhe fullest
return and to An llz,Gssiai degre bee
keeping Is pTofatat le fO Just the tent
20 which the t,eel eleepar apfSliess sinte elll-
gent cnre Ssssss1
Success III bee eeping denensi mon
1.-the beck epar Il SIX III i1l lines s5f tfs
fort keeping tlle T0{ {Oili III III f0Iig liYl