The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-10-16
MAKE MONEY WITH HONEY.
Bee Keeping il Light and Pleasant
Work and Yields Biz Profits.

One of the exhibits at the South
Louisiana Fair here last week which
attracted considerable attention was
that of the honey industry The ex-
hibit consisted OF a modern frame
q i've in which was contained q colony
Bbf bees, a large quantity Of honey
and bees wax. Daily lectures were
given by those in charge Of the ex-
hibit, which We're listened to with
much interest by all who had the good
fortune TO be present.
Z. c. Davis, specialist in bee cul-
ture, extension division. Louisiana
State University, has given out
statement on the subject in which he
says:
There is hardly anything on the
farm that will give greater and quick
e. returns for the money invested,
than a colony of Italian bees placed in
a modern 10-frame hive.
"A colony of bees placed in
modern hive will cost at the present
time from five to eight dollars: and
if handled as the bees would like for
you to handle them, you may easily
expect to sell enough honey from
them the first year to pay for the
hive and bees and to have from five
to ten dollars profit besides.
1T is very common occurrence
for colony of bees to produce q
hundred pounds or more of honey in
d season in louisiana And this
same honey at present prices will net
you from $25 to $50. You can not
beat this, doing anything else on the
farm, considering the small amount
of space used for the hive.
The great feature in purchasing
a hive of bees is that your first in
yestment IS the only outlay you will
have for years to come The bees
will feed themselves and pay for the
hive the first year; and everything
will be clear from that time on.
Last season boy in middle Lou
isiana helped his bees produce four
hundred pounds Of honey in one hive.
This honey he sold for twenty-five
cents per pound, realizing S100 from
one colony Of bees. You think this
is a remarkable record, don't you?
Well, there has been as much as one
thousand pounds of honey produced
from one colony Of bees. You may
never do this, but there is nothing
like trying, The bees need your help
at certain times and if you will as
sist them at that time, they surely
viii pay YOU we'll for your time and
trouble.
Bookkeeping Isl a girls work as
we'll as a boys, because it is not la
borious, but is light and pleasant.
~ bright and smart little lady last
season in south Louisiana cleared
S201 from her six colonies of bees.
Any girl may easily do the same if
she will but half try
AFTER you learn to handle bees
properly, you win love them Just as
you do your baby chicks, and you will
find yourself passing many happy
hours looking. through the hives,
watching the queen bee laying her
eggs. the baby bees being fed by the
nurse bees, and the wax makers draw
ing out their beautiful combs, just
like SO many hoys and girls playing
at 'tug-of-war.
after you have handled bees you
will be surprised to see how few of
them try to sting. They dislike to
sting, and will treat you well, if you
will treat them with kindness.
Get you hive this winter and
start honey making in the right way
next spring. You will be surprised
what big bank account the little
bees will build up for YOU