Show EXPERT BEES ARE lAZY Alleged Diligence Is Declared Dc- Dc I dared to B Be Ec Myth h hw w WASHINGTON ASHI lat ui 24 To 21 To speak of ot honey bees JENI eating may mal seem paradoxical 1 hut Iut ut tl i-I tI Jil F I industry of ot honey he s i ii i of ot a myth declares 1 r. r F. F 11 department of agriculture t L The average worker i-ce i fn In the Uie hands of ot a poor beekeeper mates makes only a few trips a day dav In r n tf W ar said Mr Phillips 9 recently When the bees are rearing a i brood the beekeeper must manage ther the ive h-ive so finished Cd work worle is either removed or properly placed Otherwise loaf loat loafing ing lug will result Finished work near the brood slows down field WO work K Proper conditions within the causes the bees to make ial il l trips trip to the field and thus to In Increase crease Upwards the honey of 1 crop r pe m pl In Inthe Inthe the United Stites tatt's tates keep bees ft ft i Is la estimated and bee colonies colomes n jm num number ber her about In spring spring- t tise i iese s colonies avera average e 15 bees each and and after after atter brood rearing they number number num num-i ber 75 or more worker bees Dees Honey production adds about 0 annually to the wealth the nation and provides a valuable I addition to the tho diet of or the people The idea that bees work worle for tor nothing noth floth- lug ing and board themselves is is- quite fulte erroneous according to Mr Phillips Ph During the main honey How flow the efficient beekeeper must st ste be ho e on the tho rh lob Job dally daily and hourly a TS ns highly g skillful wo work is required requirE of Mm hIm The fhe modern beekeeper finds find IMI bes bEes more productive than did his predecessor predecessor predecessor pre pre-de- cessor yet he earns earn all he gets Mr Phillips believes and In these da days 8 of low honey 10 prices he t Jf Tv than Ia lie actually receives c |