Show INCREASED HONEY CROP DESIRABLE Beekeepers Can Add to Supply of This Sugar Substitute at Small Cost I MORE BEE COLONIES NEEDED I High Degree of Skill Special TrainIng TrainIng Train Train- Ing Faithful and Persistent Attention Atten Atten- tion Is Required for Marked Success Prepared by the United States Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment of oC Agriculture About po pounds of honey are ire produced annually In the United States California being the leading state In the production of this sweet Honey production In tills Utis co country could be Increased largely ten largely ten or twenty times the present yield yield with with without out an appreciable Increase In the cost of ot production for the raw material material- the nectar In flowers Is lowers Is at nt certain times practically unlimited To produce produce produce pro duce more honey we Just need more colonies of bees properly managed The proposition Is er very simple to state but decidedly difficult to execute Successful Suc Sue beekeeping requires a high deglee degree degree de de- de- de gree glee of skill special training and faithful persistent attention to the business so any nm marked Increase Ins In s successful beek beekeeping hinges upon educational educational ed ed- work among present and prospective prospective prospective pro pro- beekeepers Losses by Disease Losses of bees by disease principally principal principal- ly od range during the summer from nothing to 10 per cent Winter losses of bees range from 10 to 15 per percent percent percent cent and md in- in some in-some states the loss was almost 50 per cent rent during the winter of 1910 Winter losses may mar be greatly reduced by more careful at nt- The bone honey production business bustness bust busi ness commercially Is getting more and more In the hands of specialists because because be be- cause disease and winter losses discourage discourage discourage dis dis- courage many who are untrained and unable to prevent these losses by prop- prop F r treatment I i a ll ller be became established some I years years years n ago C o as R a seasonal product rather than a staple food for use use se throughout the year oar The bulk of the honey wa was wag produced b by farmers as a side line the bees were given little attention and the honey was produced at little expense ex ex- pense The TIle crop was marketed at low prices during Hit he autumn and stocks were n v l w ly i e u t J during t tl ey e ite ter Thetis There vas was little little- demand and n O n supply during the spring and summer But honey Is now handled In a large way as a n staple food product Produced Produced In Three Forms I- I Honey llone- is produced in Three forms Comb honey In pound one sections as commonly retailed extracted or liquid honey which has been removed from the comb bulk or chunk honey In which the comb Is more or less mixed with the liquid hone honey From 1914 to 1917 the production of liquid honey has increased In proportion to the CO commercial com commercial com com- 1 mercial output of ot comb and chunk hone honey The bees are able to produce a larger quantity of ot honey If they are not to build a comb for It and md when the comb is en emptied and replaced replaced replaced re re- placed In the hive the bees arc are able in periods of heavy nectar secretion to proceed Immediately to the storage o of more ore hon honey |