Show HONEY CROP IS WORTH FORTUNE 2 2 BUSY BEES BUILDING BUSINESS Jt b I bI r F t t ci Bees and leaders In Ia their culture in America To right Is Pro Pro- Professor fessor E E F Phillips famous Leo authority of Cornell CornelI university Be Be- Below low Is E B R It Root of Medina 0 who Is continuing the big bee bus bus- busness ness started by his hi pioneer father A A I Root The bees at the left leftare are from top to bottom the queen the drone and the tho worker Er Y Science KEA E EA Service MCDINA MEDINA 0 Oct 16 Bee It Be cut cut- culture cul culture ture an Industry as old as his his- history his history tory tor Itself has hI been developed on- on only on only ly Iy within the tho last quarter century Into one of or the tho Greatest farm ac- ac ac activities in the United States and other countries It has built up a IndustrY In this country alone It has cn engaged tue tho Interest t of or from rom to beekeepers who o on n nn en in average of 10 cob colo- colonies colo colonies nies of or bees each and It has brou brought ht thOrn t a 0 a surplus of some tons of honey this year This information 11 l t gathered from conversations conversation with some som of the leading It beekeepers ot or the country assembled here to pay homage to two of their Rev Rev I Li L L I L n Langstroth troth who dle died l 31 years ears ago aco and A I Root foot founder Counder of the American Amerlean bee be In- In Industry In Industry who died In 1923 Langstroth Is the lh man who in- in invented In vented the frame comb for han ban ban- bandling han the bees and by this revo revo- revolutionized revo- revo revolutionized the th boo bee business s Root built up the Industry Into what It Is ii today HELP PINTS GRO GROW Now bees are cultivated not on- on only on only ly Iy for tor their honey boney but for Cor their usefulness In III pollinating cross the plants from which they get ret the nectar Clover and buckwheat fields have hae hav been stimulated Im- Im Immensely immensely Im Immensely by their activities and orchards are growing fuller crops crop to Prof E F Phil Phil- Phillips Phil lips lips of Cornell University who was for 19 years In charge chargo of beekeeping at tho U S bureau of entomology the tho value Talu of bees Is 15 greater than their honey production production tion Lion A colony of bees numbering from over winter to as many s a-s In the th height of summer will gather rather about 25 pounds or of o nectar In a da day Its supply of honey outside of that kept ket for tor Itself over the th year wilt will willbe willbo bo be from front 60 to pounds In a season LOW YIELDS TillS TITIS YEAH YE This year rear the tho surplus supply has been ben poor only 40 pounds to a 0 a colony although some beekeepers who camo here her re- re reported reported re reported ported an average of more than pounds pound for their colonies At a a sale tale price of from 10 fits cents I i to 30 20 cents a s pound the beekeeper enjoys quite a profit Yet the tho only cost Is the original mat inal amount ho pays fur for the Iho bees when he first starts In this bust busi bustness business ness neBS That's about 10 for tor a a cot cot- col colony ony which crops crop's In a short while Into several colonies Theres There's no maintenance cost because the tho Lees bees seek tho the fields within a radius radius of two miles fields miles fields of clover and buckwheat mostly an and l fruit orchards Where hero these 1 plants exist In abundance there Is good food territory for successful stul bee beo culture There There- Therefore Therefore fore forc California finds itself first among amon- the stairs s In hl bee l-eo culture producing 12 per cent or of o the hon hon- honey honey ey Texas reu Is next and ond New York third fit af of course the climate and the soil have much to do to make bee bee- beekeeping beekeeping bee keeping successful BeeS Beca thrive In a humid climate one that of- of ot of otters fers cool nights II end and nd hot days darll day iii summer And the th soil soU h heavy avy In limestone and clay furnishes the I best resources for their activities |