BHV I w Ijljld] l i . i Hr be-; v. of ii -lie;, till- \ ar. Hi 'ei: • ' ■P' -•> ce’il.- pei pound m glus i." 20 Cents in buckets. r While he has a honey extract*, r to get the honey from the comb, Mr. Cl.amolee says tnat honey is at it> best in the comb, losing something of it? flavor when taken from it. The r: cks of honeycomb are hung in the big honey extractor tank, where the syrup is extracted from the comb by centrifugal force, the honey whirled out, leaving the comb in the rack, read> ! to oe put back in the hives, where the bees will again set about filling the little six-sided cells with honey much quicker than if they had to make a se of cells front the beeswax. In pointing out the little six-sided cells Mr. Chamblee called attention to the fact that a six_sided cell will hold more than any. other shape, dem onstrating the wisdom of the bees. “There’s one of tha greatest ene . mica of the bees,” Mr. Chamblee said, pointing to a frog sitting close to one of the hives. Seemingly impervious to the stings of the bees, the frogs ]will wait to catch their prey. Once a frog, a lizard, or other foreign in- 1 trader gets in the hives the bees set to work to embalm them in wax, successfully preventing any odor that will contaminate the hives and ruin the honey. There is comparatively little ex. pense connected with beekeeping, Mr. Chamblee explained, the first cost of . :ves ard frames and bees calling for the largest outlay of money. By keeping the hives painted they can be used over and over again. Four pound section hives are used, each section containing hen ra.ks of four pounds of honey each. When asked why there are not jmore beekeepers considering the fact! that there is sc little expense con lnet-ted with the business. Mr. Cham jblee explained that too many people I." e afiaid of bees to make it gener. ally popular. “There is not one person in twenty i who is not afraid of bees,” Mr. Cham jblee said. “It is hard to get help jin tending the bees. Besides there is I not a heavy demand for honey ‘as many people do not like it, although it is one of the purest and best bal-1 anted foods that one can find.” Only about tv* enty-five hives can be| :• .ccossfully operated in one apiary. Yr. Chamblee has divided his crop j of bees into three sections and they u: tie as far remove,| from each other as a mile and a half. The state lev i ia-in s that they cannot be kept nearer than 90 feet of the State highway. Yellow honey bees come from Italy, and black bees from Germany, Mr. Chamblee says. From his reading he has learned that there were no bees in America, when it was discovered by Columbus, except the wild soli, tary bees. Bees, he says, show many human traits, and he told a story of bees that had swarmed around a box car filled with honey on a rail road siding one day. Shortly after that the car was moved and another car, which had no honey, was run on the siding. Again the bees swarm ed around the car, as if remember ing the honey car of the day before, only to be disappointed. Queen Bees During the winter the bees are mostly dormant. Toward spring the queen bee begins laying her eggs, sometimes as many as 4,000 in twen ty.four hours. When the honey begins to come she lays her eggs. A new queen in the hive, pushed out by the old queen to save her supremacy, will start a swarm of bees, that often has to be smoked and cut out of trees by the beetender. A good bee man can i prevent the swarming of the bees bv looking after the queen, Mr. Chamblee said. Mr. Chamolee's bees make honey of the amber type that has a delicious j flavor. The bees feed largely on fruit of the red maple, the tulip poplar, on koily and clover, vetch, cotton, tobac co and ragweed, with golden rod of- , sering them the last pollen of the fall. Cleared land is not so good as ! a surrounding for apiaries as it is I hard for the bees to get the proper.j amount of pollen for their honey j j making. Call and sour wood : j of the swamps furnish good foot for j i the bees. I Ideal Location A steep bank furnishing ia wind | In cut away a ■he bees, that Kail spread oul under the top ■like accepting fte fr> ing pan Rh“en cooking. B a queer . en ■vyoiil,| be hot B'ii it. ■ l war- enough file most in*iif_ Hsiast- ►es I on a veil?” then he took Ihives. Hut Iver the face I bare to the I the smudge I and took I good sport, Bwledgc th. t I at meeting I close quar ■ conditions Biting," the ■ hough his H to con- Bthat they ■ r rea "ii Bro moshed, Hv from the ■ pree ; ring ■s of |Hltllo!Vf I him Hbnn ■ his Hlbie ■ o> « TBE RECORD. Zebulon. Wake County, X. August 28. 1931. ■ i i ■ am m .ME IjnaMHHHBMWauMMMHHMHNHIWWvm i Keeper Os Bees — » * Mtem - D D. Chamblee, of Zebulon, one o. largest and most enthuisas tl bee men, much at home among h.s bee hives. _____ break, "-n<: q southeaster exposure afford .an ideal location for his bees. Mr Chr.mble • says a northern and western exposure is not so good. The bees have a picturesque setting close by Rocky Branch, that roars its . ..../A. .-.A-. i,,:? | \ Sat: sky Department Store 1 JKlk Greets The Opening of The A j Zebulon Tobacco Market |#|f WITH A Solid Week of Big Bargains I August 31 to September sth & * I We are making astounding reductions on many articles of a daily need, a few of which are listed below. 1 I K Extra Special J || j Ladies’ Patent Leather % g i ' ilen s Press Slippers I \ Slippers, in all s“| 49 C ' Z7“ 1 ; Special for s“| 98 j sizes. Special X g j| j Six days M. All j | /SSI Blue Ladies’Fine Kid L Jr *7 Chambray Bedroom Ladies’ SHEETING WORK SLIPPERS nroecpc 40 inches wide \f SHIRTS All colors and j Special All Sizes Sizes—Special fSL J To Be r* f p !l ial ef\ HI Sold At ~ 5c — 29c 59C Jim Than B ™'™' • wjW* white | LADIES’ SILK I Fine 3 - I>iece Ruffled ([ \ HALF OUTING I BLOOMERS | CURTAINS PRICE 5c I,S" > 24c j ! 29c Msike Plans To Visit Our Store Next Week SAT ISKY’S | DKPARTMENT STORE I vjy over the flat rocks in front of Mr. Chamblee’s home. Years ago his great grandfather, W. B. Chamblee, used to have a rosin still there and the place came by its name of Rosin, burg. For generations the Chamblees NEED MORE LIVESTOCK TO BALANCE YORK l I.TL RE ! The problem of a successful south e:n agriculture will never be solved until there is an adequate livost ><■'. indii .t.y i.. uaiunce crop production and help to equally distribute labor on the farm throughout the year. | “This is generally admitted by all ■ b ' are f'.miliar with our farms, :>.* A. C. K : mrey, dairy specialist at . late College. “However, few eastern farmers have been willing, so far, to accept this truth and prosecute the <1 •. as • farm practice. Insofar as dairying is concerned, this failure to develop has been due in part to a lack of general markets. This objection is being met by the establishment of creameries located so as to serve the largest possible territory. Mr. Kimrey says if dairying is to help farmers of eastern Carolina pro > 1 have lived in that section and have .[made a valuable contribution to the life of Wake County.—Raleigh Times. jduce a farm income, they must study ‘the cow as a means of converting farm efec into ca-h. The good dairy cow oan make a higher cash return for all classes of farm feeds, including ~ >*.*' ii ■ e^Uvu. Even with the prevailing low prices f r butterfat, a cow that will produce i s,, and ine-Iv If gabons of milk each day testing 4 ’-2 percent butterfat, or 8000 pounds a year, will return to her owner $2.10 a bushel for corn; ( S2O a ten for bay; -foO a ton for cot tonseed meal, and S2O a season for j pasture grazing. This is based on a price of 25 cents a pound for butterfat and 30 certs a hundred pounds for j the skim milk left. There is also an ad ditional return from the calves and the [fertilizing value of the manure. ! When these facts are appreciated, Mr. Kimrey says more cows will neces sarily be placed in the great feed-pro ducing section of eastern Carolina. The result will be a brighter day for farming in that territory. The fellow who coined the term “idle Timor” had a queer idea of idleness.