Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1918 — Bee Farmers Declare Honey Has the Food Value of Meat [ARTICLE]

Bee Farmers Declare Honey Has the Food Value of Meat

A pound of honey or a pound of sirloin steak —which shall it be? That there is as much food value in one as in another has been proved at the bee farm at the University of Wisconsin. ■“■ To emphasize the importance of promoting beekeeping in Wisconsin as a profitable business pursuit, the university extends its endeavors to the beekeepers of the state, to addition to the Instruction given the students in agriculture in classes. .Wisconsin annually produces about /,500 tone of choice honey„ but the beekeeping industry has not advanced to the point of recognition as a distinct specialized branch of agriculture, although much of the undeveloped land in Wisconsin and most of the 5 present cultivated land is not occupied as bee pasture, a majority of, it offers opportunity for excellent bee "locations.”