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in heij^lit, while the blossom is far from 

 being showy. Like some other things of 

 importance, its appearance 's not so 

 striking as others of less importance. It 

 does not grow in the valleys, nor upon 

 the tops of high monntains. Its home is 

 at a certain altitude upon the mountain 

 slopes, and it is here that the bees must 

 be locate 1. Mountains are not one long 



boring them nearer, he expected that he 

 would be compelled t) move his apiary 

 farther uj) the canyon, so he set to work 

 building a road to enable him to move 

 his apiary should he find it necessary. 

 He spent |;roo in road-making before he 

 learned that the oil company would come 

 no further up the canyon, as the last 

 bored wells had not provL'd ])rofiiablf. 



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Upon this apiary ^Ir. Meiidelson has bestowed a great deal of care and labor. It is laid CifT in 

 terraces, two rows of hives upon each terrace. Ir wheeling earth lo build these terraces, Mr. IMt 11- 

 delson at one time nearlv wore himself out. 



solid ridge, but are cotnposed of ling 

 rows of hills, or peaks, with valleys or 

 canyons between, and it is up in these 

 canyons that the apiaries must be located. 

 Sometimes the making of a road is not a 

 very difficult matter, and again, it is an 

 expensive and arduous undertaking. 

 Where Mr. Mendelson has his main 

 apiary located there are oil wells below 

 him in the canyon, and, as they kept 



Mr. Mendelson told me of instances 

 where the making of a wHgon road was 

 so difficult that it was not attempted, and 

 bees had been packed up the canyon on 

 the back of a burro-one hive on each side 

 of the donkey — and the honey packed 

 down the same way. In order to get a 

 cook stove up the canyon it was neces- 

 sary- to take it to pieces and pack it up 

 on the burro. 



