THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



Oats. Pear Orchard, and Orange Grove in the 

 Salt River VaUey— See Editorial. 



Bulletin Xo. 4, published by the Phoe- 

 nix and Maricopa County Board of 

 Trade, says this about bee-keeping in the 

 Salt River Valley : 



"Bee-keeping is one of the most profit- 

 able of industries of the Salt River Val- 

 ley. The honey crop for the usual sea- 

 son will exceed 750,000 pounds, netting 

 the producer about five cents per pound 

 on board the cars. The produce usually 

 is marketed in Chicago, through two as- 

 sociations of bee-keepers. The honey, 

 mainly drawn from mesquite and alfalfa 

 blooms, is of good quality, and is princi- 

 pally sold for confectioners' and bakers" 

 uses. About 10,000 hives are maintained 

 in the valley. The average of 7.5 pounds 

 of extracted honey to the colony is often 

 exceeded, 200 pounds being no unusual 

 amount in good seasons. The bees gen- 

 erally are of the yellow Italian variety. 

 The country is so well adapted for the 

 production of honey that every suitable 



place in the mountains to the north ap- 

 pears to have been pre-empted by colo- 

 nies of bees that have escaped from the 

 apiaries of the valley, the busy insects do- 

 ing well their part toward making the 

 land one that shall 'flow with milk and 

 hone}-.' " 



There are, no doubt, a good many 

 available locations for bee-keeping, that 

 are at present unoccupied. However, no 

 one should sell out and go there without 

 making investigations, first by letter, and 

 second by a personal visit. 



To Contributors. 



Just because you don't happen to agree 

 with the editor is no reason why you 

 should not send in your contribution. 

 The Review editor likes a fighter, pro- 

 viding he is a clean fighter. If your 

 position isn't worth defending, it isn't 

 worth holding. The pages of the Re- 

 \iE\v are open to all good, clean, helpful 

 contributions, whether we agree with 

 them or not. ]\Iore than that, I am will- 

 ing to pay for all I can use. 



Right here I want to say that I would 

 like good, bright illustrations, or photo- 

 graphs. If you need a photo to properly 

 illustrate your article, get the picture 

 taken, and send along your bill with the 

 article. If I can use the article I will 

 gladly pay extra for the pictures. 



Honey Conditions. 



Bee-keepers will do well to think 

 twice before they sell their honey at a 

 low price this year. Buyers are scouring 

 Alichigan, picking up all they can get. I 

 am just receiving reports from members 

 of the Michigan Bee Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, and it is surprising how many have 

 no honey at all for sale. The crop in 

 this state is much shorter than it was 

 last year, and last year was a short crop. 

 Prices should rule higher than a year 

 ago — in fact, some buyers, at least, are 

 ofTering more right on the start. 



Reports from other states do not show 

 a very encouraging aspect, so far as 



