1917 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



405 



some surplus for three consecutive seasons; 

 but the middle season was not what could be 

 considered a crop, even after a sufficient rain- 

 fall." 



Again he writes to the same journal 

 to the effect that the sage ranges 

 soon give place to other crops (Dec. 

 IS, 1911): 



"If I should predict that thirty years hence 

 the sage ranges of California would be almost 

 a thing of the past tlierc wnuUl doubtless be 

 criticism of my views; but I firmly believe that 

 we lihall face uch a condilion. for emigration 

 to this part of California is increasing rapidly 

 Hillsides are yielding to the plow, where twen- 

 ty years ago it would have becti thought almost 

 impossible." 



Sonic writers give two hundred 

 pounds per colony as a fair average 

 in a good sage year, so that with even 

 one good year in three it comes well 

 up with the yield of many plants 

 more constant in their production. 



It is through the kindness of Mr. 



. Homer Mathewson, of Kentucky, that 



we are able to present to our readers 



the pictures of the sages in connec- 

 tion with this article. One picture is 

 of a hybrid sage, Crossing of the va- 

 rious species is said not to be uncom- 

 mon. 



What is in a Name? 



By A. B. 



WHILE hunting for the name of 

 a town in a "shippers'" guide 

 I came across the name 

 "Beehive," Alabama. My curiosity 

 was aroused to ascertain how many 

 towns or railroad stations bore 

 names relating to bees or their prod- 

 ucts in the United States. 



There are just 7i places with such 

 names, as follows : 



11 "Bee," in Alabama, Arkansas, 

 Georgia, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, 

 Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia, 

 \\'ashington and West Virginia. 



WHITE SAGE, AN ABi;.\UANT I'LANT, liUT UNCERTAIN IN ITS YIELD. 

 (Photograph oy Homer Mathewson.) 



1 "Bee Bayou," in Louisiana. 



I "Bee Branch," in Arkansas. ■ 



1 "Bee Camp," in Indiana. 



1 "Bee Cave," in Texas. 



.3 "Bee Creek," in Illinois, Missouri 

 and Texas. 



1 "Bee Fork," in Missouri. 



1 "Bee Grove," in Indiana. 



1 "F3ecgum," in California. 



4 "Beehive," in Alabama, Colorado, 

 Georgia and Montana. 



1 "Beehive Crossing," in New York. 



1 "Bee House," in Texas. 



1 "Bee Hunter," in Indiana. 



1 "Beelake," in Mississippi. 



1 "Bee Lick," in Kentucky. 



1 "Bee Log," in North Carolina. 



1 "Bee Ridge," in Florida. 



1 "Bee Spring," in Kentucky. 



1 "Beetown," in Wisconsin. 



2 "Bee Tree," in Maryland and 

 North Carolina. 



2 "Beeville," in Tennessee and 

 Texas. 



1 "Drone," in Georgia. 



2 "Honey," in North Carolina and 

 Washington. 



1 "Honey Bee," in Kentucky. 



1 "Honey Bend," in Illinois. 



2 "Honey Brook," in Pennsylvania. 



1 "Honey Camp," in Virginia. 



7 "Honey Creek," in Alabama, Geor- 

 gia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Pennsyl- 

 vania and Wisconsin. 



2 "Honeycutt," in North Carolina 

 and Tennessee. 



1 "Honey Ford," in North Dakota. 



3 "Honey Grove," in Kentucky, 

 Pennsylvania and Texas. 



1 "'Honeyhill," in South Carolina. 

 3 "Honey Island," in Louisiana, 

 Mississippi and Texas. 



1 "Honey Landing," in Alabama. 

 1 "Honey Pod." in North Carolina. 

 1 "Honeymans," in Oregon. 

 1 "Honeymans Spur," in Oregon. 

 1 "Honey Pot." in Pennsylvania. 



1 "Honey Springs," in Texas. 



2 "Honeyville," in Utah and Vir- 

 ginia. 



2 "Wax," in Georgia and Kentucky. 



Most of these names were very 

 probably given to the locations which 

 bear them because of the finding of 

 bees in the vicinity. The honej'bee 

 is said to have settled ahead of the 

 white man throughout this country, 

 since the Indians called her "the 

 white man's fly." Over half of the 

 names are located in the Dixie re- 

 gion or Southern States, showing 

 that nature spread the bees more 

 promptly and lavishly in the warm 

 countries. 



The evidence that, in most cases, 

 names were given after the things 

 found, unless they were given after 

 the original homes of the settlers, is 

 very apparent in the Indian names of 

 localities, according to the tribes 

 that occupied them. No. Piscataquis, 

 pxcept in Maine; no Mishicott out- 

 side of Wisconsin; Petoskey indi- 

 cates only Michigan; Minnetonka is 

 found nowhere but in Minnesota; no 

 Bayou Goula out of Louisiana; no 

 Snohomish except in Washington ; no 

 Tamalpais out of California; no Apa- 

 lachicola except in Florida. 



There are a number of Londons, a 

 number of small Paris, Berlins, Vi- 

 cunas, i2 Washingtons. So both 

 great men and great cities have been 

 patrons of our new cities. 



