1901 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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flow of nectar until very late in summer or 

 until very hot and dry weather puts an end to 

 it. The honey is of a golden color, heavy 

 and limpid in body. It will be remembered 

 that the honey from this source is generally 

 proclaimed as being so bitter that it is worth- 

 less ; but such does not seem to be the case 

 with it here, as in some years quite a lot was 

 produced, and sold too, without any com- 

 plaints. The honey is really sweeter, or has 

 such a sweet taste that it is nauseating to 

 some. It has good medicinal qualities, and 

 has been recommended as such by some per- 

 sons having had good results after using. " 



As Mr. SchoU had no recent photograph of 

 himself I made one of him. This picture, as 

 originally taken by me, is half life size, and 

 yet it was taken with a 7X5 folding kodak, 

 without a ground glass, and weighing only 4 

 lbs. and 4 oz. It was pronounced so perfect 

 by an expert in Los Angeles, who saw the 

 negative, that he wanted to send it in for me 

 to compete for the S500 prize offered for such 

 work, and this he has done. If this picture 

 receives even honorable mention, friend SchoU 

 can send a copy of it to that pretty girl, with 

 my best compliments ; but the prize money — 

 I'll pocket that. I am not worrying what I'll 

 do with the money, for I'll never get it, for 

 the chance is as one in a thousand. 



The other picture shows Mr. Scholl in his 

 work clothes — rough and ready for work 



among the bees. He is standing before one 

 of his favorite colonies, prepared to open it. 

 On the right will be seen a handsome bunch 

 of cactus, just as it came up naturally. To 

 Mr. Scholl and his people there was nothing 

 rare or beautiful about it, as it is too abundant 

 with its prickers to be at all pleasant. But I 

 thought, what would a florist or a landscape- 

 gardener of the North give for such a beauti- 

 ful thing ? How true it is that a prophet is not 

 without honor save in his own country, and 

 that familiarity breeds contempt, even for 

 cacti ! 



Another thing that interested me was the 

 Texas horned toads that were running over 

 this apiary, and even over the buildings. 

 These ugly things, more suggestive of his Sa- 

 tanic majesty than any thing else, did not 

 win my admiration as did the cacti. But the 

 way they would dart about was enough to ar- 

 rest the attention of any tenderfoot. 



Mr. Scholl uses and prefers, I believe, shal- 

 low brood-chambers. He has been testing 

 various styles of hives side by side for several 

 years, and the more he experiments the more 

 he inclines to the divisible brood-chamber, 

 for the production of comb honey at least. 



I did not go further north, as I had planned, 

 to see the Hydes, as I saw that it would throw 

 me out of my schedule, which had been too 

 hastily laid out ; so I bade Mr. Scholl good 

 by and took the train back to San Antonio. 



I.OUIS SCHOLI, AT WORK AMONG HIS BEES ; EVERGREEN SHADE ON THE LEFT AND CAC- 

 TUS ON THE RIGHT. 



