1901 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Lest I may pive offense to some very worthy 

 and excellent Spaniards and Mexicans I met, 

 I would say I do not mean to include tbem in 

 the term "greaser" and "no sabe " people. 

 Well, to return : 



I pulled out mv largest camera and took a 

 picture of Mr. Edwards, and here reproduce 

 It the size I took it. He is indeed the bee 



assistance or start ; for when one expects to 

 go into the bee business, about the first thing 

 he is told to do is to go and see IM wards; 

 and Mr. Edwards is one of those broad-heart- 

 ed, kindlv faced men who will give his neigh- 

 bor intelligent and satisfactory answers to his 

 questions even though that information may 

 lie the means of bringing on to his territory a 



D. M. EDWARDS, ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF UVALDE BEE PARADISE. 



king of the whole county — one of the pio- 

 neers. He handles bee-keepers' supplies, and 

 is one of that kind of men who can stand up 

 and answer questions by the hour. As nearly 

 as I can learn of some of his friends, nearly 

 every bee-man in the county has either come 

 in contact with him or received some sort of 



bee keeper who will come in and divide the 

 profits of his bee-range ; and right in this con- 

 nection I would say that one of the bee-para- 

 dises — this one in Uvalde Co., is pretty well 

 overstocked with bees now. I do not think 

 there is a single spot in the whole county that 

 does not have all the bees it can possibly sup- 



