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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov, 15 



mospheres to the warm balmj' air of Arizo- 

 na — "God's country," as people call it who 

 have moved there. Indeed, thej' say there 

 is "no other place in all the earth" that is 

 quite as delig"htful, luxuriant, so beautiful, 

 and so perfect in ever}' respect, as these re- 

 claimed desert lands, and, if we except por- 

 tions of California, I don't know but that I 

 agree with them. 



It was quite warm the day I arrived, and 

 during- some of the subsequent days the 

 mercury ran up to 110. I think, and I had 

 heard of its going" up to 120; but the people 

 who told me that that was "God's coun- 

 try" denied that it ever went up as high as 

 that; indeed, they doubted if I ever saw 

 the mercury up to 110; but I insisted that I 

 did see it, for I remembered distinctly how 



the hot sun poured down on my back, and 

 that I wanted to get out of "God's coun- 

 try." and go where he had made it cooler. 

 Why, I became so tanned that I looked 

 every whit as black as — as — a typical Mex- 

 ican greaser. But however warm it may 

 be in summer for a time they do not seein to 

 mind the heat; notwithstanding, it was com- 

 fortable for the old residents to go around 

 in shirtsleeves. And, by the by, I must in- 

 t'/oduce to you Mr. Wm. Rohrig, of Tempe, 

 who sits on a hive with his coat off, rough 

 and ready. He objected to being shown up 

 in Gleanings in that stj-le, but I told him 

 not to mind, as I would apologize for him. 



In our next issue I shall, perhaps, give 

 you some views of typical Arizona apiaries, 

 how they are placed under sheds or trellis- 



WILT,IA:^I ROHRIG, IN ONE OF HIS APIARIES AT TEMPK, ARIZONA. 



