DKCEMBEK 1, 1915 



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dark? I think it is the gi-eat heat, the 

 continual sunshine, and the fact that no 

 moisture either as rain or dew reaches the 

 stalk of the growing alfalfa during its 

 wliole life; witli the tliernionieter ranging 

 from 90 to 120, without a cloud in sight all 

 day and every day, is it not reasonahle to 

 suppose that the heat affects the color? 



When 1 think of wliite honey my mind 

 wanders over the northern and central 

 states; but when T think of dark honey the 

 scene changes; my mind's eye is on the 

 soutliern states and the West India islands. 

 Tlieie inav be something in the soil. Wlien 



a man tells me his cantaloupes are from 

 liocky Ford seed it means nothing to me; 

 but when he says they are grown in Rocky 

 Ford I become interested. 



However, 1 suppose this question is about 

 as hard to settle as the why and wherefore 

 of granulated honey. The man who has had 

 little experience with granulated honey is 

 sure to know all about it ; but the man with 

 large experience reaches a point when lie 

 feels with a great sense of weariness that 

 he is not sure he knows anything at all 

 about it. 



Pittsburg, Pa. 



BEES AT THE PANAMA-CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION 



BY JOHN W. LOVE 



Here were tlie orchards of Valencia 

 oranges, the lemons, grapefruit, and the 

 other citrus fruits, and rows of i^ersimmons, 

 nectarines, figs, olives — almost everything 

 that could grow in southern California. On 

 an afternoon at the San Diego Exposition I 

 had strolled out under an archway through 

 a formal garden, and suddenly found my- 

 self on the model farm, i^art of the exhibit 

 of the southern California counties. Every 

 agricultural industry of importance seemed 

 to liave been recognized, even to the Eng- 

 lish-walnut business. Surely there ought 

 to be some bees, I thought. 



Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, 

 San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventui'a 

 counties together occupy the Southern Cali- 

 fornia Building, and united to make one 

 of the most popular features of the Expo- 

 sition, the out-of-doors exhibit. On this 

 model farm were the model poultry-yards, 

 the model vineyard, and the model garage. 

 I remember with what delight I lounged on 

 the cool cushions in the bungalow and look- 

 ed out of the open windows to the citrus 

 grroves. Indeed, it would be delightful to 

 live in southern California. 



Finally I found the bees. Ten hives of 

 them, each with ten frames, made a row of 

 white between the trellises of the vineyard. 

 "Do they attract much attention! Why, 

 So many people walked across this lawn 

 just to get to the bees that we had to put up 

 the fence, but any one who is interested 

 can just step over it." The attendant let 

 me step over. 



Bees used for exhibition purposes never 

 gather much honey, of course, and the out- 

 ])ut of this miniature apiary was not likely 

 to rival the harvest over in Imperial Valley. 

 They pasture mostly on sage on the slopes 

 of the Cabrillo Canyon, the attendant ex- 



plained, and on some of the flowers in the 

 gardens of the Exposition. 



One of the most popular of the exhibits at the model 

 ranch. 



