1902 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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KIG. 1. — A GOLU-PKOSPI'X'TOK. 



eke out a living-, because the}' find just 

 enoug-h of the precious metals, either ifoUl 

 or silver, to make it possible for them to 

 continue in the business, with the never 

 fadintf hope that some day they will really 

 and truly make a rich find. So abiding- is 

 that expectation that, as a rule, the}' never 

 are good for any thing else but hunt and 

 dig until tie ith intervenes. 



After we h;ul taken a photo of the m;in 



and the donkej's we visited Mr. Martin 

 Rohrig, a brother of William. He has 

 been in that Territory only a short time, 

 but. according to his brother, he is one of 

 the best bee-keepers in the vicinity; a me- 

 chanic and a genius, he makes all the little 

 fixings that he requires for his work among 

 the bees. Although he had been there but 

 a short time, he now owns and operates 320 

 colonies; and at the present rate he will 



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