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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 1 



FRANK M 'nay's BEE-CAVE. 



to grow chilly, for it is getting- toward even- 

 ing-. As our train stopped at the various 

 points, oranges, bananas, and all tropical 

 fruits, are offered at ridiculously low prices. 

 As we speed on, here and there I see bee- 

 yards, and bee-men working- to prepare for 

 the honey- flow which is bound to come in a 

 few days. Ever and anon we pass heaps 

 of oranges lying on the ground. They were 

 culls, or slightly rotten. Here they were, 

 all going- to waste because there was no 

 market, or at least it did not pay to ship to 

 the East any thing but the select fruit. 



Beautiful orang-e-groves and ripe fields of 

 grain flit by, and such cultivation! Final- 

 ly we land in Los Angeles, indeed the "citj' 

 of the ang-els." In fact, this country for 

 100 miles around seems to be God's country 

 if any part of the world deserves that name. 

 I put up at the Natick House, a large ho- 

 tel in the center of the city, where one can 

 get board and lodging- on the European 

 plan. A large beautifully lighted room, 

 clean bed, and modern furniture, for 25 

 cents; and meals, the very best of them, for 

 the same money. One can live in Los An- 



FRANK M'NAY UNPER FIRE ( BEE-STINGS ) 



