1902 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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leisurely wheeled out to Bro. Somerford's, 

 aud, according- to a prearranged plan, we 

 were to make a descent upon Harry Howe 

 and Harry Beaver, the noted 

 lightningoperatorswholive near 

 Artemisa. 



Mr. S. proposed to take me 

 upon a long" and arduous ram- 

 ble this time, and he aroused 

 me at the unseasonable hour of 

 tive o'clock. We were soon off 

 on our wheels, and made the 25 

 kilometers to Artemisa in about 

 an hour and a half. It was a 

 December inorning, and still 

 early at 7 o'clock. When we ar- 

 rived we found the Beaver still 

 in bed, and with him another 

 lightning- operator, Fred Mun- 

 son, who has charg-e of an api- 

 ary on the eastern coast of Cuba. 

 Mr. Somerford rousted them out 

 in great style. 



I think Mr. Howe and lady 

 were up, for he promptly ap- 

 peared and challenged me to a 

 duel, and we fought it with 

 snap-shot cameras. Then a lit- 

 tle later we secured better pho- 

 tos, which I present. Headquarters is one 

 of those old stone building's — cool in the 

 summer and comfortable in winter, with no 

 glass in the windows. Heavy shutters close 

 them at night. 



Then there is another building that will 

 be a curiosity to your readers. It looks like 

 an immense haystack, but is a veritable 

 palm tobacco-barn, and at^'fpresent writing- 

 it is full of the weed, hung upon poles, and 

 curing. 



In the rear of the house I found a small 

 apiary. I have termed it the hospital api- 

 arvs for it is the remnants of an apiary 



A Queer. Harry Howe. 



Somerford. 



Harrv Beaver. 



that was used up with foul brood. These 

 colonies are under treatment according to 

 the shake-oft" starvation plan. 



Foul brood is quite a factor to contend 

 with in Cuba. I have heard of some heavy 

 losses, not only in native hives, but in mod- 

 ern hives as well. There is no law, no in- 

 spectors ; every man is a law unto himself. 

 When Cuba gets settled into self-govern- 

 ment there may be laws enacted; but the 

 inspector's job is not to be envied ' where 



HOWE'S HOSi'XTAL Ari.\KV. 



