1909 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



437 



American Grocer, and his expericMice would 

 naturally lead him to pretty correct conclu- 

 sions. 



It will be noticed that he has in mind a plan 

 not unlike the one proposed by the Honey- 

 producers' Lea<^ue several years ago. It is 

 also similar in idea to that of the Pineapple- 

 growers' Association of Hawaii, and the vari- 

 ous fruit associations of California. — Ed.] 



SOME GLIMPSES FROM A. I. ROOTS 

 FORMER "ISLAND HOME " IN SOUTH- 

 WEST FLORIDA. 



BV M. L. BREWER. 



When old Boreas begins to get in his work 

 in earnest, then it is that our thoughts turn 

 to a vacation trip — one that will get us below 

 the frost-line, where nature has been lavish 

 in her handiwork, and old father Time has 

 lent a hand to add to the beauties. If you 

 have never enjoyed a trip of this kind you 

 should begin planning now for the coming 

 winter, and, to our mind, there is no better 

 place than the southwest coast of Florida, be- 

 low the Manatee River along "sunny Sara- 

 sota Bay," with her almost endless number 

 of keys, where nature has seemingly literal- 

 ly tried to cram them with all that will thrive 

 in a semi-tropical climate. In such sur- 

 roundings we find many winter homes of 

 northern people, as well as those who make 

 their permanent home there. 



Among the many 

 hospitable homes that 

 we might mention, the 

 one that we will give 

 space to to-day is " Is- 

 land Home," where 

 genuine old hospitali- 

 ty, friendship, and 

 Christian fellowship 

 are what greet the 

 wayfarer who is fortu- 

 nate enough to make 

 it his stopping-place. 

 One mile across the 

 bay from the main land 

 it is to be found, and 

 is the home of the 

 Shumard family, where 

 they are seemingly on 

 a little continent of 

 their own, as they are 

 the only ones on that 

 key for miles. Mr. 

 Shumard is one of the 

 progressive bee-keep- 

 ers, and has worked at 

 it with such success 

 and enthusiasm that 

 the whole family have 

 caught the fever, and 

 this spring his sons, 

 Jesse and Orville, as 

 well as the son-in-law, 

 M r . McAuley, have 

 each located an out- 

 apiary, so that they 



have the mainland shore territory now oc- 

 cupied for several miles along the bay front 

 with their stocks. Mr. Shumard not only 

 keeps bees, but he also tries with all his 

 powers to keep the lamp of Christianity 

 burning in his immediate community, and 

 now is at the head of a very prosperous Sun- 

 day-school where, he lately tells me, the 

 people are showing their interest by con- 

 tributing well for supplies and an organ, 

 that they may have all the best that can be 

 had out of it; and may the Lord's blessing be 

 with them in the work. 



March 12, as we were sitting on the upper 

 veranda at our rooms in Sarasota, on looking 

 out the familiar form of Jesse Shumard was 

 seen coming our way, and delivered the 

 message that the folks sent to us, to "come 

 home " with him. Even if it was a short no- 

 tice for us, we were soon in his gasoline- 

 launch speeding down the beautiful bay, and 

 enjoying every inch of the ride in the balmy 

 evening air. The gloomy shades of night 

 found us on the way, but we made port safe- 

 ly with our pilot at the wheel, and were soon 

 enjoying all the hospitality that could be lav- 

 ished upon us; and, by the way, that was a 

 meeting of some former friends we had not 

 met before in thirty-seven years, so there was 

 plenty to rehearse. 



After a good night's rest, all were astir 

 early, for work with the bees at that season 

 of the year, and in that clime, is pressing. 

 The work planned was grafting queen-cells; 



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