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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Fig. 



-Robert E. Foster standing heside a clump of " greasewood." 



attracting them in large numbers. The re- 

 semblance to g'oldenrod is cjuite marked. 



Mr. Foster is apiary inspector for ]\Iont- 

 rose County, and has clone excellent work 

 in reducing the prevalence of foul brood. 



Over to the south of Fruita, in Mesa 

 County, Colorado, rise the rocky sides of the 

 mesas. Along the foot of the clift's flows 

 the Grand River. Sloping gently to the 

 noi«th and east from the river for several 

 miles is some of the best land on the west- 

 ern slope. Apples and peaches are grown 

 by the hundreds of carloads. Alfalfa, su- 

 gar beets, and general farming oiDerations 

 are followed by many. Much of the land, 

 hoAvever, has become seep land from the 

 application of too much irrigation water or 

 the running of ditches and the application 



of water to land lying higher up; and over 

 much of tills seep land sweet clover grows, 

 making of this district a valuable honey- 

 producing section. 



Mr. F. B. Hill lives about three miles 

 east of Fruita, and has the largest and best 

 conducted apiary I have seen in Colorado. 

 Three long sheds, one of wliich is shown in 

 the illustration (cover picture for this is- 

 sue) shade about 120 colonies each. The 

 advantage of these sheds is very apparent if 

 one visits this country in August. The al- 

 kali-covered ground reflects the sunlight 

 with a blistering glare. The intense light 

 deceived me, and I over-exposed two films 

 so that they were worthless, and the film 

 this was taken from was so dense it was 

 difficult to get a good print. 



