GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Loading the largest car of honey ever shipped out of Arizona. Fairground siding, Phoenix, Oct. 4. 1912. 



steam honey-knives, Hatch wax-press, and 

 settling-tank having about 200 gallons 

 capacity. The buildings consist of up-to- 

 date honey-houses, finest of sheds, and a 

 galvanized warehouse 20 x 30. 



The liives deserve special mention. The 

 Hoffman frames have long molded top-bars, 

 and are wired and fitted with full sheets of 

 foundation. The hives are of the ten-frame 

 size, and are made of redwood. There are 

 500 wire queen-excluders and 100 bee-es- 

 capes. At each yard is a Daisy wheelbar- 

 row, and some smokers and veils. The bees 

 are the result of much care and judgment, 

 which is plainly shown by the uniform 

 markings of the Italian bees. 



Mr. Benson is practically a new man in 

 apicultui'e, and a fair sample of many in- 

 stances near Phoenix where new beemen 

 have sprung up, as it were, and budded, 

 bloomed, and bore fruit in one night. 



The illustration shows the largest car of 

 honey ever shipped out of Arizona. It was 

 loaded at the fairground siding, Phoenix, 

 Oct. 4, 1912, and was one of 16 cars ship- 

 ped by the undersigned, an independent 

 shipper. This amount is about half of the 

 honey produced in the vicinity of Phoenix, 

 including Buckeye and Palo Verde, Ariz. 

 The car is the product of beginners, one of 

 which, whose check amounted to over $1200, 

 is J. J. Myers, of Phoenix, who never sold 



a pound of honey before, last year being 

 his first. In the picture four of his teams 

 are shown, and Mr. Myers himself is sitting 

 in the foremost wagon, as dignified to all 

 appearance as a full-fledged apiarist. 



John H. Bennett, another new shipper, 

 is managing about 500 colonies. His check 

 was not quite as large, he having retailed a 

 great deal of his honej' in the city. His 

 outfit seems to be about as near up-to-date 

 as any of them. He has a migratory hon- 

 ey-house equipped with a four-frame auto- 

 matic extractor, gasoline-engine, and other 

 implements necessary for carrying on his 

 successful operations. Much is j^i'edicted 

 of John. 



Among the other new beemen of the past 

 few years I wish to mention a few of the 

 i:>rincipal ones. Albert J. Ross, of Buck- 

 eye, is cutting a wide swath in the line of 

 apiculture. Two years ago he bought 600 

 colonies on time. That fall he paid from 

 his honey money about half of his indebted- 

 ness. Last fall he sold enough honey (near- 

 ly two carloads) to put him out of debt 

 and place him in good running order for 

 the next year, such as buying a small tract 

 of land, building a new house, and taking 

 unto himself a helpmate. The writer be- 

 speaks great success for Albert. 



One James H. Tracy, Buckeye, who has 

 been in the bee business for several years, 



