Gleanings in Bee Culture 



law to make me dispose of them he would 

 take advantage of it. However, for all that 

 we are friends so far as I know. He was ex- 

 asperated only when the grapes and plums 

 were ripe. For a few days at that time the 

 birds were very bad; and as the bees had 

 nothing else to do, they of course were trou- 

 blesome. I have over forty plum trees my- 

 self, and also some grapes, and I know well 

 enough that it is not the bees that do the 

 mischief. It is also claimed that the bees 

 damage the peaches; but I have my bees 

 right in the peach orchard, and I find that 

 they never work on any except the pecked 

 or decayed ones. I picked all of my peaches 

 without a veil, and never get stung. 



The other illustration shows you my fam- 

 ily of honey-eating boys. I think the use 

 of honey in the home avoids many a doctor 

 bill. My wife is also of the same opinion. 

 She takes great interest in the bees, and 

 often hives swarms when I am not at home. 



Amherst, Ohio. 



BEES AND ORANGES 



nies, and last spring I increased these to 

 forty-eight colonies. 



I have a fruit ranch of twelve acres — ten 

 acres of oranges and about two acres of apri- 

 cots; but I intend to take these out and put 

 in oranges. I have raised berries of differ- 

 ent varieties, but I am taking these out to 

 put in oranges. I have found plenty of 

 work to keep a man of sixty-three years 

 busy. 



Redlands, Cal. 



THE MISREPRESENTATIONS OF LAND SHARKS 

 AND THEIR VICTIMS 



The Truth about Wharton County, Texas 



BY W. H. MOSES 



BY J. SLIGEK 



My apiary is located on benches above the 

 ground, because I have a weak back, and I 

 can handle the frames more easily if the 

 hives are up a few inches. In the spring 

 of 1910 I began to build up the apiary and 

 increased from ten to thirty-eight colonies. 

 I intended to paint the front of every other 

 hive green; but other work crowded me so 

 that I neglected it, and, in consequence, I 

 lost a lot of queens which, in returning from 

 their flight, went into the wrong hives. 

 That fall I united until I had twenty colo- 



J. .Sliger's ai>iary, i;e<tlands, Cal., which he runs in 



ranch. 



Many northern people are being persuad- 

 ed to come to the coast country of Texas 

 through the misrepresentation of land agents 

 and others who hold out great inducements 

 to homeseekers, offering them land at about 

 $45.00 per acre, one-fifth cash and one-fifth 

 per year without interest or taxes, telling 

 them that they can grow two or three crops 

 a year, each worth $150 to $200 per acre, and 

 that they can grow oranges, grapefruit, and 

 other thingsthat belong to tropical countries; 

 and that the temperature seldom goes as 

 low as 40. 



I have lived here in Wharton County 

 since 1887, and have never seen a winter 

 pass without a freeze. Here is a cold-weath- 

 er record I have kept: 1899, Feb. 11, began 

 to snow at 2: 80 p.m.; temperature 22 at 6 

 P.M.; 18 at 7 p.m.; Feb. 12, zero at 8 a.m.; 

 Feb. 13, 4 above at 7 a.m.; ice three and one- 

 half inches in a tub in the yard. 



Nov. 3d and 4th, 

 first frost that fall. 

 1905. — Feb. 2, 

 rained. Norther 

 came up at 2 p. m. ; 

 3, rained ; cold 

 north wind; 4, 

 rained. Temjiera- 

 ture 30 at 12 p.m.; 

 5, rained; 32 at 7:30 

 P.M. ; 12, rained last 

 night; north wind 

 this morning; tem- 

 perature, 3() at 7 

 A.M.; 26 at 9 a.m.; 

 24 at 11 A.M.; 22 at 

 2 P.M.; 20 at 6 p.m.; 

 13, temperature 16 

 at 7 A.M.; 14, tem- 

 perature 20 at 7 

 A.M. The lake froze 

 over hard; will hold 

 me up (175 lbs.). 

 March 20 and 21, 

 frost; temperature, 

 32—34. 



1907. — One rain 

 in .January; one 

 rain in February; 

 one frost this win- 

 jnneciiun w iih an orange ter — the warmest 



