Cleanings in Bee Culture 



are between ten and fifteen miles from 

 home; and to drive that distance with a 

 horse is tiresome and a waste of time. Then 

 when a visit has been delayed from some 

 cause, which will happen sometimes, and 

 one finds several swarms out when he 

 reaches the ai)iary he can hop out of tlie car 

 and begin to hive swarms; but if he has a 

 horse he must look after it first, to say 

 nothing of the hour or hours lost on the 

 road in getting there and the same in get- 

 ting back or to the next yard. Witli an 

 automobile I can reach any of my apiaries 

 in less than an hour, and can work till dark 

 if necessary, and run home by lamplight. 



The first auto I bought was a Holsman, 

 with high wheels and solid tires. This car 

 has a long body and a removable rear seat. 

 With this seat removed I have room for a 

 lot of hives, camp outfit, or a lot of baby 

 nuclei. This car has done good work for 

 five years, and is in good condition yet, ex- 

 cept the front axle, which was broken yes- 

 terday in a collision with a runaway mule 

 team in the streets of San Benito. 



I have another car that 1 bought from 

 Sears, Roebuck tS: Co., Chicago. This car is 

 a light truck with a long body and droptail 

 gate. The wheels are 36 inches high, with 

 solid tires. While I have not had it long, I 

 am well pleased with it, and believe it will 

 be a great help in hauling bees, honey, and 

 other goods, as I can dispense with the 

 horse and wagon to a marked degree. This 

 little car was not built for speed, but it 

 makes as much time, when not loaded, as I 

 care for. 



I believe this to be one of the best and 

 handiest autos for beekeepers that is on the 

 market to-day, and the price ($375) is with- 

 in the reach of all. I would advise every- 

 body, before purchasing an auto, to write 

 Sears, Eoebuck A: Co. for an auto catalog; 

 also to The Chilton Printing Co. for a copy 

 of Cycle and Automobile Trade Journal, 

 Market and 49th St , Philadelphia, Pa. In 

 that journal many makes of automobiles 

 are advertised. I believe all the leading bee- 

 men in Texas have an automobile. San 

 Benito, a town less than four years old, has 

 over one hundred automobiles in town and 

 on adjoining farms. 



Brother beeman. get you an auto and add 

 ten years to your life and manv dollars to 

 your bank recount. 



San Benilo, Texas. 



THE AIR-COOLED AUTOMOBILE PREFERRED 



BY LOUIS WBBNER 



The first automobile that I owned was a 7 

 h. p. Brush runabout, equipped with a wa- 

 ter-cooled one cylinder motor. I ran it one 

 year; but it was too sm:ill, and lacked pow- 

 er. I also had a good deal of trouble with 

 the radiator, as it kept leaking; and other 

 things got out of order, so that I sold it last 

 fall and bought a new machine — a 14 h. p. 

 air-cooled Kenmore. This car is equipped 

 with solid tires, and I can use it for delivery 



purposes or for pleasure. By adding anoth- 

 er seat it will carry four persons. 



The cost of upkeep I have found to be 

 very small, the only expense I had during 

 the first six months being 75 cts. for a muf- 

 fler. I have no tire trouble, and there is no 

 radiator to leak. I find I can run this car 

 for $2.50 per month, including every thing. 

 A horse would cost me :?10.00 to $15.00 per 

 month, whether used or not. The car costs 

 $500, and it is the best investment a bee- 

 man can make. 



This machine is well built, is strong and 

 neat, and is very easy to run, so that I think 

 it is an ideal machine for a beekeeper who 

 has an outyard. It can be driven right'in 

 among the bees, and there is no danger][of 

 any horses being stung. I am in favor of 

 an automobile every time, instead of horses, 

 around bees. 



p]dwardsville. 111. 



WHY I BOUGHT AN AUTOMOBILE 



BY P. H, BALES 



I have 670 colonies of bees, located in ten 

 apiaries from five to twenty-four miles from 

 home. With the machine I can go to the 

 furthest apiary, do a day's work, and return 

 the same day. 



European foul brood broke out among our 

 bees, and they required so much care that 

 I needed to be at several apiaries the same 

 day. I bought the machine thinking I 

 could give my bees so much better care tliat 

 they would make enough more honey to 

 pay for the machine, and I think they have 

 done it — and the fun! 



WHY I BOUGHT A MITCHELL 



My machine is a four-cylinder, 1910 model, 

 five-passenger Mitchell "30." I paid $1750 

 for it two years ago. I bought this machine, 

 because I thought it would give the best 

 service for the money, and 1 think (after 

 two years of use) I made no mistake. 



I have driven 13,000 miles, and have dis- 

 carded only one tire casing. The repairs 

 have been practically nothing. 



For hauling supplies I have an extra body 

 that takes the place of the back seat. I have 

 moved 260 colonies of bees this winter, 14 at 

 a load, with extra supers on. 



My machine failed just once to go, and I 

 was seven miles in the country. I telephon- 

 ed for the machinist to come and haul me 

 in. He came out and threw off the emer- 

 gency break, and said, "Now you are all 

 right," and so I have been ever since. 



