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honey was never shipped from this 

 State. It is onlj'^ in very fevv^ loca- 

 tions, w^here there are large orange 

 groves in full bearing, in the pine 

 wroods, as at DeLrand or Lake Helen, 

 tha.t pure orange honey is ever secured; 

 and even there in only limited quan- 

 tities. I would think it quite possible 

 that, at Riverside, California, it might 

 be gathered in an unmixed condition, 

 and appreciable quantity, and, pos- 

 sibly at other points in that great 

 State. 



ORANGE HONEY IS WHITE, HAS A GOOD 

 BODY AND DELICIOUS FLAVOR. 



When pure, its color is as white as 

 the whitest of clover honey; its body 

 even heavier, and its flavor superior, 

 to any other I have ever tasted. In 

 my own section of the "Orange Belt" 

 of Florida, it is invariably mixed with 

 dark honey from other flowers bloom- 

 ing at the same time, and its fine, dis- 

 tinctive qualities are thereby hidden, 

 to a greater or less extent. 



Hawks Park, Fla., May 1, 1904. 



>^¥^TmKimim. 



>li®ml(d &e MaiiaMe< 



BY G. A. OLMSTEAD. 



\T7HOSE who have not tried shook- 

 -^ swarming do not realize what 

 they are losing, not only in satisfac- 

 tion and convenience, but dollars and 

 cents. If a man wishes to run out- 

 apiaries for comb honey, he m'ght as 

 well do without a good smoker as to 

 not practice shook-swarming. It en- 

 ables a bee-keeper to double and treble 

 his number of colonies, and increase 

 his income in proportion. 



FAILURE IS IN THE MAN INSTEAD OF 

 THE PLAN. 



Of course, some men have failed 

 with the plan, and probably some al- 

 ways will fail, but the trouble is in 

 the man, and not the plan. I know 

 from reading the experiences of others 

 that they do not do it at the right 

 Hnte, and in the right way. And there 

 is but little wonder at it; for the at- 

 tempt made by some to work it off 

 under some old name — some name that 

 has been used for years to designate 

 some particular or definite operation 

 about the hive — has led many to think 



it could be done at any time, or when- 

 ever most convenient to the operator. 

 This is a mistake; for there is but one 

 time when we can make what / call a 

 real "shook-swarm. " That time is 

 when we find the bees preparing to 

 swarm naturally; and by "preparing 

 to swarm," I do not mean simply 

 "hanging out" or anything of that 

 order. They must be feeding a royal 

 larva, or, as we usually call it, build- 

 ing queen cells, at a time when we 

 usually expect our bees to swarm; and 

 the nearer ready to swarm they are, the 

 better; as they are in all respects in 

 better condition to start operations in 

 a new home. The nearer ready to 

 swarm they are when we shake them 

 out, the nearer the natural order of 

 things has been followed, or complied 

 with, and the bees are left in practic- 

 ally a normal condition. Another 

 effect of waiting until they are pre- 

 paring to swarm, is that we have to 

 deal only with those that would 

 swarm, leaving the others alone ex- 

 cept to keep them well supplied with 

 boxes. With me the non-swarmers 



