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is given for 50 cents; American Bee Journal, 50 cents; Bee-keepers' Re- 

 mew, 75 cents, and American Bee-keeper for 25 cents a year, ii ordered 

 through the secretary, with the annual dues to the association. ' 



The officers are elected annually, and at present consist of W. O. 

 Victor, of Hondo, President; D. C. Milam, Uvalde, Vice-president, and 

 the writer has been for ten years Secretary and Treasurer. 



Louis H. Scholl. 



BEE-KEEPING IN OKLAHOMA. 



Mendon, Okla. 



Bee-keeping is certainly not crowded in this part of the new State, 

 although from the name of our new county, Alfalfa, one would naturally 

 think it would be a favorable place; and there are many acres of alfalfa 

 grown in this country, though not much in this exact location, the sand hills. 



Alfalfa and cow-peas are the chief sources of honey, though there 

 are black-locust trees, some sumac, and various wild flowers. There is 

 a yellow flower that grows thickly about pasture lands, and blooms in 

 August and September. It has a sweet odor, and is surrounded all day 

 by bees and other nectar-loving insects. It is called broom-weed here be- 

 cause of its umbilical top, I suppose. 



I had a season of reverses, so I haven't much to report. However, 

 one swarm that came off the i8th of July stored 122 lbs. of honey, although 

 I fed, some late in the fall to induce them to draw out foundation and seal 

 stores, part of which I used for a weak colony that had had foul brood, 

 and had been shaken into a new hive and requeened too late to store 

 sufficient for winter. 



There are a few other bee-keepers in this vicinity, of whom W. B. 

 Uptegrove, near Byron, is probably the most extensive. Mr. Uptegrove 

 is located in the edge of the alfalfa belt, and has sixty acres on his own 

 farm, also sixty acres of black-locust trees. He cultivates hoarhound as 

 a honey-plant too, and I am told that he is a generous feeder with granu- 

 lated sugar when the honey-flow is short. 



He has been retailing honey at 20 cents a pound, as prices are good 

 any way. 



The Angle brothers also keep bees. John Angle, near Mendon, was 

 reported to have had a good yield last year, but I did not learn the amount. 

 His brother who keeps bees is located near Byron. I have not much in- 

 formation' regarding the extent of his bee-keeping. 



With the increasing amount of alfalfa and cow-peas, I think our bee 

 pasturage is sure to improve. There is a long season with cowpeas, as 

 they begin blooming in June and continue till frozen in the fall. Fruit- 

 bloom comes in March, and is soon followed by dandelion and various 

 wild flowers. 



Mary L. Hawley, 



