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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 1. 



them into the factory to work, for there are but 

 few idle hands around Chino. 



The great land sale was conducted under a 

 large canvas pavilion, and every tning was 

 provided for the comfort of the visitors, even to 

 a bountiful free lunch, which some of our party 

 cleaved unto until the last morsel was gone. 

 At one side of the pavilion was a large map of 

 Chino, with the lots marked off and numbered. 

 A very fluent gentleman made the statement 

 that the profits upon an acre grown to beets 



was all the way from *(i8 toflH). The benefits 

 were, also, that the water was near the surface; 

 that the town was healthful — very; that M 

 babies had been born during the past month; 

 but some one corrected him. It was M in a 

 year. The idea that 34 were born in one month, 

 in that small town, was putting the health at 

 too high a rate, and would deter people from 

 buying, evidently; 34 babies, however, meant 

 that about three-fourths of a babe was born 

 every week. Just think of it! 



The venerable auctioneer commencd his 

 work, and ten-acre lots were rapidly struck off, 

 all the way from $134 to SO.t per acre. A couple 

 of men interested in the sale walked up and 

 down through the audience, shouiing. at the 

 same time that the auctioneer got in his •"will 

 you give me a five, five, five?" "This is the 

 bargain of your lifetime. This land is worth 

 $3()0. every dollar of it." 



"Will you raise it a five, five, five?" said ihe 

 auclioneer. "Profits." said the voice at the 

 same time, "over $100 an acre. A chance of 

 your life, gentlemen." And the auctioneer 

 went on with his "five, five, five." On the 

 whole, the scene was quite lively, with a result 

 of s.'lling*7(),0()0 worth of land. And think ye, 

 farmers of the East, who think your 100 acres 

 a small farm, here in this land ten acres is 

 <'nough in either fruits or beets. 



This large industry has been built up largi-ly 

 tlirough the fostcM'ing care that has been tlu'own 

 around it by the two-cent bounty upon sugar. 

 Slioiild this bounty and the tariff both be taken 

 off. this factory will be seriously crippled, and 

 others that wc^re going to be built soon here in 

 Southern Calif'orhia will probaljly 'I'^o ?''t a 

 .setback. 



And uiiile consiilcring the fl()nri>liiiig state 



of the sugar business, under the bounty. I was 

 forcibly reminded of the languishing condition 

 of the honey industry. When this bounty was 

 first proposed, the question was fully discussed 

 as to the advisability of getting honey included. 

 From my view, it would have been a good thing 

 to secure a bounty on comb honey, and secure 

 the production of that exclusively; and I begin 

 to think that Mr. Harbison was right in hold- 

 ing the view that the production of so much 

 extracted honey would prove a detriment to the 

 honey industry; but now it is not so much the 

 large production as it is the wholesale adultera- 

 tion of it with glucose. It is evident, that, if 

 the present conditions that menace extracted 

 honey continue, it will be necessary to sell it at 

 about two cents per pound, or near the price of 

 glucose. While we have been busy getting our 

 crop to market, we have heard but little about 

 adulteration; but there are now mutterings in 

 the air that may soon be heard, and that, too, I 

 hope, with a salutary effect. 



After the land sale, the visit to the factory, 

 and the free lunch, etc., the wives hunted up 

 their husbands, and, after a persistent effort, 

 we succeeded in starting upon our homeward 

 journey. That load of pie under the seat had 

 not been touched, and Mr. C. had barely left 

 the outskirts of the town before he wanted to 

 stop and consume it; but the wives gave orders 

 to proceed, which we did with evident reluc- 

 tance. When we arrived in the outskirts of 

 Ontario, however, five miles on our journey. 

 Mr. C. pulled up peremptorily under some Mon- 

 terey pines that lend a charm to Euclid Avenue; 

 and seeing that there was no further use to 

 expostulate, the wives also graciously descend- 

 ed from the wagons, aiid the pie-boxes were 

 investigated. Suffice it to say, there were some 

 terrible pie-dreams in the Clark mansion that 

 night in consequence; otiierwise the journey 

 was pleasant and enjoyable, and the sugar 

 industry gave us much to reflect upon for many 

 days. That our industry of bee-keeping can 

 not be conducted upon as large a scale is among 

 the regrets of the Rami!I,kk. 



SHALLOW FRAMES. 



now MK. NASII CAMK TO USK THKM, AM) WHV 



iiK im;kkki;s tiikm; moick akout tiiosk 



I'Klil'KNDlCUKAK CONK ESCAPES AND 



TllOSK YOUNG HKKS THAT AUK 



I.KFT UKIII.NK. 



In a footnote on p i-r ' ^"^3, the editor wishes to 

 know how the writer m magt's as regards the 

 iy(*i<»if/ b('es that would be left in the cases of 

 honey tiered up with cone escapes on top, stat- 

 ing that, in his expi-ricnce. it was for the most 

 p.irt young bees that remained in the cascis aft- 

 er the smoking and shaking of th(^ same, and 

 these would be lost on emerging from the cones 

 into the air. 



