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iJLKAMNCiS IN IJEE CULTURE. 



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tlio Ix'c-woi'ki, iiiui tlic li'siinumv of iliousaiuis 

 not so lirilliaiit. will advocate hlaok bci-s and 

 box hives. That man is perhaps lioiiest, l)ul he 

 is side-traoUed. and seents incaimble of geltinR 

 on to tlie main line where th(> progressive 

 movement is. 



1 Tlie l)ee-l<eej)er who uses little stingy starters 

 of fotindation in his brood-frames and sections. 

 and claims tluit he can get just as much honey 

 as tlie one using full sheets, is also standing on 

 the side track. 



The bee-keeper who will go to a convention, 

 smile, and shake hands all around, learn all he 

 can and not bt-come a member of the t)rganiza- 

 lion. and ln-lp with the usiuvl fee. is not only on 

 the side track, but is on the dirt-train (excep- 

 tions, visitors from another association). On 

 the same train is the man who gets all he can 

 out of a bee-paper, then refuses to pay for it. 



rails were incorporated to the ties with Illinois 

 spikes. Toot: toot! all aboard! For the 

 land's sake, let us kee() on the main line. 



Well, therel 1 won't say another word about 

 side tracks. (Piily to explain that several illus- 

 trations from tiu' llawkeye got side-tracked in 

 the Home ot\;tlie Honey-bees, and this Kamble 

 of stray straws is to get them switched on to 

 the main line again. Nothing about Rambles 

 or (Jlkanixos stands on the sidetrack. The 

 word is " progress." 



Thelargr' picture gives you a view of an 

 apiary in the Salt ]>ake Valley, I'tah. and is 

 the property of A. H. Thomas, of Springlake. 

 The village where Mr. T. resides takes its name 

 from a very pretty and picturesque lake near it. 

 Mr. Thomas and his son are the parties in the 

 apiary. The owner looks a little surprised, for 

 the photo was taken soon after the- apiary had 



<i.N TIIK 15ANKS OF TIIK SESI'K— MOW THEY HAUL STONES ynuM THE t^L'AKKV. 



Some veteran bee-keepers are strongly inclin- 

 ed to pitch into their brethren with a pen dip- 

 ped in the gall of bitterness, because of a little 

 difference of opinion. Their train was side- 

 tracked in the seventies. Let's keep them 

 there. 



Those far-western bee-keepers who put up 

 their honey in bad-smelling second-hand kero- 

 sene cans are not only side-tracked, but they 

 are trying to side-track all on the main line. 



Those fellows using glucose are the ones not 

 exactly side-tracked, but they are tampering 

 with the switch. Look out. therel skedaddle! 

 there's going to be a collision! 



But the queerest case of this kind is where a 

 whole train-load of bee-keepers in' Canada were 

 side-tracked, because one or two inquisitive 

 men examined the road and found that the 



been moved to its present location, and he was 

 hardly ready for having pictures taken. Upon 

 that point he was very much like all other bee- 

 keei^ers — not quite slicked up enough. The 

 apiary is worked for extracted honey, and the 

 yield last season was about 100 lbs. per colony. 

 The crop is mainly from sweet clover, and al- 

 falfa, which grows in great abundance. It 

 seems that L'tah has not outgrown the use of 

 quilts on the hives, and Mr. T. believes in using 

 a generous amount, as will be seen. The apiary 

 is nicely located in a fruit-orchard. 



Salt r^ake Valley is noted for the variety and 

 fine quality of its fruits, and bees get a vigorous 

 start from that source. Mr. T. has not been in 

 the business long, but bids fair to become one of 

 the leading honey-producers in the valley. In 

 looking at the photo you wouldn't suspect Mr. 



