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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 15. 



T. to be a Mormon. He has no more horns on 

 his head than a shouting Methodist or a spout- 

 ing Baptist. Being one of that kind who think 

 for themselves, we can take him by the hand 

 and call him brother, and wish him success in 

 this life and a happy hereafter. 



The white streaks across the pic- 

 ture, which look like irrigating- 

 ditches, is naught but a fence of poles. 

 used much in Utah. For the photo, 

 and points in description, I am indebt- 

 ed to Mr. John C. Swaner. of Salt 

 Lake, the secretary of the Utah Bee- 

 keepers' Association. 



The next half-tone is from a snap 

 shot with the Hawkeye on the banks 

 of the Sespe River, at the entrance of 

 the Big Sespe Canyon. This rough 

 and rugged road crosses the river 

 and leads to a stone-quarry near 

 those oil-wells described by the ed- 

 itor of Gleanings. Immense stones 

 for building purposes are quarried in 

 great quantities in this canyon. This 

 was one of the immense stones that 

 required an immen.se wagon and the 

 hauling power of twelve horses. The 

 stone, however, was too much for the 

 wagon. One of the wheels gave out 

 under the crushing weight. All of 

 this heavy teaming passes Mr. Mcln- 

 tyre's apiary of .500 swarms, with but 

 little trouble to the horses or men, and this 

 shows how well trained the bees are, and 

 there's " no harm done." 



The apiary is near the entrance of two can- 

 yons—the Big and Little Sespe; and, having 

 exclusive right to all above him. he can keep a 

 large number of colonies in one place. By "" ex- 

 clusive right." 1 mean that then ihei'e is no 

 availalh' place for an ai)iary Ik yond him, and, 

 both Ciin\'oiis being cm u\> inio side canyons, 

 like tiie Hagadorn. de.^rrihed in Ramble Ko. .58. 

 gives a lai'ge field. Both of the Sespe Can\ons 

 are noted for rough and rocky scenery, and 

 many places in them are inaccessible. 



when the Rambler started out alone on an 

 exploring tour, Mrs. Mclntyre gave due caution 

 about getting lost among the I'ocks. I secretly 

 thought that was peculiar advice to give a fel- 

 low who had apparently grown beyond the care 

 of apron-strings. But I learned that experi- 

 enced old prospectors had lost their lives in 

 these mountain fastnesses. There are many 

 places that look very inviting for a short cut; 

 and the traveler, upon getting down a steep 

 precipice, finds himself in a trap. He can go 

 no further and can not return, and either 

 starves or (in his mad endeaver to escape) falls 

 from a height he can not scal(\ and is dashed a 

 lifeless form on the rocks below. I was there- 

 fore thankful for the caution; and that I am 

 still in the land of the living is proof that I 

 heeded what was so kindly told me. 



SHOKT STRAW'S. 



A manzanita stick with a broad flat end, 

 dipijed in lard, is a good thing on a bachelor's 

 pancake griddle. 



Don't try to make a postage-stamp stick by 

 moistening it with your mouth full of dough- 

 nut. 



Mocking-birds are a smileful orchestra to 

 listen to; but the smiles are di'awn in when, 

 every time they finish a warble, you see them 

 catch a honey-bee. 



Picture-sque. That's so; thank you. I was 

 admiring the picture part, and didn't mind the 

 " sque." Bro. R., did you lose the effect of the 

 " sque " in the Sespe? 



An outward application of rattlesnake oil is 

 good to limber up the muscles— .so they say. A 



rattlesnake's head coming toward you has the 

 same effect, but a mighty sight quicker — I 

 know. 



Tell that man up in Minnesota, with a 20u-lb. 

 bunt sheep, to keep his off eye open; there's a 



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ILI-INOIS AND CAI.IFOKNIA STKAW.S. 



20()-ton cyclone coming. He'll be landed in 

 Lake Superior. 



Ui'. Tinker, give us your hand; glad you 

 didn't get angry over that little attachment 

 between yourself ana Bio. Heddon; hope the 

 attachment will be mutual, and strengthen 

 between front and rear. 



Anoiiier case of foul brood that stinketh unto 

 heaven I Where, oh where? W^hyl among 

 McAllister's 4(X). 



Do yctu know. Bro. Root, that, every time I 

 read Prof. Cook's articles, it seems that he is 

 standing before me, and talking just as pleas- 

 antly as when at the Los Angeles convention? 



Rambler. 



[Friend Rambler, I think you have made 

 some excellent points along on that side-track 

 business, but we want to go gently. I have 

 thought sometimes that a nuin might be side- 

 tracked all his life by a little injudicious 

 rulHing of his feathers the wrong way. when 

 perhaps kindness and charity might induce 

 him to move on with the rest of us. I have felt 

 especially sad to see .some very good men at- 

 tend a convention and utterly refuse to put 

 down their names or give a copper to pay the 

 necessary expenses. But we want to go gently 

 here. Sometimes the managers of the conven- 

 tion, or the people themselves, make a poor use 

 of the funds after they have been collected. 

 And, again, bee-keepers sometimes find it con- 

 venient to attend a convention when they have 

 absolutely not half a dollar in their pocket to 

 contribute. I think in that case 1 would bor- 

 row just that much; but may be they have 

 good reasons for not wanting to borrow. 



Your picture of the entrance of the Big Sespe 

 Canyon is a grand one. When Mrs. Root and 

 I took in these startling views with friend 

 Mclntyre, we thought it was too bad the read- 

 ers could not be tliere to see it with us. But in 

 your good picture you have got it almost to a 

 dot; and it is through just such fearful places as 

 these that bee-keeper.s and their horses go with 

 such provoking indifference, as though it were 

 the most natural thing in the world to be 

 tipped and jolted until your very teeth (natural 

 as well as artificial) seem ready to drop out. 



I heartily agree with you in the point you 



