1900 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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THE COLORADO ALFALFA-FIELDS. 



The picture in the upper right-hand corner 

 shows my biother Herman standing in an al- 

 falfa field holding up some of the alfalfa which 

 had lodged badly, to show how tall it is. The 

 average height was 4 ft. 9 in. The stalk which 

 I sent you some time ago measured 6 ft. 2 in., 

 and also came from this field. 



The second picture shows a large field of al- 

 falfa in full bloom. Both of these exposures 

 were made near Denver. The lower picture 

 represents our Mount Carbon apiary, of which 

 Mr. F. L. Thompson has charge at present. 



The same contains a little over 140 colonies at 

 present. Frank Rauchfcss. 



Denver, Colo., Aug. 27. 



[I received a set of photos from Mr. Rauch- 

 fuss, and, being pleased with them, I had 

 them engraved. Then I asked him to write a 

 story to fit ; but as Mr. R. is manager of the 

 Colorado Honey - producers' Association, an 

 association that sells something like 20 or 25 

 carloads a season, he did not have time to tell 

 us a long story, so he sent one short and 

 sweet. — Ed.] 



