1904 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



893 



therefore, worth while to combat erroneous 

 views, even at some expense. 



There are also other ways of letting the 

 public know the facts. There ought to be a 

 bee-keepers' exhibition every year in all 

 large cities, just as the poultry-keepers have 

 them. Why not? The commissions on the 

 sales of honey and wax at such an exhibi- 

 tion ought pretty nearly to pay all expenses. 



It is largely the fault of the bee-keepers 

 themselves that people believe all the yarns 

 usually told about the bee industry. We 

 have every thing to gain and little to lose by 

 taking the great generous American public 

 into our confidence. Let us toot our own 



that I should like to tell you how much we 

 appreciate your efforts along the line of se- 

 curing a more general use of that most 

 healthful food, honey, and the securing of a 

 better life through your Home talks. 



Your June 1st issue has articles on several 

 lines of thought which all lead up to one 

 goal which might be summed up as pure 

 food, pure bodies, pure lives. My desire to 

 help humanity to reach this goal gives me 

 courage to send you this picture with this 

 explanation. This is a group of the families 

 of O. J. and J. B. Ames, taken in the after- 

 noon of Dec. 24, 1902, showing an orange- 

 tree bearing its golden fruit and gifts for 



A GROUP OF BIG AND LITTLE HONEY-EATERS; FAMILIES OF O. J. AND J. B. AMES. 



horn in the future, for it seems it would be 

 an idle waste of time to write all the papers 

 that print " the comb-honey yarn" — Sunday 

 papers particularly, as nearly all the matter 

 they print belongs to the realm of romance. 



HONEY AS A FOOD FOR CHILDREN. 



The Region of Oakdale, Central California, as 

 a Bee Country. 



BY MRS. J. B. AMES. 



Having been a reader of Gleanings for 

 many years I have felt from time to time 



the holiday season, making a Christmas-tree 

 in keeping with our genial sunny clime, 

 where the children gather wild flowers in 

 midwinter. 



Tell Dr. Emma Walker to look just be- 

 yond the fence in the picture, and she will 

 see boxes or hives in which bees store hon- 

 ey, which these children consume in unstint- 

 ed quantities, with plenty of milk and other 

 wholesome food. 



Our oldest daughter. Alma Union Ames, 

 who holds the bicycle, is not yet 12; while 

 our baby boy, Wright, is one year old, and 

 but once in the lives of these six children has 

 it been necessary to call a doctor for any of 



