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leads to my apiary, and runs through it, as 

 the bees are located near the center. There 

 is practically little but white sage as far as 

 one can see. Fig. 5 shows a closer view of 

 the white sage. The time of bloom is usu- 

 ally before the black variety is gone, or 

 about the 20th of May; but this blossoming 

 period \aries somewhat more than the black, 

 and it lasts from six to eight weeks. White 

 sage is not a heavy yielder as a rule, but in 

 occasional seasons it yields abundantly. 



The wild alfalfa, as shown in Fig. (i, is our 

 greatest enemy of water-white honey. It 

 blossoms during the black-sage season, and 

 often on cool cloudy days attracts a heavy 

 llight of bees from the sage, as the latter 

 does not yield so well in such weather, 

 while the wild alfalfa is then at its best. 

 The honey is amber in color, and therefore 

 darkens the sage honey rapidly. 



The tallest si)rigs in front in Fig. G are the 

 wild buckwheat, one of our greatest (if not 

 the greatest) i)roducers of late amber honey. 



Kedlands, Cal. 



A HOME-MADE WHEELBARROW FOR USE IN 

 THE APIARY. 



How to Make One for Seventy-five Cents. 



BY E. M. GIBSON. 



Those who contemplate starting, or those 

 who are already in the bee business, who 

 carrj/ honey to the extracting-rooms, may 



get some information by reading this article 

 and studying the accompanying photo. I 

 will begin with the wheelbarrow, and try to 

 tell how to make one like it. 1 will admit 

 that it is not a thing of beauty, but it is 

 surely a joy to work with in com])arison 

 with other methods I have seen used, espe- 

 cially in instances where the hives stand on 

 benches. 



The wheelbarrow here shown has stood 

 the "racketing" for fifteen years, and is as 

 good as when I made it. It has been housed 

 when not in use, as are all my other tools 

 and unused hives. I find it very conven- 

 ient to have two at each apiary, as we quite 

 frequently need one when one is in use. In 

 a heavy flow of honey it is sometimes nec- 

 essary for two persons to take off honey, 

 and these barrows are so cheaj) and easily 

 made that one can not afford to be without 

 one or more. The one here shown cost me 

 75 cents, and the others about the same 

 amount. A turner charged '25 cents for turn- 

 ing the handles — the wheel, 25 cents, and the 

 blacksmith charged 25 cents for the wheel- 

 fastenings. The lumber required to make 

 one is so short that enough could l)e i)icked 

 up around almost any i)lace; and if one had 

 to buy it, it would cost but a trille. Two or 

 three hours' labor is all that is needed after 

 the material is at hand. 



Nail two three-inch strips to the under 

 side of the handles to hold them the proper 

 distance apart, one near the wheel and the 

 other near the legs. Saw a board 8 feet (! 



Fig. 2.— The l^utton .sage passing out of bloom. The smaU blossouis on the outer edges of the buttons 

 show that the season is nearly over. The buttons begin to appear next each stock which they surround, 

 then they expand, finishing near the outer edges. 



