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GLEAJJINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



liere would make them welcome. I shipped 

 tlie first car of honey that was ever sent 

 from Payette Valley, 12 years ago, to 

 Spokane, Wash. Now we ship from 10 to 



17 cars of comb and extracted honey per 

 year. Our average is from $2.00 to $6.00 

 i:er colony, spring count. 

 Payette, Idaho. 



THE ACT OF AN OUTLAW ; HOW BEES MAY BE A NUISANCE 



BY THE OUTLAW 



Cuidinued from the March 15th issue, paOe 222. 



With apologies to the Bard of Avon— 

 the question was, to do or not to do; would 

 it be better for the soul to submit to the 

 humiliations and indignities of an outrag- 

 eous city ordinance, or take up arms against 

 such adverse legislation and attempt to 

 overthrow it? or, as an alternative to both 

 the foregoing lines of procedure, to con- 

 tinue to violate surreptitiously the orders 

 and mandates of the city Solons — in effect, 

 avoid all issues and follow the example of 

 tlie natives of Kentucky and produce moon- 

 shine honey. Well, the Kentucky method 

 was decided upon; and the result was that 

 one bright morning the bees found them- 

 selves in a secluded niche on the roof, and 

 there they are to-day. 



To those who are unacquainted with 

 conditions where there are ordinances pro- 

 hibiting the keeping of bees within certain 

 jurisdictions, it might be well to state that 

 in certain parts of the country it is custom- 

 ary to find that there is a city ordinance 



proliibiting the keeping of bees within the 

 limits of the town or city. Especially is 

 this true of California cities. The reason 

 for such ordinances, and there is a reason 

 and a valid one, is the fruit industry. 

 While the bees are very necessary to the 

 l)ollination of fruit, they are also capable of 

 making themselves considerable of a nui- 

 sance during the packing and drying of the 

 fruit. To illustrate the manner in which 

 bees are a nuisance, I will tell a story as it 

 was told to me by an extensive pi'oducer 

 of honey. He lives in a small town in the 

 San Gnorgonio Pass. The town is situated 

 in the center of several thousand acres of 

 fruit, consisting of prunes, pears, peaches. 

 ajDricots, etc. The surrounding desert and 

 mountains are his bee territor^^ The pas- 

 turage consists of sage, catclaw", alfllaree, 

 and what is commonly known as wild buck- 

 wheat. His story is as follows : 



'' It was in the 90's, the time we had the 

 three bad years. The third season T was in 



nie Outlaw's bees permaueutly established in a niche of the roof. 



