Ol'TOBKR, 1917 



G 1^ E A X I N G S IN BEE C U L T U R E 



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E reeently 

 had the 



THE DIXIE BEE 



p 1 easure 

 of a visit from 

 Mr. Kennith Hawkins, when lie passed thru 

 here on his way to Washington from the 

 southwest. Mr. Hawkins is doing exten- 

 sion work thruout the entire South, and 

 has visited practically every southern state 

 this summer, from North Carolina to Texas, 

 giving instructive talks and demonstrations. 

 He had many interesting experiences to re- 

 late. 



Grace Allen, Nashville, Tenn 



Bruce Anderson, county agent for Forsyth Coun- 

 ty, has had very good success wintering in hives 

 wrapped in paper. 



Of course I made him talk wintering. 

 He portrayed in glowing terms the strength 

 and vigor of those colonies in Washington, 

 when they came out of their packing-cases 

 this spring. Plenty of early brood made 

 them ready for the first early flows, where- 

 as bees in that vicinity are usually unpre- 

 pared to take advantage of them. I asked 

 where that line was, that famous but elu- 

 sive line dividing profitable winter packing 

 from unprofitable. He said if I had to 

 have a line, he believed it lay between that 

 part of the country that had freezing weath- 



er a n d t h a t 

 w h i c h didn't, 

 which classified 

 me promptly. 

 I have regretted not being able to secure 

 a more recent interview with Mr. C. E. 

 Bartholomew, or a letter, for my article on 

 wintering p. 753; but as he has been quite 

 ill for some time, this has been impossible. 

 We are all very sorry about this illness. 

 He started into his work with much enthu- 

 siasm and earnestness. He certainly has 

 all our best wishes for a speedy recovery. 



The honey crop in middle Tennessee turn- 

 ed out to be even smaller than we estimated 

 in the summer it would be. At that time 

 we hoped for about a third of a normal 

 crop. But there are many who got no 

 surplus at all and some who will have to 

 feed; and those who did take off a crop 

 averaged probably less than 25 pounds. 

 Local extracted is retailing at 20 ets. a 

 pound in five and ten pound buckets, most 

 producers around here retailing their own 

 small crops. 



John M. and Ben. G. Davis, the genial hosts of tlie 

 Tennessee field meeting at Spring Hill. 



Mountain apiary of a Dixie beekeeper, Mrs. 

 Arnold Hunerwadel, Beersheba, Tenn. See page 

 702, September. 



Things I Love 



Hilltops wild and woodsy, 



Cliffs, and shining seas, 

 Tho better still I think I love 



Flashing wings of bees. 



Sound of running waters. 



Wind among the trees, 

 Altho I think I love still more 



Murmuring of bees. 



Mystery and wonder. 



Dreaming at my ease, 

 And, oh the mystery and dream 



That haunt a hive of bees! 



Lines of singing magic 



(Lyric verses, please), 

 Yet who can say which I love more- 



Poetrv or bees? 



