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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



January, 1921 



j)l;iiit system from year to year. SpeciaHzing 

 is essential to the highest success. Very few 

 men succeed in practicing law and medicine 

 at the same time. I would not know how to 

 manage without a fairly well-equipped of- 

 fice. Others may be able to keep in mind a 

 picture of conditions at all their yards, and 

 carry their plans in their heads, but where 



so much has to be crowded into a few 

 months it is risky. Then we have a variety 

 of locations, and always changeable seasons. 

 With plans well-charted and work well up, 

 we are ready for emergencies. Otherwise 

 one is liable to see what should have been 

 done after it is too late. 

 Georgetown, Ont. 



BEEKEEPING IN THE SOUTH 



Elton IVarner, the Bee-king oj 

 Se-veral States and of ''Porto Rico 



located; but his 

 boo operations are 

 scattered thru 

 North Carolina, 



South Carolina, and I'orto Ivico. You would 

 take him to be a college professor or a man- 

 ager of a, steel plant. Modest to a fault, ho 

 has a polished mannerism that is delightful, 

 lie is also something of a student of human 



By E. R. Root 



Fig. 1. — Mr. Elton Warner. 



nature, as lie apparently knows how to 

 handle his heljjers and get the most out of 

 them. Besides being one of the most exten- 

 sive beekeepers in the world, he is a real 

 all-around genius. 



Fig. 2. — Elton Warner and his beeyard force; pic- 

 ture taken near Mullins, N. C. From left to right, 

 they are: S. W. Savage, Mr. Warner, J. P. Rodri- 

 quez, and N. E. Ladd. 



I had the pleasure of spending several 

 days witli him in two different States, look- 

 ing over liis bees; and when I came to ask 

 him why be happened to Jocgte in so many 



different places 

 a long the 

 swamps he pull- 

 ed out some 

 elaborate-s o i 1- 

 maps which he 

 had studied 

 very carefully. 

 These are maps 

 that almost 

 any one can obtain from the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture of e.'ich of the various 

 States. After having studied the soil con- 

 ditions ho afteiward made personal visits 

 to inspect the honey flora of the locality. 



Fig. 3. — The big fellow is the Ladd that can pick 

 up 13-frame hives full of bees as easy as pie. 



Having selected his location, he next buys 

 bees in box hives and then transfers them. 

 He now has some very beautiful up-to-date 



Fig. 4. — One of the box-hive apiaries that Elton 

 Warner bought and transferred. 



yards, located near the swamps where 

 abound the tupelo and the gum trees and on 

 the uplands the gallberry. 



While Mr. Warner has his headquarters 



