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honey for the latter price, which I sin- 

 cerely hope they will get. I tell our 

 local dealers that before I sell for 4}-^ 

 cents, I shall sell on commission." 



A little later on Mr. M. wrote that the 

 honey mentioned above as being shipped 

 to Boston, netted consigners 5}4 cents 

 per pound. This was so satisfactory 

 that they determined to ship the remain- 

 der of their crop to the same place. 



I have not heard the total yield of 

 Rambler's apiary, but should think it 

 must be from 14 to 16 tons; perhaps it 

 may fall a ton short of the former figure. 

 To show the way his hives "gave 

 down " during his clearing-up week, I 

 will quote from a recent note I had from 

 him : 



"Last week, from Tuesday morning 

 until Saturday morning, I extracted 

 almost 6,000 pounds of honey." 



Mr. J. F. Mclntyre, of Fillmore, Ven- 

 tura county, was kept busy this season 

 throwing the honey from his combs with 

 a new 8-frame extractor, which was 

 driven with a Pelton water-wheel. This 

 extractor is one of his own design, and 

 works very satisfactorily. He obtained 

 22 tons of honey. Mr. Mclntyre feels 

 so well pleased over the result of the 

 yield of his apiary that he is contemplat- 

 ing a trip to the World's Fair. 

 . These results from the bee-hives of 

 this State, along with those previously 

 reported, show that the Golden State is 

 still entitled to rank as the great honey 

 State of America, though the World's 

 Fair Commissioners of the State did not 

 see fit to have so great a bee and honey 

 locality represented at the Columbian 

 Expostion. 



One pleasing feature about the indus- 

 try in California at this time, is the fact 

 that the bee-keepers are no longer al- 

 lowing themselves to be at the mercy of 

 honey commission-men, who fix the price 

 of honey at whatever figure they see fit 

 to offer. The business was almost on 

 the verge of ruin when the apiculturists 

 of the State undertook to correct mat- 

 ters themselves. This result was in a 

 measure brought about by the State 

 Bee-Keepers' Association. They can, 

 by still further standing together, get 

 even better prices. They have only to 

 force their way into other markets, get 

 lower railroad transportation, and they 

 will be on the high road to success. 



The opening up of new markets to the 

 honey of California does not mean the 

 crowding out of the fine honey of the 

 Eastern States. It will, to my mind, be 

 the means of getting the public better 

 acquainted with fine honey. This taste 



once established, the public will want 

 nothing but the best the market affords. 

 As California cannot supply the demand 

 for all the honey that may be drummed 

 up in this country, it is evident that the 

 apiarists of the East must come in for a 

 share of the patronage thus created. 



Why California honey should sell for 

 such a low figure, is something few per- 

 sons understand. Eastern honey brings 

 a better price, and as far as quality is 

 concerned it is safe to say that there is 

 little difference in the quality of the bet- 

 ter grades from the two sides of the 

 Rockies ; the flavor is somewhat differ- 

 ent, that is about all. Generally speak- 

 ing, the difference in price represents 

 the cost of freightage to Eastern points. 



Our own crop is now all in ; there is 

 yet a little more to extract. Though we 

 have obtained more than we did last 

 year, it has not come up to our expecta- 

 tions, by a good deal. As I have stated 

 heretofore, we have done well to sell 

 some of it off at a good price ; as the 

 market has weakened, and honey is too 

 low to think of being disposed of at the 

 figures now offered, we will keep the 

 balance until it goes up, as we did last 

 year. We are too near San Francisco to 

 let it go just for the sake of getting rid 

 of it. 



I am glad that the Eastern crop is 

 going to be a good one ; I hardly thought 

 it could be otherwise from the beautiful 

 appearance of the country, as it ap- 

 peared to me, as I passed along the rail- 

 road all through the East and in Canada. 



We are having great crops of every- 

 thing here, but the whole country has a 

 dry and parched appearance at this 

 writing (July 11th). The dry season is 

 upon us, and will continue until the 

 latter part of November, or even later. 

 By Christmas the hills and valleys will 

 again resume their emerald garments. 

 How different at that time from those 

 that will in all probability be seen all 

 through the East for nearly six months ! 



North Temescal, Calif. 



Why Do Some Suffer from Bee- 

 Stings and Others Not ? 



WritUn for tJie American Bee Jowmal 



BY EMM DEE. 



If there is one thing above another 

 that charms the humble writer hereof, 

 it is a breezy, off-hand, good-natured re- 

 ply like that of Dr. Hachenberg, of 

 Austin, Texas, on page 177. Brother 

 H. Infuses the result of heavy experi- 



