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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 15 



FIG. 2. — O. T. BUEKETT'S APIARY NEAR UVALDE. TEXAS. 



chard; but the trees shown, instead of being 

 fruit-trees, are the scraggly catclaw, mes- 

 quite, etc., which grow about so far apart 

 all over the country. Without thinking I 

 found myself wondering several times why 

 they didn't plant their trees in straighter 

 rows. Great bunches and clusters of mistle- , 

 toe are seen on nearly every tree. ■•■ 



We did not reach the ranch until after 

 dark, and so there was no chance to take 

 pictures. The next morning, however, we 



were out early. Fig. 4 is a view of the api- 

 ary at the ranch, showing the same growth 

 of trees and the level ground. The covers 

 shown in this picture are all home-made. 

 They contain a dead-air space, and are cov- 

 ered with tin. Mr. Edwards says that flat 

 covers will not do in that locality, as the sun 

 is too hot. In one year he had $500 worth 

 of comls honey melt down because it was in 

 hives provided with flat wooden covers. 

 To he continued. 



FIG. 4.— D. M. EDWARDS' APIARY AT HIS RANCH, TWELVE MILES FROM UVALDE. 



