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grove of Mr. A. Goddard, of Terracea, Fla., a fruit grower, who has 

 had an apiary of forty or more colonies in his grove for six years 

 past, and in that time has not had a single poor year, but his fruit 

 has invariably attracted the widest attention from all who have 

 seen it. Both the amount and the quality are above average, says 

 Mr. Clute. Our correspondent well raises the question, therefore, 

 "Who ought to pay rent, the beemen or the fruit grower?" He 

 asks this query, apropos of the article in Gleanings, page 795, by 

 Mr. Louis Scholl, on rent and toll of beemen for locations of bee 

 yards. More on this matter later, — E. G. B. 



Splendid Results from Pennyroyal 



A recent letter from our correspondent, Mr. E. M. Rennolds, 

 of Hansford, Fla., is extremely interesting, as showing the fine 

 winter range he has for building up his colonies. Here is what he 

 says: 



"I cut a bee tree October 3rd, hived the bees with only one- 

 half frame of the original comb, and filled out with foundation. 

 On January 30th, this hive swarmed, casting a fine swarm. How 

 is this for my winter range? Yesterday I extracted from three 

 colonies, and got 140 lbs. of pennyroyal honey, of fine body and 

 color. Weather is still "bum," but bees are breeding up rapidly 

 and if orange flow is good I expect to secure a fine crop of that 

 honey, as the bees will be in fine condition for it." (This makes us 

 wish we had some of that pennyroyal blooming about December, 

 friend Rennolds. Can't you "ship" us a few carloads, for our use? 

 Mighty fine to have a colony build up from a handful to a swarming 

 condition in four winter months.) E. G. B. 



We have just received our exhibit of hives, honey, bees and 

 wax back from the Sub-tropical Fair, held at Orlando, Fla., middle 

 of February. We exhibited bees under glass, allowing them to fly 

 through the wall, and much interest was aroused by the sight 

 of the busy workers under glass. Nothing will draw a crowd 

 quicker than to let people see bees under glass; but, take off the 

 glass, and how quickly most of them scamper ! We mean the crowd, 

 not the bees. By the w^ay, we "cabbaged" seven blue ribbons. — E. 

 G. B. 



Unusual Demand for Bees 



War seems to have only added impetus to the demand for 

 bees, in this part of Uncle Sam's domain ! No stagnation here, in 

 the ambition of beemen, if the demand for "more bees' is any criter- 



