286 THE BEEKEEPERS' REVIEW 



A Late Season 



The cold May and forepart of June held the clover back, so 

 haying was two weeks later than normal, and even at this late date, 

 July 21st, is still producing some honey. After all, we will secure 

 some more than a half crop. Bees have done well any days during 

 the clover flow when the weather would permit their working. 



JOHN LEFLER, Menton, Calif. 



The record of 16i/> lbs. in one day from one colony, that I re- 

 ferred to some time ago, was made in April, 1909 by a hive in my 

 Live Oak apiary. That same hive made 140 lbs. of orange honey 

 for that season, but the average for the yard was much less, about 

 one-half that in fact. The hive which made the 24 lbs. record was 

 in another apiary much closer to the oranges. My apiary is about 

 one and one-half miles from them. I have not made a practice of 

 keeping hives upon scales since then, but expect to try it again next 

 season, many of my colonies this season gave me 3 full 10 frame 

 supers and a few gave 4 of orange honey, but the average was about 

 2 supers. 



Now about our different soils. The Mentone Crafton Redlands, 

 Redlands Junction and Brawn Mawr Loina Linda orange district, 

 commonly called the Redlands district, because Redlands is the 

 geographical center and principal town and shipping point, occupy 

 the southeast corner and part of south side of the Sante Anna val- 

 ley, which runs from Mt. San Bernardino in a southwest by westerly 

 direction for about twenty miles and is here at Redlands about eight 

 miles wide, the Sante Anna river runs westerly about through the 

 center of the valley. This end of the valley is bounded on the south 

 by a range of low hills with an easy slope northward to the river and 

 from Crafton to Loina Linda about eight m.iles and from the top of 

 the hills to the river it is set practically solid to oranges. The soil 

 back from the river is sandy and gravelly while that of the 

 hills is a heavy red clay. In normal seasons the trees next 

 to the river will begin blooming first, commonly the latter part 

 of March, followed by the trees upon heavier soil. By 

 the middle of April the navels are in full bloom and the honey 

 flow from the oranges is at its height. The navels are followed by 

 the valencias and seedling with the Meditterranean Sweets bringing 

 up the rear. These blooms of course all over-lap. The length of 

 blooming time is governed somewhat by the weather in March, if 

 the month is cool and rainy the buds will develop more slowly and 



