SKMT- TROPIC CA LTFORNlA. 
212 
WILL BEE KEEPING PAY? 
ApifttUnrt. j KMm , T 
jin * previous communication t»i , 
THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 00K j t|le p^miunry stops lo be tsk 
REOTEB. 1 halting an apiary in Southern * 
‘ ii xt rpesk of the him to OB m 
two years or more. During thn prerent 
! season I lost by melting enough combs to 
spoken have paid me well for whitewashing every 
min of i hive in my upinry, my lose being confined 
csUih-1 entirely lo unpainted hives which have 
Southern California "c j become quite dark by exposure to the 
\ weather and which consequently ab 
The 
lion of the 
! - 
lire ./..urtinl, pnbh 
very slight 
” | oho that there is 
n ) lie profitably 
eaiigalio" will convince any great amount of limit, 
is but one kind of hive which !l 
edingly useful t- 
fclillgly slimier 
ml study it Iim* entailed iipfnt the 
make 
homing | c , 
, ri. .1. and | in „ V( .frame hivn in comm, 
world do- (iur j*fusriwL«*, and claimed to h 
nllurt* j {j,* l.angstruth patent. It i» 
ptin*tructi'*n ** it i» possible 
hive, and in fai l I regard it ns perfection 
Hi. |f an far as general utility is concerned, 
ns well ms in i h-c of coiUitruction nmt cost 
of material required lo make It Kacli 
,im * .•run ole to hive is composed uf two boxca of 
eqiiently absorb a 
The lumber for the 
Jy of the hive should be tipped bo 
d here, and 'hat is the allow a half Jticli between tho bottom board 
* tmiipy. I 
udlM- 
rtptal dimeiifci 
being used in 
being 
muting i and the boutini or lower sides of your 
believe, comb franus, in order ibat the hors may 
'intple in have plenty of room to pass back and 
forth. And in addition lo tins you should 
allow fully J inch for shrinkage in the lum¬ 
ber. If these thing* bl not provided for 
your Frames will soon rest on the bottom of 
your hives, and I hits should never be the 
' ease. As for the use of comb foundation 
placed 
i in* other, 
either hi 
i occasion tn#r 
bill nr 
editor, the amount uf brain work 
upon such a table, etc. 
Now this table may be nil dm 
the American l$eo .lournnl f ain 
other Stales and Territories, i, 
t'aiunbi, hut when the editor put* 
her of colonies of bid at »«() fur 
State of California far the fall uf li*8l 
begin to wonder «vhr c and how the erica | new hue is not of theeaiiie general appi 
labor ami study, mid the expenditure of j anco „» the 
brain work, comes to pl.iv any part as | not enter it. Till* uf eouow muse* mote 
*' valuable or interesting. lo t u* get utiles* hiss and vexation, and might in ®..| 
f«, t>, and then compare * lo rn with the j instances onus* the bee man to fracture 
ous. The same sized fraiiirs ' apiarists, d re dividttd iti opinion, 
each liov, they will atlrnii of h|y always will be. I h 
'id i not think i 
| advise i 
I proba- 
t and do 
use is profitable, and would 
experimenting with it to 
pure, which will often become necessary 1 '-go slow,” lost they g''t more money in 
lilt; suci’esafnl management of an apiary.! iiinn they can get out of it. 1 am well 
editor of ... ... ... 
- o i* ini All the hives in an apiary should be alike I 
well as | and of the same color, whether painted nr J 
tin* tititii ] uupninti'd. fur it will frequently become i 
whole | necessary, especially in dividing, tut remove | 
i- and substitute 
f the 
worked 
state 
editor's table. 
On the first Monday of March, lt?81,tbe 
Assessor of Lo* Angela* county, California, 
reported lfi,lil3 colonic 
county, and valued the 
their owners are paying i 
bet of colonies. At, ih 
Assessor found 5?5,Q(.tii p 
hand, and the owners of 
enoe of It},0i*3 column 
the titbit mid the Lor 
Assessor’s figure*. Thu 
duct of California, m-ci 
is 30.1 fid pounds, make 
poi 
As..-* 
mi the 
of bit 
in the 
n at *;! 
mul 
axe? on thxt nuin 
no the 
mud* of ti 
atwy on 
t nre payii 
g taxes 
making 
differ 
id bees I 
m ween 
Angelos 
.duty 
total lion 
v pro 
•ling to il 
c tuhl ,, 
g a ddlVr 
•tice of 
Veen our 
'.oiiuty 
calculate 
nt, If 
•h men 
Hsrbi 
korpmg, 
that 
ria, Flint, lisle. and oilier* who 
bean in tin* business of ben 
reside nts of Col||' tl rnitt, und 
the person* named owning more 
le '•>. nud producing inure liotimy 
-■liii-d io the whole State, and 
id 'hem have »topped fiooey by 
1 Caltfornin l:. <1,1. no,''. llL. 
some of the c 
a ware that its advocates tell of some mar¬ 
vel. mi? things which their bees have accom¬ 
plished working on comb foundation. I 
, van do the same, but 1 can tell uf equally 
*nd if the | marvelous things which my bees did with- 
rnlajipear- „ut p.uchiiig the comb foundation, winch I 
removed the bees often will placed in the hive, dius giving them a 
1 ~ ' chance to manifest tlieir preference. Some 
comb Foundation man mny take exception 
I to ibis mill say my bees do not understand 
'*>•>' ] rlieir business. IT he thinks so let him 
vi.-it my apiary without his musk. In Fact 
I have found the Italian bee to be very 
“elutrp,” especially so at, one end, and J 
find that on unceremonious occasion* he 
generally introduces himself sharp end 
foremost. 
I would not, however, give much for a 
'• which will not sting. My hardest 
est worker*, and with my' 
protect my fare, mid with my 
“patent" smoker made of mi old coffee pot, 
I can laugh at tlu-ir indignation. Let us 
j'Y to imifrtfc them in perseverance and 
industry, and when we me rubhefl half as 
"ben as tln-v we will he twice as indignant. 
.1. F. S. 
maudmenta. 
ttniiee tlie color but also the hra 
for when then hiv.* has been removed dur¬ 
ing their absence find replaced by anOthci 
they will invariably rail at tint front door, 
but if tliu color oi tlieir house Is changed 
■hey seem to regard them»ulvc« « v I"*', mul 
will gent*rally try to enter Mirim other hivi 
and are sometime* killed, though if ilm, 
come loaded with honey they are crcnairallv I . 
.-'I' -"I..-.. .rk." if Jy «*»,' JX’T '”' V J 
jo.t ... ..... hllowto,,, „ n-J.ci wlttn h, ' *“ pMM 
applies for admission to the family circle, 
bringing with loin plenty of mnriei to add 
to tlm general store. I think the must 
economical material b.r ibe body of th. 
hive, and also for bottom board*, is inch 
rough redwood, the body of the Invi* lo be 
well white, wa.hrd For covers use best I 
dwuod, will BeftsonaiJ, the rung I | 
L ids 
publishei 
"chulk ntl 
I Wi old m 
wbite re flee 
it, as dark «. 
side to he dressed mid b 
painted with Av«nll patent paint, which is|l,. 
very much better if. tin* climate than lead [ ,• " 
and oil, n* it dries gl*s*y | llir ,| H nd will mil j 
whun expired p, thu weather. Blr< 
e no cdiir r\rep(. white, a,. | ■belli i 
* tlm Imat instead of atwrhiiig Uumrnc 
ul"t * will do. My white washing I our bm 
'*" M»e nr pamtiug white you will usanpo Ion. f, v |dming 
in*, il it i the nit'll mgr snd dropping id enml.i in vviy |tbi* 
f .r that warm weather. I would not favor pa.. I 
ice and ; Mm body of the hive because llial would 
ml tear, | ucc.etsitato tlm uv of aurfaced lumber 
lie sage | which is rather expensive, and I believe u 
ol the | hive made of rough lumber and well whitm 
I inter washed i» just a, good and v.-rv mud, 
e honey ctmaper. Whin;wash, us »ivcrv ona known 
I cost* l oiiipmnmely nothiog,' and 
i sox. i rapidly applied, and if well put will kst 
Tiik hoc nutionk, although not ao bright 
llj as it- might be, owing lu the light, erop of 
produced this year, hu» fair promises 
future, 
rig, and tie 
good 
OalonieN gnicrully nre 
spring will probably find 
mdttiim for a ptolilable 
Fxpviience is tem hing 
to its*ml their cololiies 
", und bover f.iilun * oeeur 
ow than formerly. 
Tue Los Angeles Luniity Meekeeper*' 
i A-sucialioii will meet at the office of . N. 
i Wilson, No. .' Fort street, on the third 
,.Saturday of December, ldh|, m I o'clock e. 
Ibisiners of importance will l>o trsna- 
*'• «ete:l ami olhccrs for the ensuing yesr 
n ideciud, I.e;, every member be in attend- 
