. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. RcflectiOHif California Bcc-Kccper BtMWilTltlTnr'' - " ??*f-'r.'>.—^</'t-Tt.^,mai,.-m^i By W. A. PRYAL, Aldpn Station, Oakland, Sapolio vs. Propolis. Some time ago I complained of the persistency propolis has in staying with me when it got on my hands. I tried almost everything I could think of, or had heard of, to eradicate it, but it was always a hard and tedious job. A reader of the "Old Reliable" in Iowa, a Mr. A. L. Dupray, wrote me to try Sapolio, the scouring sort. I have; 'tis good, especially if a little k
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. RcflectiOHif California Bcc-Kccper BtMWilTltlTnr'' - " ??*f-'r.'>.—^</'t-Tt.^,mai,.-m^i By W. A. PRYAL, Aldpn Station, Oakland, Sapolio vs. Propolis. Some time ago I complained of the persistency propolis has in staying with me when it got on my hands. I tried almost everything I could think of, or had heard of, to eradicate it, but it was always a hard and tedious job. A reader of the "Old Reliable" in Iowa, a Mr. A. L. Dupray, wrote me to try Sapolio, the scouring sort. I have; 'tis good, especially if a little kerosene—any anti-trust kind possibly will be the best —is rubbed over the hands first. This is not an advertisement, but I hope the makers of the soap will consult their interests and advertise their wares in the American Bee Journal. Getting Things Wrong. California is looked upon by outsiders as a sort of wonderland. To us folk here it is not considered so wonderful, though we all consider it the best place in the world to live. Having a few won- ders of ancient lineage, and occasion- ally a few of right-now origin ("big squash," for instance), the world be- yond our border has come to believe that every other thing met with here is something grand. We wish they were. Then, there are people who, hearing that one man has a certain remarkable thing—be it a fruit, vegetable, house, horse or goat — forthwith proclaims that every thing else of like character in the State is remarkable, too. And some of our papers and promotion corn- mittees are slightly to blame for this misunderstanding. But there is no excuse for an author promulgating a statement entirely at va- riance with the facts. Sometimes this is done through ignorance, but certainly that's no excuse. I find in casually looking over what is probably the best printed work on bees that has been is- sued from the press of this country, this statement: "In California instead of boards a thatched roof
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