. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. enough to be snow covered in summer and their highest peaks are as barren as our Arizona cliffs. The hills along the streams in the part crossed by us were covered with olive trees. The grapevines of course are to be found everywhere. Villages, castles, monas- teries, convents are built on the crest of the hills. They are all very old, grey and dilapidated. They were built there for self protection centuries ago. The houses are huddled together with. SOME OF ITALY S LEADING APIARISTS BEFORE THE DOORS OF THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AT ROME Cotini. Tria
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. enough to be snow covered in summer and their highest peaks are as barren as our Arizona cliffs. The hills along the streams in the part crossed by us were covered with olive trees. The grapevines of course are to be found everywhere. Villages, castles, monas- teries, convents are built on the crest of the hills. They are all very old, grey and dilapidated. They were built there for self protection centuries ago. The houses are huddled together with. SOME OF ITALY S LEADING APIARISTS BEFORE THE DOORS OF THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AT ROME Cotini. Triaca. Bovelacci. Capponi. Visconti. Asprea. ENGINEER CAPPONI, OF SAN REMO just passageway between them. As the meager grain and hay crops are grown in the valleys, everything has to be hauled to the hilltops for use. However, one must not think that every spot among the hills between Ancona and Rome is to be thus de- scribed. There are beautiful regions. The apiary of Mr. Degeneve, of Sal- mata, in Perugia, is in one of those fine spots, and we reproduce it in this number. Rome, the Eternal City, is a mixture of the magnificent .W-zo and the ruins of the great Pas/. It is out of the com- pass of my letters to tell of its monu- ments, its immense ruins, its museums, its 380 churches, its marble palaces, its catacombs. The foreigner who wishes to become acquainted with Rome must stay there a month at least. A year would hardly be sufficient to see all its wonders. We remained but three days. We left it with a deep impression of its greatness, its vastness, and its beauty. We did not meet any beekeepers, although some were to meet us. VVe received afterwards a very lengthy and complimentary telegram, which had been sent to .-Vncona, the very day upon which we left the city, from a noted Roman apiarist, Signor Montagano, inviting us to call upon him. We regr-tted very much not having received it in time. Signor Montagano is the author of several modern works on bee culture,
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