. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. Vol. XIII AUGUST, 1903 No. 8 A MEDLEY. I The Editor.) AS HAS BEEN stated in previous issues of Tlie Bee-Keeper. Mr. O. O. Poppletou comes with his bees every summer to the vicinity of Fort Pierce to secure the mangrove honey harvest. This season weather conditions hereabouts have been such that bee-lvcepers liave often found time more than apiarian du- ties, and as a result the editor's sanc- tum has frequently been enlivened by discussions and social l)ee-chats with this venerable apiaiMst. Under such co!iditions it has not taken long
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. Vol. XIII AUGUST, 1903 No. 8 A MEDLEY. I The Editor.) AS HAS BEEN stated in previous issues of Tlie Bee-Keeper. Mr. O. O. Poppletou comes with his bees every summer to the vicinity of Fort Pierce to secure the mangrove honey harvest. This season weather conditions hereabouts have been such that bee-lvcepers liave often found time more than apiarian du- ties, and as a result the editor's sanc- tum has frequently been enlivened by discussions and social l)ee-chats with this venerable apiaiMst. Under such co!iditions it has not taken long for Mr. Poppletou and the writer to sift the Avheat from th(» chaff, as dished up in the columns of the various l)ee journals of the country, as they have ari-ived. Mr. Poppletou"s long, varied and successful experience with bees enable him to grasp the most minute points having a bearing upon the practical side of apiarian questions. The fact that his hive is of the type known as the "Long ; and is. therefore, all on the "; keeps him in constant touch with the operations within the brood chamber, and it is doubtful if anyone in the United States is quite so conversant with the particular and minute points which have to do with bee life in the lirood chamber. Aside from this, his hain't of carefully read- ing the .lournals, and a mind naturally alert for that which is good, and no less keen to detect error, giiided by mature experience, render him a most agreeable companion to those whose interest centres upon similar lines of thought. WILD CUCUMBER. Out at the convention of Chicago- Xorthwestern people, in Chicago, as reported in the American Bee .Journal, the of "Bee-pasture" engrossed the attention of the participants, and wild cucumber came in for consid- eration. Avith the result that whilt it was known to yield largely in certain quarters, in others it proved utterly valueless. Mr. Poppletou sa
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