. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Bee-Keeping in Colorado. Many inquiries liave come to hand about bee-keeping in Colorado, and in order to an- swer tliem we quote the following from the Pueblo Chieftain concerning bee-raising in Colorado: Will bees thrive in Colorado? is a ques- tion that has been asked by a great many persons who were desirous of adding this cheap and wholesome luxury to their places. Neany everybody will say that bees cannot live here—there are no flowers to speak of, no clover or anything else that produces honey, they say. Now these comments are wrong and not bas
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Bee-Keeping in Colorado. Many inquiries liave come to hand about bee-keeping in Colorado, and in order to an- swer tliem we quote the following from the Pueblo Chieftain concerning bee-raising in Colorado: Will bees thrive in Colorado? is a ques- tion that has been asked by a great many persons who were desirous of adding this cheap and wholesome luxury to their places. Neany everybody will say that bees cannot live here—there are no flowers to speak of, no clover or anything else that produces honey, they say. Now these comments are wrong and not based on facts. There are several very successful apiaries in Fremont county, but as we are only acquainted with two persons owning apiaries, Messrs. Fra- zier and Tongs, we can'not say how profita- ble the others, probably a dozen in nnmber, liave heretofore been, but judging from the successful workings of these, the net yearly profits must be considerable. It seems the editor visited both apiaries and remarks as follows: We found upon examining the hives that the lower apartments were full, and the up- per ones two-thirds full, of as nice clear white honey as was ever gathered from white clover. We were somewhat aston- ished to see such an abundance of honey laid in at that time in the year, when the surrounding country for miles was perfectly void of vegetation, witii the exception of butfalo grass and cactus, and as a matter of course, our next question was—where did the honey come from? and was informed by several bee raisers that the much abused cactus (both flat and bush) fui-nish a large quantity. It is beyond the shadow of a doubt that Colorado, especially the southern portion of the State, possesses some very decided advantages in regard to the winters over tlie northern and western States for bee-raising, and as honey keeps up (in Pue- blo) to the old price of cents per pound, we do not see why it does not pay. ' Notwithstanding we have so often re- ferred to t
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