. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Mav 30, lyul. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 349 was ill Since tlien. as evei'.v one knows wlio reads, California lias liail a series of dry years. Tlial being- tl\e case, no industry lias suffered worse than apiculture, and, to illus- trate, I will cite a few of the losses that have come under my personal observation. I will begin with my own apiary : At the close of the season of ISnr I had 1','0 colonies of bees, but sold all Init U5 of them. Since then 1 have bought 20-1 colonies, and at the begin- ning of this season I had 14? colnnies. I have fare
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Mav 30, lyul. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 349 was ill Since tlien. as evei'.v one knows wlio reads, California lias liail a series of dry years. Tlial being- tl\e case, no industry lias suffered worse than apiculture, and, to illus- trate, I will cite a few of the losses that have come under my personal observation. I will begin with my own apiary : At the close of the season of ISnr I had 1','0 colonies of bees, but sold all Init U5 of them. Since then 1 have bought 20-1 colonies, and at the begin- ning of this season I had 14? colnnies. I have fared far better than the iivci-ti^p, and will give a short table, omilliiiL; nami-^. and using Tetters instead. This will different apiaries in the five coiiiiiii-s ui Souiherii Cali- fornia that I know of—tlieir cnnditions in 1897 and in liWl: isar 1901 Colonies. Colonies. Mr. A. 110 m Mr. B. 7b 3-1 Mr. C. 150 00 Mr. D. 1S5 100 Mr. E. ;-!5 65 Mr. F. .So 20 Mr. G. 25 1 Mr. H. 45 Oo Mr. I. 65 00 Mr. J. 27 (1900—7 cols.) Mr. K. 70 40 Mr. L. -AW 100 Mr. M. 800 .500 One district 5 miles across it 240 Mr. N. 100 :-i4 I could go on. but it Is unnecessary. This is suflicient to show something of what the loss has been in Southern California: and that is not all. for the honey-producing plants have suffered also, many of them having died. I think the majority of the bee-keepers who have any bees left will try to build up their apiaries, but increase in an apiary that is run for extracted honey will be at the expense of the honey crop. Up to the present time we have had so much cloudy and cold weather that my bees have stored comparatively little honey, and if any one can, under the now existing condi- tions, see the prospect for a large honey croji in California for 1901, I vote liim the palm. Since writing tne above I have received an offer of 4 cents per pound for 1'., tons of nice sage honey. How does that strike you ? J. W. (iEORGE. Riverside Mav 1, Neet
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