Gleanings in bee culture . ofthe ground is as level as a table,and. in many places, almost ashard. Whenever a track becomesrutty it is easier just to drive to oneside of it than to fix it up. Welost our way for quite a while, andat two different times had to crossone of the dry rivers, about a quar-ter of a mile in width, which aremade up of stones worn round andsmooth, about the size of water-melons— see Fig. 1. Except whenit is very wet, the water is not highenough to cover the stones, butruns far beneath the surface. We did not reach the first apiaryuntil after sundown, and then wefound the
Gleanings in bee culture . ofthe ground is as level as a table,and. in many places, almost ashard. Whenever a track becomesrutty it is easier just to drive to oneside of it than to fix it up. Welost our way for quite a while, andat two different times had to crossone of the dry rivers, about a quar-ter of a mile in width, which aremade up of stones worn round andsmooth, about the size of water-melons— see Fig. 1. Except whenit is very wet, the water is not highenough to cover the stones, butruns far beneath the surface. We did not reach the first apiaryuntil after sundown, and then wefound the owner, O. T. Burkett,had been extracting, evidently, buthad just gone away. Although itwas getting dark I managed totake a geneial view of his yard,which is shown in Fig. 3, and alsoof his solar wax-extractor. Fig. hot sun that shines almost allthe time makes the solar extractorvery valuable. Mr. Burketts api-ary looks as though it were situat-ed in a remarkably well-kept or- 402 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Mar. 15. FIG. 2.—O. T. BUEKETTS APIARY NEAR UVALDE. TEXAS. chard; but the trees shown, instead of beingfruit-trees, are the scraggly catclaw, mes-quite, etc., which grow about so far apartall over the country. Without thinking Ifound myself wondering several times whythey didnt plant their trees in straighterrows. Great bunches and clusters of mistle-,toe are seen on nearly every tree. ?•? We did not reach the ranch until afterdark, and so there was no chance to takepictures. The next morning, however, we were out early. Fig. 4 is a view of the api-ary at the ranch, showing the same growthof trees and the level ground. The coversshown in this picture are all contain a dead-air space, and are cov-ered with tin. Mr. Edwards says that flatcovers will not do in that locality, as the sunis too hot. In one year he had $500 worthof comls honey melt down because it was inhives provided with flat wooden he continued.
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