. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. SID * â » Bee Culture in California.^ P to the time of the influx of the gold hunters in 18i8 9, sayB the Sficrnraento BccoTd, tha honey bee was nnknown in California, and it was as lute as 1856 or '57, we think before any were intro- dneed. The tirflt brought into the eonutry found a profusion of wild flowers every where and as a consequence increased in numbers â with a rapidity unparalleled in the history of bee-keeping, and made a quantity of honey theretof
. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. SID * â » Bee Culture in California.^ P to the time of the influx of the gold hunters in 18i8 9, sayB the Sficrnraento BccoTd, tha honey bee was nnknown in California, and it was as lute as 1856 or '57, we think before any were intro- dneed. The tirflt brought into the eonutry found a profusion of wild flowers every where and as a consequence increased in numbers â with a rapidity unparalleled in the history of bee-keeping, and made a quantity of honey theretofore unheard of by the most experi- enced apiarians of the world. While this honey lacked the peculiar and familiar flavor of the white clover and other cultivated crops of the Eastern States and Europe, it was stiU of an excellent flavor and unexceptional in color, and of course in a new country, where delicacies and luxuries had been scarce and costly, commanded a good price and fuund a ready market. This attracted the attention of speculators who knew nothing of the science or art of bee-keeping, and soon the country â was flooded with bees imported from all parts of the Eastern country. Having been sub- jected to improper treatment, want of ventila- tion, sweating, etc., on the passage, and not being properly cared for on arrival, the worst kinds of bee disease soon became very preva- lent, and for a number of years the mortality more than equaled the increase. This unex- pected turn in the business brought the value of stands or hives down from the speculative price of from $100 to $il30 each, to which they reached at the high tide of excitement, to a mere nominal sum, and those who had rushed into the bee business now as anxiously and hurrietUy rushed out of it. Many who could not sell theii- stock at any price simply abandoned them to take care of themselves. A few men, however, who had been trained to the business, and who entered into it at first as a legitimate bu
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