. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. June, 1912. American Bee Jonrnalj ing them, but when those 12 colonies died, in the spring of that year, I gave my bees a chance to clean up the combs from those colonies, and all the neighbors' bees had a hand in it, and you certainly know what that meant, and what effect that had on my yard in the future. But still 1 did not get discouraged; I was determined to make a success in the business, and so I ; ^ New Irrigated Regions.—S. King Clo- ver has been in the Yakima Valley since 1!I04, all the while actively en- gaged in bee-culture, and i
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. June, 1912. American Bee Jonrnalj ing them, but when those 12 colonies died, in the spring of that year, I gave my bees a chance to clean up the combs from those colonies, and all the neighbors' bees had a hand in it, and you certainly know what that meant, and what effect that had on my yard in the future. But still 1 did not get discouraged; I was determined to make a success in the business, and so I ; ^ New Irrigated Regions.—S. King Clo- ver has been in the Yakima Valley since 1!I04, all the while actively en- gaged in bee-culture, and in the Bee- Keepers' Review sounds a warning against the idea of rushing into the new lields opened up by irrigation with the expectation of making a fortune at bee-keeping. The railroads and others paint in glowing colors the advantages in these new places, but say less about the drawbacks. Among other things he says: " Tliose of you who have your cosy homes where God waters the land with the rain, where you have u'ood water to drink, plenty of fuel, your friends, think twice before you sacritice your homes to go to a land and a condition you know little about, devoid of the improvements afforded by older settle- ments, and old. established society: those of you who appreciate even a garden of vetr- etables. beware of these irrisated districts. The railroads have no other object in en- ticint' you West than to convey you out here at so much per head, the same as other merchandise. It is a money-making scheme, like other schemes. They have no interest in you after you are once here, un- less you wish to go back East. Irresponsible bee-keepers frequently give glowing reports to the press for publication, which are far from the truth. The real-estate agents are on the alert for just such articles, and they are widely published. Fraudulent Packing It seems that the traffic in bulk comb honey is not without its perils. The following oc- curs in the excellent bee-bulletin of T
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