. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 292 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. May 12, had the most means. The time spent at law would have filled the canal with water. Each one declares he will rule or leave, and the result is, no water in the canal. Well-improved farms are offered for much less than the cost of improvements. With proper care the 7,000 acres might just as well be seeded in alfalfa, which would support 7,000 colonies of bees, and cattle at the rate of two head per acre a year, and as many more on the range. All that Is needed is a few farmers with some capital that would get along b
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 292 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. May 12, had the most means. The time spent at law would have filled the canal with water. Each one declares he will rule or leave, and the result is, no water in the canal. Well-improved farms are offered for much less than the cost of improvements. With proper care the 7,000 acres might just as well be seeded in alfalfa, which would support 7,000 colonies of bees, and cattle at the rate of two head per acre a year, and as many more on the range. All that Is needed is a few farmers with some capital that would get along better together, as the bee-keepers are doing in the valley of the Salt. Bee-keepers of Arizona are up-to-date and wide awake, using the latest and best hives, extractors and all modern im- provements. Last, but not least, they read bee-papers and keep themselves informed. Maricopa Co., Ariz. Strange Homes Selected by Bees. BY H. A. FISH. It is written in bee-books that the honey-bee likes no place for a home that does not smell " clean and ; Just fancy a swarm taking possession of an empty fish-barrel, using the bung-hole for an entrance, and doing just as much business as if they were in a fancy hive ! As queer a case as I ever saw was where they pre-empted a pigeon-cote that was made from a " Welcome ; A roof had been put on it, and two entrances cut in the side, and over it there was printed " ; The " soap " part had been obliterated by the use of the saw. Parhaps it was the sign over the door that caused this swarm to take pos- session of this place. It could not have been the stnell of those pigeon-droppings. And as for other visitors, they were not welcome, as I can testify. They still live in the old home, and have plenty of ventilation, which may account for their staying. Runaway swarms can't always choose just the best hive. I bought a Carniolan queen and put her Into a nucleus colony, and she was such a p
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