Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-07-26

of luscious sweetness. The strain
ed honey is put up in self-sealing
cans of three different sizes: 2, l3,
and GO pounds.
All the surroundings OF MIR.
Hagen's business show deserved
and profitable attention to system
and neatness which makes his api
ary an attractive place to visit. In
addition to his work detailed above
he does large business in bee
supplies, and is as busy as his
thousands of insect assistants.
Among our farmers who have
given attention to bee culture are
r. L. King, of Fowler. He has
now 81 colonies which are making
a record similar to those in Mr..
Hagen's apiary. He and Mr.. Hag-
en- have planned to ship car load
of comb honey to Chicago at the
close of the season, or when the
best prices are prevailing.
| Crowley and Son at the Fair
view orchards, have twenty colo
nies actively at work and making
much honey.
J. G. Kahn, two miles west of
Rocky Ford, has about so colonies
of bees and he if well pleased with
the work they are doing. From
one hive he has this year taken rs
pounds of comb honey. The best
work which any one colony has
ever done in his apiary was 1856
pounds of comb honey in one
season.
Senator Swink has 107 colonies
of bees and is one of our most sue
cessful apiarists. His active man
among the bees is uncle Levi
Bechtel, who is proof against
stings, saying that he breads the
bite of one big red ant more than
the stings of a dozen bees. Mr..
Swink's colonies are keeping UP
the reputation of the valley for bee
culture.
In drive Monday morning to
collect additional bee news we
atopped a few minutes at the farm
of H. J. Green, two miles east OF
town. From the road we noted q
good work which had been done
by Mr.. Green which is commended
for imitation, i. e., moving down
; the weeds between his fences and
the road. Such work greatly i'm
proves the looks of farm premises
and has it's valuable feature in re.
! ducing next years crop of weeds
Mr.. Freen is one of the few farm
ers who. have not too much land
His forty acres is all utilized, &c
} acres being in orchard and vine
yard. His watermelon and canta-
, loupes, of which he has seven acres,
: promise an abundant yield, some
7 of the former are now almost IL
inches long. His corn is among
? the best in the valley. In one di-
t rection Mr.. Green is ahead of most
t of his neighbors, having asplendid
adobe barn. And he has given
1 more attention to good division
e fences than is usual. His apiary
: is not large but it shows per
2 centage of increase that is prob
l ably not excelled. He started in
!, the spring with seven stands and
1 now has fourteen, and all doing
:. well.
A call was made on j. B. Cotton
= four miles east, who has 100 hives
: from which he has thus far taken
! about $500 pounds of extracted
: honey, this being the only kind he
: turns off. He reports the honey
, of excellent vuality. His. bees
! are the hybrid and he is well pleas
ed with the work they are doing
+ We next called at J. E. Gauger's 's
!, fine farm to secure drink of his
i valuable mineral well water but
found him absent and the wind
! mill not running. will try again.
In the shady yard of David
) Best's farm we found Oliver Ad-
cock busy making pound sections
t for his large apiary. Mr.. A. has
. 24O colonies from which he has
, taken 16, 900 pounds of comb honey
and small amount of extracted.
t He has only Is hives from which
/ he extracts the honey. He reports
Jlab Uuo TeCtuu Idlu5 0luiul6nCtt
the production of the bees some
, what. His bees have fed some on
( the bloom of Gramma grass which
makes honey darker than alfalfa,
, a pale red and high grade.
) The supply of alfalfa bloom has
, been most abundant this year and
, will yet continue for quite a time.
, A new source of food for bees is
, just now coming into bloom, the
Rocky Mountain bee plant. 1t
, has beautiful bright pink bloom
, and would make a desirable gard
! en- flower. The honey made from
this plant is of fine flavor but an
, amber or faint wine color, rather
than white. 1t has been extensive
) lily advertised in. the east as the
agreat Mexican honey plant" and
its qualities as honey producer
greatly exaggerated by interested
scotsman. With the alfalfa and
, the Rocky Mountain bee plant the