The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1903-11-12
MONEY IN BEES.
'hey Produce More Than S7s.OOO Do,
Annum in Arizona

rop- H. H. Forbes. OF the Apri,
fore 'uFai Farm presents the foIIo,rin1
lean 'erestlng facts concerning bea.toan;
!. IN Arizona. AeP'
the II Is stated by Indians and xb
old. P'o"eefs that the honey bee was
ma, N"o"h In Arizona until Americar =
the pa'ion' The first swarms nroba !
is urii'ed IN from Texas with a5ron..0
yer ' settlers not long before Tho 49,
les uie OF the last century In 1s-o - =
lst D. Allen brought a number of :,vo. oon
ne ~ tucson from California a. h,I
en- Hess venture: while in Salt river 20,
sos. 50" early IN The
e Ihe last census enpnar,.o ,o
l. S"arms in the territory, June ! ,go Io,o
/ , i'" product during 1899 of 93o iao
f wor "us % 0. money and l3,OSO pounds of
! Nv, having total value of s67.4sa
: me sources OF our hopar :,
desert and cultivated crons 'ne
I. ]nalla' A few OF the principaI nnny
e|Ii"s t'|s plants and their seasons aroa
haao Mesquite, April-July; screw
a oean' APriI-July; catcaw. Nav Jnno
a'"c'a' June; paloverde, Nav. do."e.
aIfaI,. o.penulng upon the rain fan.
alfalfa April-September. '"'''
ue wild honey plants. becausa -, ,
1@'"s animals and wood cn,tons
S'ea'ly decreased within re.an,
} cars 1he area in alfalfa on ~ I
o'her hand, is constaotrv ino. '"e
~ o"' without corresponding iocraa-o :
~ 'noney-producing power. Tbis >
= ue 10 Two principal causes. -. =
- 10" cutting alfalfa for b,r =
earlier stage in its growth thas y
ortheriy, not ALLOWING tba 49,. "" y
"ne INTO full bloom, and the t aIt,Is 20
ny mas so increased in numbo.~ =
.his, i'','' that The honey g,w =
:" "Sed 10 continue we'll in,o
-! Is now cut short in .JuIv
IIcuIt to state the net on.c, ~
'""SeS upon the producing power ~ =
COUNT try as whole. bat in Sal,
J, '''ey under present condition.
-s'"S from the shipments uado Ami
lug Che past few years. our prosnn, -
cIs 'su are pretty fully stocked with
-. Other parts of the territory are
vet less thoroughly occupied. Ell,
II brief, therefore, it appears that
.izona produces limited amount oil Ira
-. oo,t.inipp minimum Sout
,isture, maximum sugars, very llt'e
substances, and, usually
mostly desirable color, flavor and
oma. This product is disposed oil :.
)stIy in carload lots at low prices 10 :.
bakers and CONNECTION
: in the East, who, doubtless, are 4.
lite we'll aware OF its value. by :.
1uefying at too big temperature g"
bv clumsy handling OF the 5olld :.
,nev. its good qualities are often so
iured or handicapped that the pro-
net j. at a disad vantage in retail. 8
The hy-products OF honey are Oh
Dnsiderable Importance. wax Is ,Oc
,Id in considerable amount, at about 81
\ cents a pound, and some bee work. s.
r. work up their waste and washin9s 60
oto vinegar. Theoretically, one ga
OuQQ oil average uohoHf wa ' WI
ents. should ferment to form about
wo gallons OF 3 per cent. vinegar -
for about 10 cents gar
on. However, the ordinary ferment-
NO vat employed, consisting o. an +
,lcohol barrel with open bung' re- Is
,uires as long as two years Tor the |"
completion of the process, and the
.ost and care OF barrels, delay In re-
turns and limited local market dis
courage manufacture.
HONEY AT FLORENCE.
On this years honey harvest at %
Flor ,nce the Blade says:
IT., f,I han.A1s- -A-All--la -. - ''fT1a,
This wear than usual. w. ) lie eDaroh
took 100 gallons from his hives last
week. the largest amount he has ever y
taken from them at this time OF the
wear. He will leave for Mesa Satur-
day with a wagonload OF honey, which
he will deliver to the Bee Mems
shipping Association OF that place to
no shiDnpl east.