The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-08-24
ESTABLISHES AN
APIARY AT PLATORA

PlatOra, New, Aug. Il, l9l5.
Albert kemusat finished harvesting
his second crop of hay this week,
while Tom Scott completed his haying
for the season last week. Tom Minor
will begin cutting his second crop of
alfalfa next week.
Sunday an auto load of visitors at
tie ranch of Chas. v. Clutches on Can
Won Creek were astonished at the many
improvements which Mr.. Clutches had
made since locating there last sum-
mer. The land, which is a heavy dark
loan. was then covered with sagebrusn
of an immense growth. Mr.. Clutches
has cleared the brush off with a mat
tock. Most of his crop is garden truck
corn, tomatoes, melons, peppers, cab
bage, beets, turnips, asparagus, pota-
tees, etc, all ripening rapidly. His
ranch is another very. good example
e. the productiveness of the land in
Quinn River Valley, hitherto thought
unfit for farming.
Roy Hill spent last week at A. Remu-
sat's.
Kent Lamb was visitor here during
the week
T. NJ. Danforth came in from his
ranch on Skull Greek a day or two ago.
c. L. Lowry. of skull Creek, spent
Sunday at Rebel Creek and Platora.
Our local people were greatly inter-
ested not long ago in Billie Minor e
Zee raising project. Billie was told
that swarm of bees had located in
the harness room of her fathers barn.
rs she is one of our most progressive
and energetic young ladies, she was an
.trested spectator to all their move
ments. Finally she was told that she
end her brother could have the bees II
they would put them in a hive and get
them out of the harness room. Billie
was real happy over the prospect OF
being a bee owner, and consequently
found an old coal oil box and began
making a bive. She knew very little
about bees. so asked everybody and
everyone about the making of hive,
Upon an inspection of the completed
hive she was told that she had neg.
leeted making a roost for the drones.
- Wm.'' was rather skeptical over the
idea, but finally strung a few long
wires across the back of the hive for
roost. Then being told that the queen
lee must have little room for herself
or else the drones would sting her to
death. eWillvv worked half a day
making "a room cut of two small berry
baskets, and set that in the bottom of
the hive She wanted to move the bees
Immediately, but was told she would
have to wait until cold weather. Her
ONLY worry then was the fact that she
couldn 4 persuade her younger brother
to sell his share of the bees to her.
Finally he sold for 50. ''Billie 81 hap
piness was then unbounded She spent
The long summer days on the lawn.
propped up with pillows and surround
ed by books on bee culture. Her day
dreams were soul-inspiring. She had
visions of herself as queen bee raiser
Of Nevada. piloting a Ford through
flower laden fields. among hives of in
dustrious honey gathering bees, whose
only ambition was to work for her
One dav while rebuilding her favorite
air castle she noticed several bees in
the flowers about her. As they looked
familiar, she examined them more
closely. Suddenly horrible suspicion
dawned upon her. Catching several she
hurriedlv repaired to the harness room
and compared them with cher" bees.
1e gods and little fishes,-thev We're
lalike-bumblebees She still has the
hive