McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-06-09
ANOTHER TRIP TO THE
COUNTRY

country anu get d SOOu, SQUARE
meal. but | do want to tell you
about one made Wednesday, Of
last week with County Agent
McKell.
We went first to Charlie Cages
on the headwaters of Cypress.
where Mr.. McKell put three col
onies of bees into a modern hive
and introduced into the new col
ony in their new home new It.
allan queen. 1t was quite inter-
esting to watch the process. Be-
fore getting too close, McKell
laid down a barrage of smoke
which quieted the fighting spirit
of the bees, and no hostility what
ever was demonstrated toward
us by them. Charlie is going to
make good bee man. He has
an ideal location for his beautiful
country hoome. I'll give thous-
and dollars for that spring in his
front yard if he will bring it to
Selmer and locate it in my front
yard like he has it located in his.
q think I could borrow that much
on my house and lot if / had that
spring on it in the front yard. J
We then went to Anderson Hen
rvs, one of the substantial farm
ers of the Liberty neighborhood,
and Mr.. McKell robbed his
bees" for him, and demonstrated
to Mr.. Henry the advantages
of consolidating his bees into a
modern hive. Mr.. Henry had
one modified modern hive, quite
an improvement over the old
'bee-gum" makeshift. Here is
the difference: He had to stand
right over the old type of hive
amid the smoke and bees and cut
the honey out of the hive all mix
ed with the brood and bees; but
it was different with the other
one, an improvement over the
old one; for out Of this one he
smoked the bees, and took the
sections containing the honey in
to the house and carved the hon.
ey out as easily as an expert whit
tier can cut off shavings on a
pine board with a sharp knife.
Mr.. Henry is going to consolidate
all his colonies into modern hives.
/ had seen consolidated schools.
but on this trip ] saw my first
consolidated bee colonies. Like
putting children into a commo-
dious consolidated building. |
think it is profitable to put bees
also into these modern, CONSOLE
dated two-story hives. The bee
industry can be made a big money
producer. / am going to start
me a colony. as much as / am
afraid of bees.
We took dinner with Mr.. Henry
and his table was loaded with
good things to eat Mr.. Henry
lives on the fat of the land and
the beauty of it all is he raises it
on his farm. His daughter, Miss
Opheli&, keeps him and his two
big boys. George and Sam,
straight. and there is no teacher
in domestic science who can pre-
pare and serve a better meal than
Miss Ophelia, and am not throw
ing this boquet at her because she
filled up a gallon bucket with fine
honey and gave it to US. Ny lit
tie boy, Teddy. and Robert Adams.
who went with us, agreed with
me and Mr.. McKell that the
cherry pie made of red. ripe
cherries just picked off of the
tree. was the best theyeyer tasted.
We left a return engagement.
We came back by the home Of
C. C. PUNK where the wife Of
the writer and their little red
headed girl. Mary Bess. had spent
the day. We robbed q bee hive
for Mr.. PUNK and took there,
from 40 pounds of fine honey,
There is no better or more pro-
gressive farmer in the county
than Charlie PUNK. He reads
the farm papers just as regularly
as he does the Globe Democrat,
and the Yellow Jacket. and can
quote you a chapter.and verse in