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OKLAHOMA FARMER, WEDNESDAY
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THE PRODUCTION OF HONEY
The Careful Work of the Bees Must Bo
Followed by Careful Work of Man.
Honey has been considered as a luxury,
but It is now by many recognized as a
necessity, and there is a movenment to-
ward a return to the old sweet which was
so prominent in the early life of the
■world's history. In latter years sugar has
becomes the staple sweet, but sugar can-
not compare either in medicinal value or
in ( l.icacy of taste with honcv. Of .ill
foods taken into the stomach sugar and
honey contain the least waste and honey
has tliis advantage over sugar in that it
is in a partially digested Condition and
can be used immediately l>y the system
without any labor on the part of tlie di-
gestive organs. But that which commends
honey to many of fastidious tastes is
the variety of flavoring whicjj it contains.
This may not be apparent to one who
has not cultivated a taste for it, but it
becomes a delightful experience when
once recognized.
The aroma and flavor which accom-
pany honey arises out of the perfume of
the flowers from which it is gathered by
the bees. As Dr. Miller wrote: "Not
only is honey the most wholesome of all
sweets, but it is. the most delicious. No
preparation of man can equal the deli-
cately flavored product of the hive .
Millions of flowers are brought under
tribute, presenting their tiny cups of
dainty nectar to l5p gathered by the
busy riflers; and* when they have brougot
it to tlie proper consistency and stored it
in the wondrously wrought kaxen cells
and sealed it with coverings of snowy
■whiteness no more tempting dish can
grace the table at the most lavish ban-
quet; and yet its cost is is > moderate
that it may well find its place on the
tables of the common' people every day
in the week."
While the bee does its work we'l and
w ill produce a perfect, article, man has
something to'do with getting this article
oil the tables of the people. The bees
very willingly ransack the myriads 01
flowers in search of the nectar and care-
fully store and ripen it in the hive they
have never yet showed any disposition
to distribute it among the people. That
is left to man and here is where mis-
takes may creep in. He may take the
honey away from the bees too soon be-
fore it is perfectly ripened or he may
leave it too long when the wax will be-
come tough and discolored. One need
I understand the nature and habits
of the bees and be thoroughly acquaint-
ed with their manner of working in
order to be able to place their products
on the market in the best possible con-
dition to snve the reputation of the
bees. Carelessness and ignorance on the
part of those who keep the bees and
market honey has done more to retard
the increase in the number of honey con-
sumers than any other one thing. Some
have purchased honey and did not like
it and have henceforth discarded it with
the supposition that "honey is honey.'
If they would secure a prime article
once and buy that, they would immedi-
ately see that there was a difference
in honey as in other 'things, even if
they we're unable to state just what
the difference was. The only thing for
such people to do is to procure their
honey from some one they know is in
thorough sympathy with the bees and
■who understands them as a good dairy-
man does his cows.
If the two wings of a queen are clip-
ped off on o^ie side (but tlie win^s of a
queen must never lie clipped off until
si ft. i she is laying), sin c an never go
off with a si rami, even if it happens to
issue when no one is watching.
l'ay no attention to the swarm woen
it issues, but look on the ground for the
queen, catch her and put her in a cage.
R" ive the hi e from its stand and put
on the stand the hive for the swarm
laying the caged queen at the entrance.
The swarm will sail about in the air,
possibly getting on a tree, but in live to
fifteen minutes it will of its own ac-
cord return and enter the new hive, when
the queen can.be released to enter with
the swarm.
Within about eight days after a prime
or first swarm, a second swarm may is-
sue. While it is exceedingly difficult to
prevent a prime migration, it is com-
paratively easy to prevent all after
swarms.
When the first movement has been
hived, put it on the old stand and plai-e
the old hive close to it, facing the same
way. In two or three days, or as *soon
as a start has been made at comb build-
ing and egg laying, take the supers from
the old hive and put them 011 the ne>v
one. A week after the • swarm is hived
move the old hive to a new place ten
feet or more distant.
The field bees that leave the pld hive
when they return with their loads. In-
stead of going to the old hive, will go
to the place to which they have been
accustomed, and will join the swarm.
This will strengthen the swarm so it will
do fine work at storing if there is any-
thing to be stored.
The colojiy weakened by tlie loss of
all its field bees, and with no honey
coming in, will conclude that It cannot
afford to swarm, and when the first
young queen emerges from the cell all
-the rest will he destroyed, thus- end-
ing the danger of further swarming.—
R. J. D. C. Texas.
JUST DOGS
, HANDLING BEE SWARMS.
When a colony of bees become very
Strong and there is a fair yield of hon-
ey. swarming may be imminent. Bees
hanging outside 01" the hive in a large
cluster are commonly taken as a sign
of swarming and they often swarm with-
out hanging, out.
The only signs to be depended upon
are to -be found inside.  
When queen cells are found present
during the time of gathering, It al-
most certainly means swarming. If only
eggs are found in the queen cell cups
looking like acron cups found in tlie
edge of the comb, swarming may be ex-
pected in five or eight days, the swarm
Issuing when the first queen cell, look
ing not unlike a peanut, is sealed.
A swarm may be expected to Issue
sonic time between 9 a. m. and 3, p. m.,
as a general rule, and It will not be
noccssaray to ring any bells or pound
tin pans to make the bees settle. They
will settle anyway, clustering on some
tree or bush. If the bees settle on a
limb, cut or saw tlie limb off, and quiet-
ly lay them at the entrance of the hive
in which they are to be put, and the
bees will do the rest.
If the limb is too large for that,
set the hive on the ground under the
8warm, jar oft the bees and then smoke
the limb to keep scattering ones from
returning. As soon as most of the "bees
are in take the hive "to where it is to
Btand.
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AN ALASKA DOG TEAM.
No one has ever known and loved
a dog, and there are comparatively few
of us so unfortunate, can wonder at
the devotion of one sweet little woman
to hers. It may be the means of in-
troducing a new and entirely unique
mode of travel In San Francisco.
Mrs. Clarence Hannum, after living in
Alaska long enough to grow attached
to her floet-footed dog team, could not
bear to leave it behind her to the
doubtful mercy of new masters, who
might not only overwork and under-
feed them, but might even separate
them and place them among new
teams, svhere, unless they proved them
selves better fighters than, the combin-
ed strangers, they would probably be
torn limb from limb; so she brought
them down here to San Francisco with
her over a year ago.
Only those who loiter or speed
through the late afternoons along the
most'unused and picturesque little
paths at the extreme westernly portion
of the park have ever encountered
this quaintest and most novel of
equipages ever seen in any park any-
where. Even the monarclis of the
road, the gaudiest, loudest and speed-
iest of automobiles, hardly receive a
passing glance when the dog team can
be seen. To long, low, little red wag-
on, almost indentical with a child's
coaster, so dear to the heart of the
average small boy, are hitched these
four beautiful dogs, tandem fashion,
while sitting sidewise on the coaster
one hand on the brake and the other
holding the long whip of the Artie
driver, is their proud and devoted
mistress.
It was late in the afterno'on when I
called to see the dogs, and their mis-
tress graciously offered to hitch them
up and give me a ride. Never having
seen either the dogs nor the wagpn,
I imagined a ride would mean a slow
drag around the block, and I looked
forward to it with some hesitancy.
I heard the sharp, short, joyous bark-
ing of the ordinary dog, mixed with
ntieer vans and weird howls Mrs,
Hannum loosened the team, and the
four of them came leaping out to the
coaster to bo hitched. Such perfect
good-fellowship as existed between
the four canines and tholr mistress
could not be surpassed. She spoke to
them softly and caressingly, calling
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them each by name. Bonnie, Ainigo,
Bruin or Buster, and they responded
with their soft tongues and their
steady, adoring brown eyes.
Each dog, as his or her name was
mentioned, thumpei^ acknowledgment
with a beautiful brush of a tail. Mrs.
Hannum had no idea of using the dogs
for driving purposes when she first
brought them to the city, but after
she had been here she was dismayed
to find that she could not possibly ex-
ercise them in the usual manner that
city dogs are excersled, by either a
walk about the streets or a ramble in
the parks, as the minute they find
themselves lit liberty they will unite
their forces with any other dog
who might chance to cross their path
and tear him to pieces. So she de-
termined that the only way tb exercise
them properly and at the same time
keep them as well as herself, .beloved
• by the neighbors was to literally and
figuratively keep them in harness, so
the little cart was ordered and the
harness brought into' usage.
Bruin, the beauty of tlie tea.ni, a
pureblooded Siberian husky, which Mi-.
Hannum brought from Siberia^ jias
won a number of trophies for his own-
ers, ranging all the way from elab-
orate cups to blue ribbons. His tail
curls up vver his back like a great
plume, almost reaching his neck. No
one who sees him can doubt that he
is well named for his forebears, whom
he so strongly resembles.
Another strange trait, strongly con-
vincing that he is only a recent mem-
ber of the dog family, is the fact that
he does not know how to bark. As
his mistress so aptly explained to me.
'He never says a word, unless to give
that strange howl you heard when 1
lossed him, his glad howl, and 'an
angry growl when he is displeased."
Some Family History.
Bonnie, the new leader, and the
special pet of their mistress, is a Daw-
son husky. Her coat, like Bruin's is
black, but not nearly as thick as his
and of a much finer and simier text-
ure. She comes from the McKenzie
river .district, and carries the char-
acteristics of her ancestors, the wolves
of 'Alaska. Her bark isj short and
piercing, and when excited often ends
in a high scream, sounding like the
human• voice. Her ears are pliable and
expressive, and her devotion to her
mistress is almost tragic.
The dignified Amigo is what is cal-
led an outside dog. While not quite
as large as a Newfoundland, he shows
a marked resemblance to them, and no
doubt his ancestry can be traced back
to some "noble Newfoundland, who mi-
grated without being consulted to the
frozen .Alaska country in the early
stampede days, and there mated with
a native, as many another pioneer has
done.
The bay of the team, Buster, is the
son of Bonnie and Bruin, «nd .is a
native of Sun Francisco, just six
months old. His harness is not a gay
red one like the others, but is a re)il
."sour dough" canvas harness, one that
his mistress had before she had him.
He is a good deal larger than Ms gen-
tle little mother, most of whose char-
acteristics he inherits, and is already
well broken to harness.
The team was finally hitched, and I
took my place on the little w;igon
and Mrs. Hannum took hers at the
brake.
'Mush!" she ordered, calling to
mind visions of ice and snow, so viv-
idly portrayed by the writeis who
make the North their field, and at
the word I grasped my seat tightly,
for we started off at as lively a clip as
the fastest horses, and what is more
we kept is up.
Through the prettiest and woodiest
paths we fo.und and turned, the dogs
guided entirely by her loved voice, no
reins at all being used, and the big
driver's whip merely in emergency
cases to drivo off strange dogs, who
might become too interested or too
near to the flying four. It was re-
markable to see the Intelligence with
which each of the four responded
when spoken to.
We stopped to enjoy the beauty of
the sunset and listen to the booming
of the surf. Each dog dropped at till
word of command until the leader
grew tired of the restraint and got up
and restlessly moved about, continu-
ally watching her mistress for the
order to "mush."
Our ride was comparatively short,
but the usual length of the drive is
two or three miles. The homeward
drive was even livelier than the out-
going one. Over the bumps we went,
across rustic little bridges and up and
down the declivities, the dogs seeming
to enjoy is almost as much as we did.
Every day Mrs. Hannum takes her
pets down to the beach, where they
all enjoy a swim, then in the late
afternoon for the drive, then home to
their well-earned dinners, after which
they are at leisure to enjoy them-
selves at will.-—Bernice B. Strauss in
the San Francisco Chronicle. .
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