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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



consideration of every bee keeper wiio 

 has the betterment of bee pasturage at 

 heart. This plant is a biennial, quite 

 easy to start, and when once started 

 spreads rapidly along roadsides, irrigat- 

 ing ditches, sloughs, and river bottoms; 

 in fact, anywhere where it can get a 



scatter it along roadsides and ditches all 

 over his range and he will get his time 

 and money back with interest a hundred- 

 fold. In fact, bee keepers' associations 

 should seriously consider the purchase of 

 such seed for distribution and broadcast 

 sowing. 



Mr. Fred M. Hart, inspector of apiaries for Kings county, on a tour of inspection 

 with the writer. 



foothold and have sufficient moisture to 

 germinate. It is not a dangerous weed 

 at all. as it can very easily be eradicated 

 and stock will learn to feed upon it. The 

 honey is a little dark, of a greenish 

 murky color, but of pleasant flavor, and 

 would be an invaluable source of stimu- 

 lation at the critical time when the 

 present spring dearth of other sources of 

 honey is on. Every bee keeper should 

 purchase some seed, and along in the 

 fall when the rains have begun, about 

 the time when alfalfa is sown, he should 



DANGERS OF MIGRATORY BEE KEEPING. 



Perhaps nowhere in America is migra- 

 tory bee keeping so much resorted to as 

 it is in California. It is, we must grant, 

 a most interesting and exciting phase of 

 bee keeping; resulting in many cases, in 

 greatly increased returns to the skillful 

 and well posted mover of bees. But in 

 the present crisis of the black brood epi- 

 demic, this individually profitably form 

 of bee keeping should, and must be, 

 curtailed within reasonable limits, in the 

 interest of the local bee keeping public 



