40 FIFTY YEARS A^IONG THE BEES 



in telling about my work throughout the course of the 

 year, reserving, however, the right to refer to the past 

 whenever I like. 



SEASONS HAVE CHANGED. 



It is only fair to remark, however, that in later years 

 the crops have not always been so good as formerly. At 

 least that is true as to the early crop. The fall crop, 



V Fig. 12 — Bottom-rack. 



however, seems to be on the increase. Just why, I don't 

 know, unless it be that there are two important pickle 

 factories at Marengo, and the bees have the range of 

 some two hundred acres of cucumbers. Sweet clover 

 may have a little to do with it, and also heartsease. 



If the yield of fall honey keeps on the increase, it 

 will hardly do to say there is only one source of honey — 

 white clover. The season of 1902 emphasized the change 

 in seasons. During the proper time for white clover, 

 the bees would have starved if it had not been that they 



