1896. 



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only hold out the idea that there was profit all along, but, like 

 all other industries, it has its discouragements. Sometimes 

 bees fail to gather honey because, when the plant is in bloom, 

 it is too cold or too wet, and in various ways discouragements 

 and failures may come. But, upon the whole (and I judge 

 from actual experience), there are no more failures in bee- 

 keeping than in growing crops. 



Some years, on account of drouth or wet, we fail to have 

 corn, or cotton, or grain. So with bees; they are just as 

 liable to fail to give profit, from a combination of causes, as 

 our crops are. 



I would advise beginners to start with one or two colonies, 

 and increase as they learn to handle and profit by them. To 

 be successful with bees one must love to work with and care for 

 them, and by them they will find that a kind Providence has 

 taught us many useful lessons. J. D. Fooshe. 



H. C. Simpson, of South Carolina, said he took TOO 

 pounds of cotton-bloom honey from 30 colonies. 



This was followed by a very interesting lecture by Frank 



Benton, on " Forage crops which are adapted to the South, 

 and which are honey-producers." Mr. Benton divided the 

 crops into five divisions in the order of their value as follows: 



1st. Alfalfa (Medicago sativa). 



2nd. Melilot or sweet clover (Melilotus alba). 



3rd. Sainfoin (Onobrychis sativa). 



Alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum). 



White clover (Trifolium repens). 



Sulla clover (Hedysarum coronarium). 



Crimson, scarlet, or Italian clover (Trifolium incarnatum). 



4th. Serradella or bird's-foot clover (Ornithopus sativa). 



Cowpea (Vigna sinensis). 



.Tapan or bush clover (Lespedeza striata). 



Russian or hairy vitch (Vicia Villosa). 



5th. Rabbit's foot clover (Trifolium arvense). 

 Saccaline or giant knotweed (Polygonum sachaliaense). 

 Goase or furze (Ulex Europaeus). 



[Continued next week.] 



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Tiie Largest Yields of Honey. 



Mr. E. T. Flauaganhas been whistling 

 up his courage by gathering from a num- 

 ber of bee-keepers reports of their best 

 yields, which he gives in the Progressive 

 Bee-Keeper for January. These reports 

 make very comforting reading. 



He sent the following questions to a 

 number of bee-keepers, who responded, 

 as will be noticed : 



1st. How large a yield of honey (comb or 

 extracted) have you ever secured from one 

 colony in one season ? 



2ud. What was the largest amount of 

 honey you ever secured in one season, and 

 the number of colonies and race of bees 

 that gathered it ? 



The replies are as follows, beginning 

 with Mr. B^anagan's answer : 



E. T. Flanagan, Belleville, III.— At 

 my home apiary, while I always get 

 enough to keep the bees breeding well, 

 I seldom have any surplus, and often 

 have little enough to winter on. That 

 is what has forced me to keep from three 

 to five out-apiaries, the nearest not less 

 than eight miles from home. At my out- 

 apiaries I always have some surplus and 

 plenty to winter on, and generally 

 enough to help out the home apiary. 

 Still, meagre as is the flow here at home, 

 as a rule, I have on several occasions 

 secured a fine lot of surplus, and the 

 strangest part of it to me was the fact 

 that the flowers did not appear to be 

 more abundant than usual, but they 

 were overflowing with nectar, and it is 

 this fact that makes me so sanguine that 

 good yields of honey may be looked for 

 in the near future. There must be a 

 change for the better, as it could hardly 

 be worse. The largest yield of honey I 

 ever had from one single apiary was 

 from 35 colonies, spring count, increased 

 to 70, and secured 5,500 pounds of 

 comb honey, and 1,000 pounds of ex- 

 tracted. This is not an extraordinary 

 yield by any means, but was very good 

 for my locality, and could I do as well 

 in proportion to the number of colonies, 

 every year, I would be well satisfied. 



Mr. Hammond, Malone, Iowa. — The 

 largest amount of comb honey I ever 



