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a report in a former number. No. 2 is 

 the commoa figwort (scrophulnrin) 

 found everywhere in proper locations, 

 and doubtless is one of our most valua- 

 ble honey-plants, judging by the eager- 

 ness with which bees seek it. It is a 

 plant easy of cultivation, and as it is per- 

 ennial, once established it requires no 

 further care. It belongs to tlie family 

 of the same name. 



Lotus. 



I enclose a plant that I would like to 

 know the uameof. It is found in the corn- 

 fields. Its leaves resemble the par- 

 tridge-pea, and the flowers are a kind of 

 pink red, resembling the white clover. 

 It was the only plant here the bees work 

 OD. B. N. C. 



Falrview Village, Pa., Aug. 3. 



Answrr — The plant you send belongs 

 to the same family as the pea-clover and 

 partridge-pea, and is one of the genus 

 lotus. It is closely related to the clover, 

 and probably has honey-producing value. 

 The plant sent is a European one and is 

 very rare in America, in fact not being 

 found in Gray's botany. It therefore 

 would have no economic value here from 

 its scarcity, but if introduced abundant- 

 ly it might add another valuable honey- 

 plant to our list. 



Another Lotus. 



Enclosed find a plant that I would like 

 to know the name of ; also if ills a honey- 

 plant. I found a single bush, growing 

 on a dry ridge, almost bare rock. 



Ahlers, Oreg., Aug. 21. H. A. 



Answp.r. — The plant you send is also 

 a lotus, but of a Western species. Re- 

 garding its honey qualities, I can give no 

 information, further than that given 

 under H. N. C. 



Qci^eral Hcn}s^ 



Bees Did Finely — Home Market. 



I have been waiting for some time to 

 give you a report of the honey season in 

 central Vermont. Bees have done finely 

 — from 75 colonies, spring count, I have 

 taken 2,500 pounds, mostly comb 

 honey. It is very fine quality, and re- 

 tails at 16 to 20 cents per pound; ex- 

 tracted 12K cents per pound. 



We had a very heavy basswood bloom, 

 but the weather was too cool. I got my 

 honey mostly from raspberries, which 

 produces the best honey of any nectar- 

 secreting plant in existence — allowing 

 me to be tlie judge. 



I take 10 papers, and the "old re- 

 liable " American Bee Journal is the 

 most punctual In the whole lot. When 

 Friday night comes, it comes. 



By the way, I sell all my honey to the 

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West Brookfield, Vt., Sept. 7. 



Poor Season — Must Feed the Bees. 



From what I can learn from old bee- 

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 Hagerstown, Md., this has been ■ the 

 worst or poorest honey season in the past 

 40 or 50 years. Scarcely any honey. 

 Mr. V. has nearly 300 colonies, and got 



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