June 28, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



411 



Lanostroim on... 



Tll6H016y-B66 



Revised by Dadant — 1899 Edition. 



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Mission or any other variety, does fur- 

 nish nectar whenever it attracts the 

 bees. This is true of any blossom. It 

 may be said Inily that when any ilowcr 

 is fragrant it is almost sure to contain 

 nectar. The color of flowers, as also 

 their fragrance, is specially to attract 

 bees and other nectar-loving insects, 

 that they may pollenize the blossoms. 

 We find that tlie olive in this region is 

 a very shy bearer, and one important 

 reason is that often only one variety 

 was planted, and as this plant or fruit 

 is sterile to its own pollen, it fails to 

 fruit. I have proved by direct experi- 

 ment, that the olive will not bear fully 

 unless it is cross-pollinated. It is very 

 important, then, that the olive be 

 planted so as to mix varieties that blos- 

 som at the same tiine, and there should 

 be honey-bees in the region to do the 

 work of carrying the pollen from the 

 flowers of one tree to those of another. 



We should remember, then — 



1st. AH showy flowers are nectar- 

 bearing. 



2d. All fragrant flowers are honey- 

 plants. 



3d. Every bee-keeper is interested in 

 all showy and all fragrant flowers, 

 practicalU'. 



4th. In planting orchards, the fruit- 

 grower should mix varieties, and not 

 plant in solid blocks. 



5th. As most fruit-trees require 

 cross-pollination, and as the honey-bee 

 is the great agent in this work, every 

 orchardist should see to it that there is 

 a goodly number of colonies of bees 

 near his orchard. A. J. Cook. 



Los Angeles Co., Calif., June 16. 



Bees Not Doing Well. 



Bees are not doing very well here, 

 yet. The}' wintered well, but the 

 spring was very unfavorable for breed- 

 ing-, and since the white clover blos- 

 somed the weather has been bad for 

 the bees about half of the time. 



A. W. Smith. 



Sullivan Co., N. Y., June 16. 



Very Dry Weather. 



It is terrible dry here. Some white 

 clover is in blossom. We must have 

 rain soon if we have anj' white honey. 

 I had my first swarm today. The cold 

 spring left many colonies weak. 



Chas. B. Allbn. 



Oswego Co., N. Y., June 11. 



Report of Early Honey, Etc. 



In a former report it had been stated 

 that we were extracting honey on May 

 16, stored from the early sources, nota- 

 bly the poplar, maple, dandelion and 

 fruit-bloom, all of which are too early 

 for bees to store surplus, managed on 

 the ordinary methods. 



The artificial swarms made May 5, 

 from which were taken off, respect- 

 ively, S2, 48. 41) and 47 pounds gross, 

 we are again (June 7), extracting the 

 surplus stored from raspberry, and 

 other early sources. 



The queen that is now entering on 

 her sixth year gives us 33 pounds more, 

 which added to the 52 pounds, as re- 

 ported May 1(1. makes 85 pounds for 

 this particular colony. Allowing 32 

 pounds for supers and combs, leaves 53 

 pounds of extracted honey, with bees 



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