July 26, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL- 



475 



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Revised by Dadant— 1899 Edition. 



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gathered seed for me which I have 

 sown on waste vacant land and the 

 highways, so that now I have (juite a 

 good stand of it. I have my bee-yard 

 sown to it and it lu-lps shade the hives. 

 When once sown, that is suflicient, as 

 it will stand drouth and does not freeze 

 out, spreads rapidly, and secretes nectar 

 every year after the first. It grows 

 about 3 feet high, commences to bloom 

 about June 15, and blooms until frost. 

 The honey is white, very much resem- 

 bling white clover honey, and I have 

 failed to detect any unpleasant taste 

 in eating it. 



The seed can be sown in the spring 

 or fall, and will do well on almost any 

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 too much shaded. I find that farmers 

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 highway as they do sweet clover. 



If catnip is plenty by the side of 

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 much honey as sweet clover, which I 

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Our bees wintered poorly last winter. 

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J. L. Gandv. 



Richardson Co., Nebr., July 16. 



Expects Little Surplus Honey. 



Bees are lightly brooded, and work- 

 ing occasionally today, swarming 

 some, but are not gathering much 

 honey, and of poor quality. Josephus' 

 famine cycle — S years past and 2 to 

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 patience to wait for that cycle to pass. 

 I had no surplus last year, and expect 

 but little this year. Just now there is 

 plenty of rain, and a moderate honey- 

 flow. E. H. SturTevant. 



Washington Co., N. Y., July 14. 



Third Poor Honey Season. 



Bees have done nearly nothing so 

 far this season. Prospects are gone 

 for surplus. There is lots of clover but 

 no honey, and the third season of it. 

 J. C. KELLY. 



Tama Co., Iowa, July 14. 



A Lively Hiving Experience. 



Last fall my brother (Glen) was given 

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To-day my swarm came out. (Whew!) 

 I had just bought an old hive with 

 combs to put them in, and there was a 

 lot of candied honey in it, so I wet the 

 combs to dissolve it so the bees could 

 use it. I guess that made them mad. 



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