AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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f erred to is followed, and the hives are 

 shaded after the first or middle of June. 

 In the meantime, the occupants of the 

 poultry yard are coming on. Certainly, 

 the bees require no attention in the 

 morning, when the flock is fed, and none 

 at night when it is fed again. The 

 chicks are started on their day's growth, 

 and, ordinarily, need only occasional 

 oversight until night. 



As to bees and fowls occupying the 

 same yard, that depends upon its size, 

 meaning by "yard" the range and for- 

 age ground of the fowls. The writer 

 had 18 colonies of bees at one time, 24 

 at another, and also chicks and fowls 

 to the number of more than 200 that 

 roamed at will around the hives if they 

 wanted to. There was no clashing be- 

 tween them, and no evidence that one 

 was aware of the existence of the other, 

 but the range extended over four acres 

 or more. Of course, bees should not be 

 kept in a hen-coop or yard, where the 

 fowls are shut in, even if the place be 

 an acre in area. 



With the bees and the poultry well in 

 hand, the keeper may still have time to 

 till a garden. Chicks and vegetables 

 may not grow and thrive in the same 

 inclosure, but there may be a side-patch 

 in which the tiller at his work may be 

 within call, if his broods require atten- 

 tion. If he will plant raspberries with 

 a lavish hand, he will have shade for his 

 chicks, essential in the summer, honey 

 for the bees and for himself, and fruit 

 for his table and market. On a snug 

 place, with all these factors at work for 

 bread and butter and raiment (and 

 taxes), with good health and a quiet 

 conscience, what more can a man wish ? 

 — Country Oentlcman. 



Does MU Clover Pay ? 



M. M. BALDRIDGE. 



C. L. Comstock, of Dane county, Wis., 

 a grower- of Alsike clover, writes me 

 May 17, 1892, in substance as follows : 



"I have grown Alsike clover for the 

 past 12 years, and I think it is the most 

 profitable kind of clover to grow. I have 

 talked a great deal to my neighbors 

 about growing Alsike, but they have 

 taken no special interest in the subject 

 until recently. T have this year eight 

 acres of Alsike that I shall save for 

 seed. It is not mixed with timothy nor 

 any other clover. I have also some land 

 seeded to Alsike and timothy that I shall 



keep for pasture and hay. I like the 

 hay from Alsike better than red clover, 

 for it never gets dusty, and can be fed 

 with safety to horses. 



" Last year I cut 12 acres of Alsike 

 for seed, and secured therefrom 75 

 bushels, which I sold to a seed firm in 

 Chicago at $7.85 per bushel. When 

 Alsike is grown for seed, I think it is 

 better not to mix it with anything else. 

 When cut for seed, 1 cure it mainly in 

 small bunches." 



The reader will notice that the average 

 yield of this crop of Alsike seed was 6J^ 

 bushels per acre, and that it was sold at 

 nearly .$-±6 per acre — to say nothing 

 about the value of the hay after the seed 

 was taken from it. 



In my former article on Alsike (see 

 page 674), It is stated that Mr. Ander- 

 son secured 18U bushels of Alsike seed 

 from 4o acres, or an average of 4 1-5 

 bushels per acre. In 1886 (see "Alsike 

 Clover Leaflet") Mr. A. had 110 bushels 

 of seed from 20 acres, or 53^ bushels 

 per acre. 



Now, who is there to say that it does 

 not pay to grow Alsike ? 



St. Charles, Ills., May 20, 1892. 



Large Hives for Oiit-Door Winlerlni. 



J. H. ANDRE. 



Having experimented with different 

 kinds of hives the past 12 or 15 years, 

 I have reached what I believe to be a 

 safe conclusion, viz. : that hives for out- 

 door wintering should be large, and not 

 less than 10 inches depth of frame in- 

 side measure. 



My largest hives are 16 inches square 

 inside, with 20 frames arranged trans- 

 versely. Probably 24 frames would 

 have been better. None of the frames 

 reach across the hive. The only objec- 

 tion to this style is, the frames are very 

 hard to work. Probably if more frames 

 were used, the trouble would be less, 

 but it could not be practicable to any 

 extent. 



With this style the bees can reach any 

 part of the hive by way of the center 

 without passing the frames at the out- 

 side. This prevents parts of the cluster 

 from becoming isolated and perishing 

 during severe winter weather, which 

 frequently happens with frames which 

 reach across the hive. 



Another style I have tried, with the 

 brood-chamber 14x17 inches, 12 frames 

 S}4 inches deep by 12% inches in 



