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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAU 



Pink- White Glory of Clover. 



A pink-white glory of clover. 

 Linking with summer's light ; 



A patch-work gay, all nectar, 

 Makes hills and valleys bright. 



A pink-white glory of clover. 

 Comes in the rose-set June ; 



When the sky above is bluest, 

 The world with joy a-tune. 



A pink-white glory of clover. 

 Out-lasting summer flowers ; 



The roses, blooming and fading, 

 To autumn's chill, dark hours. 



A pink- white glory of clover. 

 Going only with the leaves ; 



With the fall of the maples' crimson. 

 The binding of the sheaves. 



— FliOKENCE CARK. 



Hueries a|id Replies. 



Bees and Graftlni-f ai on Trees. 



Query 824.— What can be done to 

 prevent bees from taking grafting-wax 

 oft from trees where grafting has been 

 done ? My bees took off the wax and 

 destroyed several cions last Spring. — 

 Michigan. 



Tie cloth over it. — C. C. Miller. 

 Wrap rags around it. — M. Mahin. 

 Cover it with cloth. — H. D. Cutting. 



-James A. 



the wax. — G. M. Doo- 

 rags. — J. M. Ham- 



Wind rags around the wax 

 Green. 



Tie cloth over 



LITTLE. 



Wrap them with 



BAUGH. 



Tie a cloth over the wax. — Mrs. J. N. 

 Heater. 



Try rubbing a little ccrasin on the 

 grafting-wax.— C. H. Dibbern. 



Wind the wax with cloth. I think 

 that would protect it. — A. J. Cook. 



Make the grafting-wax harder ; or else 

 put muzzles on the bees. — A. B. Mason. 



Look up a recipe for making grafting- 

 wax that requires less beeswax. — P. H. 

 Elwoou. 



I give it up. Tell me. May be the 

 wax could be scented and flavored with 



something that would disgust the "little 

 varmints." — James Heddon. 



1 would suggest wrapping a cloth over 

 the "waxed part of the graft. — J. P. H. 

 Brown. 



Covering the wax with a piece of 

 cotton-cloth would prevent it, I think. — 

 E,. L. Taylor. 



Press on with the hands some strong 

 paper, to cover the wax ; the paper will 

 stick to the wax. — E. France. 



Nothing that I know of. They prob- 

 ably find a scai'city of propolis, and take 

 it as a substitute. — J. E. Pond. 



Why not cover the grafting-wax with 

 strips of cloth, or other material, to 

 keep oS the bees ? — G. L. Tinker. 



I really do not know. I have never 

 heard of a similar case. Was it not be- 

 cause the bees had nothing else to do ? 

 — Eugene Secor. 



Wrap thin muslin around the stock 

 where the wax is. If your grafting-wax 

 is of the proper proportions, I do not 

 think it will get soft enough for the bees 

 to handle. — Mrs. L. Harrison. 



What can be done to keep the rabbits 

 from gnawing young trees ? Why, pro- 

 tect them. So protect the wax by tying 

 rags or something else around it. You 

 know a woman would say " rags," every 

 time. — Mbs. Jennie Atchley. 



I don't know. I do some grafting 

 every year or so, and I have never been 

 troubled by bees. But if my bees were 

 to carry away the wax from grafted 

 stocks, -I would bandage them with tissue 

 paper or thin rags, to exclude the bees 

 from the wax. — G. W. Demaree. 



Protect the grafted trees by wrapping 

 cloth or stout paper over the grafting- 

 wax. — Editors. 



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