1903 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



225 



be bad throughout the summoi-, except 

 when the weather is too dry. If the 

 phacolia is cut at the beginning of 

 blossoming, or the early part oi it, it 

 will grow again and can furnish Ihree 

 or four cuttings during the soa;Jon. 



As hay or green forage, poacelia 

 ranks in quality very near to red clo- 

 ver. It should, however, not be cut 

 later than the middle of the blossoming 

 period, otherwise the stems become too 

 hard. The yield obtained by Mr. Henry 

 (Gazette Apicole) was four tons to the 

 acre of hay, or about four times that 

 amount of green forage when used 

 that way. The yield of seed was 600 . 

 pounds to the acre. These experiments 

 were made in the department of Van- 

 cluse (France), that is in a section of 

 superior land and good cultivation, I 

 doubt if such results could be obtained 

 by our average farir'ors. 



I spolve here of green forage. In 

 nearly all Europe horses and cows are 

 fed in doors all summer; the green for- 

 age is cut and brought to them in the 

 stable. Under the conditions that ob- 

 tain there it is the best course to fol- 

 low. 



In a preceding communication, I 

 spoke of the sainfoin. I forgot to say 

 that the hay from the sainfoin is of 

 first quality, superior to that from 

 clover or alfalfa. The seed can be 

 bought in this country from all the 

 dealers. 



Knoxville, Tenn. 



plain his method, so the rest of us 

 way-behind-the-times bee-fellows will 

 be able to keep in sight, at least. In 

 this eastern corner of Bradford coun- 

 ty, Pa., to increase from 12 'to 55 colo- 

 nies would ruin the whole batch, to 

 say nothing of surplus honey. A good 

 many things look well on paper. Yes, 

 somethings. We had a fair yield Of 

 light honey, but the constant wet 

 weather spoiled the buckwheat crop. 

 Yours truly, 



Z. Cornell. 



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TELL US ALL HOW 



Silvara, Pa., Sept. 5, 1903. 

 W. T. Falconer Co.: 



In September number of Bee-Keeper, 

 under heading "Good Season in Illi- 

 nois," J. E. Johnson makes the follow- 

 ing statement: "Up to date, August 

 20, I have taken 1,700 pounds comb 

 and 300 pounds extracted honey and 

 increased from 12 to 55 swarms." 



Now, I have kept bees over 20 years 

 and would like the gentleman to ex- 



THE MANGROVE IN CUBA. 

 Cubanas, Cuba, Aug. 19, 1903. 



Dear Mr. Hill: Black mangrove, 

 after all, failed to produce any surplus 

 honey in my new location. During 

 the blooming period we had nice dry 

 weather, and yet the bees got hardly 

 more than a living. 



One day in .July a neighbor came to 

 me and said that the bees were work- 

 ing on black mangrove. As my bees 

 were beginning to fly more freely, I 

 went to investigate, and found not a 

 single bee on black mangrove; but 

 another large tree, "Patawan," which 

 grows together with the mangrove was 

 full of bees, as it had just begun 

 blooming. The honey came from the 

 mangrove swamp, but not from man- 

 grove. I do not think mangrove is 

 good for honey in the South. 



I took extracted 150 gallons, light 

 amber, from Patawan, and took of 

 comb honey 400 pounds. (Nice one). 

 Bees work on Patawan even in the 

 rain, but it does not last very long — 

 three weeks — and weather was bad. 



Yours truly, 



"Pat." 



Honey bees have taken possession of 

 the Rocky Run school house, which 

 stands on the borders of the State San- 

 itarium site near this place. 



When the workmen went to the 

 building to make necessary repairs the 

 bees swarmed around the door and it 

 was impossible for any one to enter 

 the place. There are three swarms in 

 the building, and it is believed that a 

 large quantity of honey will be gath- 

 ered when the bees are got out. — North 

 American. 



Glen Gardner, N. J., August 4. 



