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Plant such honey-flora as will best suit 

 your climate. But it won't pay to culti- 

 vate plants exclusively for the honey. — 

 J. P. p. Bkovfn. 



Alsike in some localities ; also buck- 

 wheat. Melilot in waste places, or on 

 cultivated ground, if you teach your 

 stock to eat it. — 0. C. Millek. 



In this latitude (Wis.) Alsike clover 

 and buckwheat. I don't know where 

 you live. What would be best in one 

 place, would not for some other location. 

 — E. Fkance. 



That depends so mubh upon locality, 

 and various other things, that without 

 knowing something of the possibilities 

 of your range, and the ownership of it, 

 I would not advise. — Mrs. L. Harrison. 



Nothing. If his pasturage is not good, 

 it were well to move to a better field. 

 Planting for honey alone is not consid- 

 ered a financial success by the most of 

 those who have tried it. — G. M. Doolit- 



TLE. 



Yes, if useful plants, like Alsike 

 clover, possibly rape and buckwheat, 

 and especially of basswoods along all 

 the streets. Urge basswoods on the 

 roadsides instead of maples and elms. — 

 A. J. Cook. 



I don't think it pays to plant anything 

 specifically for honey. Bees extract 

 their stores almost wholly from natural 

 flowers. Civilization and agricultural 

 cultivation diminish the natural sources 

 on which bees forage, and from which 

 honey is extracted. — J. E. Pond. 



Some years ago I scattered 10 cents 

 worth of sweet clover seed along the 

 railway here, and now it is scattered for 

 miles, and promises to be of some worth 

 to the bees. If I were to do any plant- 

 ing, it would be to set out all the young 

 basswood trees I could get. — G. L. 

 Tinker. 



You must be somewhat your own 

 judge about this. If none of the wild 

 honey-plants that furnish your best 

 yields will not thrive under cultivation, 

 I would select some of the tame varieties 

 that are best suited to your soil and 

 climate. It would be a difficult matter 

 to tell exactly what to plant, unless more 

 was known of your location. — Mrs. Jen- 

 nie Atchley. 



I cannot give advice of any value on 

 this point, because I have precious little 

 faith in planting for bee-forage. You 

 can beautify your grounds by planting 

 trees that bloom and furnish nectar, but 

 after all, Nature must " bloom as a 



rose " for our bees, or the whole thing 

 will disappoint. The " patches " of 

 blooming plants that I have scattered 

 by seeding the waste places, have never 

 shown any perceptible results. — G. W. 

 Demaree. 



Comrention rVotices. 



UTAH.— The semi-annual meeting of the 

 Utah Bee-Keepers' Association will be held in 

 Salt Lake City, Utah, on April 10, 11, 1893. 

 All interested are cordially invited. 



View, Utah. R. T. Ehees, Sec. 



PENNSYLVANIA.— The Susquehanna Co. 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will hold their 12th 

 semi-annual meeting at the Tarbell House in 

 Montrose, Pa., on Thursday, May 4, 1893. All 

 are invited. H. M. Seeley. Sec. 



Harford, Pa. 



NEW YORK. —The next meeting of the 

 Allegany County Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held at Belmont, N. Y.. on May 4th. 

 1893, in the Hotel Belmont. All bee-keepers 

 are invited to attend and make it what it 

 should be — an interesting meeting. 



H. C. Fabnum, Pres., Transit Bridge, N. Y. 



COLORADO.— The adjourned meeting of 

 the Colorado State Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held in the Charles Block, corner 15th 

 and Curtis Streets, Denver, Colo., on April 18, 

 1893. Business important to all honey-pro- 

 ducers will come before the meeting. 



Littleton, Colo. H. Knight, Sec. 



KANSAS.— The Kansas State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold tbeir annual convention 

 at Ottawa. Kansas, on April 6 and 7, 1893. 

 All bee-keepers are cordially invited to attend 

 this convention, and make it one of the most 

 interesting ever known. There will be a 

 good programme. Bring something to ex- 

 hibit. L. Wayman, Sec. 



Chanute, Kans. 



TEXAS.— The Texas State Bee-Keepers' As- 

 sociation will hold its 15th annual convention 

 In Greenville, one mile north of the Court 

 House, at the apiary of Mrs. Jennie Atchley, 

 on Wednesday and Thursday. April the 5th 

 and 6th, 1893. One of the biggest bee-meet- 

 ings ever held in the South is anticipated. 

 Everybody is invited. No hotel bills to pay. 

 Come one, come all, and let us have a lovely 

 meeting, and an enjoyable time. All bee- 

 keepers invited to bring along something to 

 exhibit. A. H. Jones, Sec. 



Golden, Texas. 



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