THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 111 



SELECTED ARTICLES 



AND EDITORIAL COMMENTS 



Bees Furnish Money to Buy 160 Acres of Land. 



L. E. Evans, of Onsted, Michigan, tells us in Gleanings that 

 his bees have furnished him sufficient money to purchase 160 acres 

 of land. He is also using insulating paper for packing cases, pack- 

 ing each colony separate with planer shavings. 



Growing Nectar, Rearing Plants and Trees. 



Wesley Foster tells in the American Bee Journal of a county 

 bee-keepers' association in Ohio that is going after securing honey 

 flora in the right way. They advise the railroads to save their 

 embankments by sowing sweet clover. Friend Foster believes that 

 local associations can do much in furnishing honey-producing trees 

 to all who will plant them. Same could be applied to the furnishing 

 of Alsike Clover seed. 



Why Clover Does Not Yield Honey as It Did in Olden Times. 



In an editorial in Gleanings, Editor Root throws some light on 

 why some soils will not produce clovers as they used to. Summed, 

 up, the trouble seems to be in most cases, that the soil is deficient 

 in lime. By advising the farmers to send a sample of soil to their 

 ^Agricultural College for analysis, when if lime is deficient it can be 

 applied, bee-keepers will reap the harvest of an increasing clover 

 honey ilow from the increasing crop of clover the farmers would 

 produce. Where Alsike grows better than the June, it is an indi- 

 cation that the soil lacks lime. 



Supporting Foundation to Prevent Buckling. 



Charlie Brown, of Piru, Cal., after considerable experimenting 

 v/ith dififerent methods of wires and the use of splints, has finally 

 settled down to the use of four wires and four splints for a Lang- 

 stroth frame. The wires are stretched horizontal and pulled tight, 

 while the splints are used vertical. In a footnote the Editor of 

 Gleanings states that H. E. Thayer has been using common bailing- 

 wires in place of the wooden splints. 



