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Other reports to this office complain of a scarcity of fall honey, 

 and mention heavy feeding. Here is where the careless bee-keeper 

 will come in for a heavy loss this winter if he doesn't take heed now 

 and see that all colonies are well supplied with stores. Take nothing 

 for granted. — E. B. T. 



Sweet Clover for Winter Pasturage. 



G. S. Todd, of Montezuma County, Colorado, a resident there 

 for years, says that sweet clover makes a valuable winter pasturage 

 for stock, growing as it does in the canons and gulches. Air. Todd's 

 orchard has a heavy growth of sweet clover in it and he told me 

 that before spring his horses would have it nearly all eaten to the 

 ground. Mr. Todd is of the opinion that sweet clover has been of 

 more value to the farmer and stockman than it has been harm. 

 Where the grain fields are plowed each year and the crop not disced 

 in on the stubble, sweet clover does not cause trouble in the wheat 

 and oats. — W. F. 



The Manipulation of the Wax Scales by the Honey Bee. 



People used to believe that wax was gathered by the bees and 

 taken to the hive the same as was the honey. Those big balls of 

 pollen appearing on the bee's legs were long supposed to be bee 

 comb. Later it was learned that wax in some mysterious manner 

 came from the body of the bee, but just how this was done, and how 

 it was moulded into the beautiful comb was not so well understood. 



D. B. Casteel, Ph. D., Collaborator, Adjunct Professor of 

 Zoology. University of Texas, has gone into this matter in detail in 

 circular No. 161, issued by the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture, Washington, D. C, October 4th, 1912, and bearing the title 

 given above. This circular can be had free by addressing the 

 Department. — E. B. T. 



A Railroad Company Asking for Honey. 



'My little effort to bring buyer and producer together has begun 

 to show me the possibilities before the National Association in this 

 line of work. I can see where a lot of new markets can be worked 

 up by persistent effort, and how the bee-keeper who sells at home 

 can be benefited. 



I have before me a letter from a Railroad company asking where 

 they can get honey put up in individual service packages for their 

 dining cars. When a company of this kind will come to the 



