THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 3 



There were a good many bee-keepeis who visited the fair who 

 took very much interest in the display, and considerable interest was 

 shown in a proper organization of the Kansas bee-keepers to affiliate 

 with the National. 



Candy for Queen Cages Made Without Honey. 



This office has received a sample of candy for queen cages made 

 and sent in by O. F. Fuller, of Blackstone, Mass. The candy has 

 been laying on my desk for some time, seems to be of good con- 

 sistency, does not become badly affected with the changes in tem- 

 perature and moisture, and from appearance it would seem that it 

 should be a good substitute for candy made with honey. 



Mr. Fuller reports that he has been working on soft candy feed 

 for bees for about a year, and that he wintered about twenty 

 colonies on soft candy from about January to the time for bees to 

 collect nectar. No doubt Mr. Fuller will give us the receipt for 

 making this candy for publication later. — E. B. T. 



Conditions in the West. 



The dry, light volcanic ash soil spoken of in the November Re- 

 view, is not general throughout the Rocky Mountain region. Idaho 

 and Oregon have more of it than any of the other states. Complaint 

 is made that the farmers are plowing up alfalfa to grow grain — that 

 is done continually in the crop rotations. The land will be seeded 

 to alfalfa again in a few years. The condition of an all alfalfa dis- 

 trict as some have been in the past, will hardly come again, but fears 

 need not be entertained that alfalfa will not be grown. Alfalfa, 

 however, is being cut earlier than a decade ago, and there is not the 

 nectar for the bees there was formerly. The alfalfa seed districts 

 are still favorable for bee-keeping. Large areas of alfalfa have been 

 plowed up for growing of sugar beets, but this land is put back to 

 alfalfa again in a few years. The bee-men of the west rely now on 

 sweet clover — that was the case a few years ago. — 'W. F. 



Introducing New Honey Plants. 



An almost unexplored field is that of introducing foreign honey 

 plants to this country. We know the value of sweet clover in almost 

 every locality. The bee-keeper now has the aid of the sheep men in 

 spreading the seed and renoun of this valuable honey plant. Prob- 

 ably ten times as much sweet clover seed is sown by the sheep men 

 as by the bee-keepers. 



