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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAT.. 



889 



Nebraska Notes and Comments. 



nV J. M. YOUNO. 



Out-Apiary. — Wo are starting aa out-aplary with only a 

 few colonies, just to see how and what success we have. 



Whitk Clover is almost in full blast now, of which there 

 is plenty In this locality, but there has been so much cold 

 weather that bees do not more than get a good taste from it. 



Using Separators. — We are using separators on all our 

 ' hives this season, having come to the conclusion that nice, 

 salable honey can't be obtained otherwise. 



Basswood and Clover. — The prospects for the basswood 

 bloom this year Is very good, and the white clover coming in 

 earlier (some two weeks) than the linden, will make a continu- 

 ous honey-flow, much longer than usual. 



Empty Combs. — Those who are just starting in bee-culture 

 should look after all empty combs now, for the moth-worms 

 will get into them, and in a few days will entirely ruin them. 

 When I have empty combs not covered by bees, I usually 

 place them about two inches apart in the hives, or wherever 

 they are. In some cool, dry place is best to keep them, if 

 such a place is at hand. 



Keepisg Out Moths. — I am often askt how I keep the 

 moth out of my hives. That is not hard to do. I often say 

 the whole secret is in having good, strong colonies, and a hive 

 brimful of bees. The moth-worms have no show in such a 

 stronghold. 



A Welcome Visitor. — The American Bee Journal comes 

 as regularly on every Thursday and as certain as the sun 

 rises, and is always a welcome visitor in our household. 



Slow Swarming. — Bees are slow to begin swarming in 

 this locality ; only three swarms to date in my home yard. 



Cass Co., Nebr., June 11. 



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Report of the North American Convention Held 

 at St. Joseph, Mo., Oct. 10-12, 1894. 



REPORTED BY LOUIS R. LIQHTON. 



[Continued from page 374.1 

 WHAT SHALL, WE PLANT FOE HONEY? 

 Plants for Ornament and Honey. 



Most bee-keepers will want ornamental plants, shrubs, or 

 trees about their homes, but if they should not happen to feel 

 interested in this direction their good wives surely will. It is 

 well to select plants which yield honey, for. tho it may fre- 

 quently happen that the amount collected from them will be 

 but " a drop in the bucket," so to say, yet the satisfaction of 

 seeing the bees busily at work on them will be worth consider- 

 able, and in many instances the pollen obtained by the bees 

 will be of great value in furthering the rearing of brood — par- 

 ticularly, early in the season. The list from which we may 

 choose is very ioug. I can merely mention a few of the best, 

 all of which may be obtained from leading seedsmen or flor- 

 ists, who will also give hints as to their culture, or from whose 

 catalogs such hints may be obtained. In some instances a 

 trial having shown the adaptability of a given locality to some 

 one of these plants and the requisite management to bring 

 success, it might be grown on a large scale for its seed, and 

 fine crops of honey obtained at the same time. 

 Peraininls : — 



Red-bud (Cercis canadensis), a small tree very ornamental 

 in early spring, when it is covered with blossoms before the 

 leaves appear, in February and March in the South, and April 

 and May in the North. The blossoms are like those of the 

 peach, but redder. Bees are very busy on them, getting both 

 pollen and honey. 



Willows {Salix) are ornamental along streams or ditches 

 and keep the soil from washing out. They blossom very early, 

 furnishing honey and pollen — an important stimulus to brood- 

 rearing. 



The true Poplars (Fopulus) also yield pollen very early in 

 spring, and some of the varieties are planted for ornament. 



Red or Soft Maple (Acer rubnun, Silver Maple (^1. dasy- 

 carpitm), Hard or Sugar Maple {A. saccharinum). Birch {Beta- 

 la) and Elm, {Vlmns), all valued as ornamental and timber 

 trees offer important stores of pollen and honey to our bees in 

 early spring. 



Tulip Tree or Whitewood (Liriodendron tuUpifera) is a 

 stately ornamental tree that should be more often planted 

 where it is not abundant. Its large tulip-shaped greenish-yel- 

 low blossoms secrete much honey in May or June. Its wood is 

 also valuable. 



Linden or Basswood (TiUo amcricana) blossoms in June or 

 July in various latitudes. It is widely distributed, yet as many 

 localities are without it, planting and distribution of seedling 

 trees is to be recommended. Several of the avenues of our 

 capital city, Washington, have been lined with these trees and 

 the parks contain others, so that, while bees in surrounding 

 localities are accumulating nothing, those within the city 

 often store fifty or more pounds of beautiful honey. The lin- 

 den is a rapid grower and the wood is useful. 



Locust (Robiniii pseudacafin) is another rapid-growing 

 tree whose timber is valuable, and which is often planted as a 

 shade and ornamental tree. It is frequently attackt by in- 

 sects, much inclined to spread by suckers, and withal is not a 

 very handsome tree, but its pendant racemes of yellowish- 

 white blossoms, which appear in June, are very fragrant and 

 furnish our bees for a short time with a good harvest of beau- 

 tiful honey. 



Hardy Catalpa {Catalpa speciosa) Is a beautiful tree which 

 will thrive in the Middle States and westward though very 

 likely not in the colder northwest. C. lucnipferi, a Japanese 

 species, alsodoes well. In the South, C. caUilpa, Linn, Is fre- 

 quently planted, its large leaves and white blossoms in pani- 

 cles making it very attractive. All yield honey. 



Hawthorn, White Thorn {Crataegus spp.) may be used as 



