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most places, but even here the crop is light, 

 not more, surely, than one-third or one-half 

 that of last year. In some of our Vjest honey 

 sections, like parts of Riverside County, or 

 about Ferris, there is no crop at all. I think 

 the cause of this is in the cold weather. An 

 overcoat has been in demand all the spring. 

 A little fire in the house each morning has 

 been relished most of the time. The same 

 cold, I think, is making the oranges drop 

 badly. Thus, while our friends in the East 

 are mourning the dearth of honey because of 

 excessive rain, we will join in the lament, 

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A. J. Cook. 

 Los Angeles Co., Calif., July 8. 



Will Plan for Fall Flow. 



The rain seems over; 4 inches fell on Fri- 

 day night. The ground is full of water. No 

 sections completed. 



We have had only three warm days, and 

 not a warm night; it is 5.5 degrees at "a.m. 

 To-day it seems as if it would be wanner. 



Clover is in full bloom, and may give 24 

 sections of honey per colony. I shall begin 

 to plan for a good fall honey-How. 



.Ions C. Stewart. 



Nodaway Co., Mo., July 31. 



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Yellow Sweet Clovep— Sainfoin. 



Bees here are behaving splendidly, gather- 

 ing in plenty of neelar. Yellow sweet clover 

 came into bloom June 8, here this year, and is 

 still in blossom, just meeting the white sweet 

 clover, the two making a constant bloom of 

 over three months; and if the white clover is 

 cut just as it comes into bloom, a much 

 longer period. 



Yellow sweet clover does not grow nearly 

 so tall as the white sweet clover, and is of a 

 liner nature. It is not so thrifty on very poor 

 soil as the white sweet clover, but perhaps 

 after it has been in the ground some time it 

 would improve. Every day I see evidence 

 that cattle will eat sweet clover when they 

 have learned to eat it. 



This year I put in a small plat of sainfoin 

 clover seed; the plants came up and some of 

 them blossomed : it is t|uite a thrifty plant, 

 making a heavier growth for the first season 

 than red clover, and the stalks are not nearly 

 so coarse as the red clover, but seem to carry 

 a greater amount of leaves. Of the few blos- 

 soms that came out 1 did not notice any bees 

 on them, but they have Euch a feast here this 

 season that it would be hard to get them to 

 look at small things. 



I got a farmer friend of mine to try some of 

 this clover seed this spring, and he thinks it 

 is a good fodder-plant; however, we will 

 know more about it next year, if all goes well, 

 as I shall try to put in a larger piece of 

 ground. It is altogether unlike any other 

 clover in appearance that I have ever seen. 



I notice the Ontario Agricultural College, at 

 Guelph, rt ports on it this year, and it seems to 

 be as good as any of the clovers. Give it a 

 trial, in a small way at lirst, and see what you 

 can make of it. You will need to plant the 

 seed deeper than other clover seeds, as it is 

 very large. W. D. Harris. 



Ontario. Canada, July 14. 



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 them the attention demanded. Swarming 

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 a week ago, and has kept up until now. I 

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 keep the bees provided with storage-room. 

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 think all night, with the exception of a few 

 cat-naps, in order to do it. Fortunately, I 

 was provided with a good deal of storage in 

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