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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Sept. 26, 



jarred by placing the hives on a wheelbarrow in no gentle 

 manner, and wheeling them rapidly to the place they are to 

 stand, first having confined the bees to the hive, and doing the 

 whole on some dark, cloudy day wlien the bees are not flying, 

 which causes thorn to remain on their combs much better in 

 handling them than would be the case were they not thus 

 disturbed, so that, in the process of uniting, very few bees 

 take wing in comparison to what otherwise would, and these 

 few are so bewildered that they immediately go with the 

 others into the new hive, or united colony, as the fanning of 

 wings and hum of the bees calls them, saying, "A new home 

 is found." 



Having the hive full of combs containing the most honey, 

 I next shake the bees, which are on the remaining frames of 

 combs, off at the entrance, taking one frame from one colony, 

 and the next from another, and so on, so as to mix the bees 

 up as much as possible. When all the bees are inside of the 

 hive, the work of uniting is done. Remove the hives, bottom- 

 boards and all, from the stands occupied by any of the united 

 colonies previous to this, and no loss of bees will occur. What 

 few bees go back to the old stands upon their first flight after 

 this, return after finding their old hives gone ; also the mixing 

 up and jarring process spoken of above causes them to mark 

 their location anew, the same as does a new swarm, or when 

 the bees take their first flight in the spring. 



LINDENS ON STREETS. 



R. p. Holterraann says lindens planted in the streets are 

 rarely of benefit to bee-keepers, but must be in the woods to 

 be of much value. I wish that might be numerously contra- 

 dicted. [That is not true around Medina, nor in any other 

 place I have been in the United States during the bloom. I 

 have a row of trees in front of my house that are the equal of 

 any trees in the woods for the roar of bees at the proper sea- 

 son of the year. Of course, basswoods do better in the woods; 

 but that those along the streets are rarely of benefit to bee- 

 keepers is not true with us. — Ed.] — Stray Straws. 



LARGE COLONIES FOR HONET. 



As has been previously the case, the large colonies of two 

 and three 8-fraraers did altogether the best in honey. 

 Colonies occupying two cS-frame stories generally filled both of 

 them. In some instances they filled two stories, or a story 

 and a half, with surplus extracted honey. — Gleanings. 



TAKING MORE THAN ONE BEE-JOUKNAL. 



In our last issue I made such extended comments on the 

 Bee-Keepers' Review that I was really afraid the other jour- 

 nals would think I could see no merit elsewhere. How often 

 have 1 felt that, instead of making extracts and comments, I 

 should like to publish over again whole articles of the other 

 bee-papers ! But that is impossible ; but it is possible, with a 

 great majority of our readers, probably, to make a selection 

 of at least three, and buy them at club rates. But, you say, 

 money is scarce. When it has often happened that a single 

 item in any one of the papers has saved the reader dollnrs, 

 can you, dear reader, afford not to take them ? Bee-journal 

 editors can scarcely be called rivals. With hardly an excep- 

 tion they " bee " brethren. — Editorial in Gleanings. 



If all would agree with Ernest, it might save a good bit of 

 wear on my shears every week. 



SWEET CLOVER. 



Notwithstanding the loss of white clover, I think I shall 

 be able to report an average surplus of extracted honey this 

 year, of not less than 50 pounds per colony, spring count. 

 This surplus is mainly from basswood and sweet clover — 

 about as much from one as from the other. This is a small 

 average, as I ought to be able to report an average of at least 

 100 pounds surplus per colony from sweet clover alone. I 

 think I could do this if I could control the crop. The crop, 

 as a honey-plant, is destroyed in this locality in two ways — by 

 mowing and by pasturing. The city authorities here mow it 

 down along the streets. This, of course, they have a legal 

 right to do. But as they do not confine their work to sweet 

 clover alone, we honey-producers have no right to complain. 

 And the farmers are busy also in destroying sweet clover as a 

 honey-plant. They have found out that their cattle will eat 

 it; they therefore turn out their cows to pasture upon it when 

 they are short of feed on their farms. They hire a boy to herd 

 their cows and keep them within proper bounds. The cows 

 will eat the plants even after they come into bloom, and when 

 from 4 to 6 feet high. Some farmers make it a practice to 

 cut it before it comes into bloom, and haul it to their hogs. 

 The plant is then so succulent that hogs will eat it readily. 



Those who have used it in this way regard it as of great value 

 for hogs alone. There are some farmers here who contend 

 that it will pay to grow sweet clover as a regular farm crop, 

 especially for hogs and cows. If we have many more dry 

 summers they will be driven to it, for sweet clover is one of 

 the crops that will make a satisfactory growth without regard 

 to dry weather. — M. M. Baldbidge, iu Gleanings. 



For my part, I'm glad to know that stock cut off some of 

 the bees' chances, for that means in time a greater increase. 



CRIMSON CLOVER. 



I sowed about 20 acres to crimson clover in August, 1894, 

 about the 1 2th. Sowed about five quarts to the acre. The 

 land was planted in corn. As to cultivation of ground for 

 seeding I used a one-horse sprine-tooth cultivator, spread it 

 wide enough to take a balk. I sowed a part of the seed be- 

 fore cultivating, and a part after cultivating. Could not dis- 

 cover any difference in the stand, or growth of clover. It 

 made an immense crop, very thick on the ground, and was 

 over two feet high when plowed under about May 15. I never 

 saw such a crop of anything turned under. 



I planted the ground to corn, got it all planted by June 

 1. The corn has made a wonderful growth, looks black and 

 rank. I am so well pleased with the results of crimson clover 

 that I expect to sow 60 acres this season. Many farmers who 

 have watched the growth and results of this field of crimson 

 clover, are now arranging to sow some this season. This 

 clover is fast getting a foothold in America. 



We see much nowadays about what is the best brand of 

 commercial fertilizer. Did you ever think, brother farmer, 

 what amount of money leaves your neighborhood for ferti- 

 lizers? I do not wish to condemn the use of these fertilizers, 

 but would it not be much better to use a plant that will collect 

 fertilizer from the atmosphere with but little expense, and, at 

 the same time, build your soil up ? We, as farmers, must 

 watch our business, and profit by practical experience. What 

 gives me good results on my land may not be the proper thing 

 to give you the results desired. Soil, climate, location, etc., 

 govern these things to considerable extent. But watch crimson 

 clover — what it has done, and what it will do, for the farmer. 

 — Geo. T. Leatherman, of West Virginia, in National Stock- 

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