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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan, 15 



it is doubtful if it would kill the microbes of 

 European and American foul brood. A so- 

 lution of some of the standard germicides 

 would be better. A strong solution of car- 

 bolic acid might answer. — Ed.] 



WHY IT IS EASY TO SELL THICK HONEY PUT 

 UP IN GLASS. 



I think I have hit on a good plan to sell 

 extracted honey. I gave my bees plenty of 

 room this year, making them three and four 

 stories high, and left the honey in the hives 

 until Sept. 10, when I extracted about 300 

 ll)s. of thick well-ripened honey. Knowing 

 that a great deal of honey had been put up- 

 on the market early in the season, which 

 was not giving satisfaction, I filled a dozen 

 (juart glass fruit-jars with the extracted hon- 

 ey, and labeled them "2| lbs. honey, pure 

 and ripe," and put them on sale at our gro- 

 cer's. In two days it was half sold. By tip- 

 ping the jars the customer could see it was 

 thie^, and visions of hot biscuit and honey 

 did the rest. 



Sheldon, Mo. C. A. Bird. 



CAUCASIANS AS SWARMERS; THE STATEMENT 

 OF A RUSSIAN BEE-KEEPER. 



The price lists of two breeders of Cauca- 

 sian queens say that they are great swarm- 

 ers. I notice your answer to Seward 

 Steffy, page 889, 'l906. H. Kikkham. 



Vladimer, Russia. 



SM^EET CLOVER; SHOULD BE GROWN IN 

 FIELDS, AND NOT ALONG THE ROAD- 

 SIDES; ITS VALUE AS A 

 FERTILIZER. 



Please don't go to the legislature to have 

 sweet clover stricken off the class of noxious 

 weeds, p. 989, so far as highways are concern- 

 ed, for the highway belongs (generally) to 

 the public, and looks better cleanly mowed 



MISTLETOE AS A PARASITE — VALIAIJLK iOi; EARLY 



POLLEN. 



SeelBee-keepina in the Southwest, on another page. 



MISTLETOE OK MESQUITE-TREE; TWO HONEY- 

 PLANTS IN ONE. 

 See Bee-keepina in the Southivest. on another page. 



than with any thing that will grow 7 to 10 

 ft. high in a season, as sweet clover will. 

 Let bee-keepers raise their sweet clover on 

 their own land, like buckwheat, and not dis- 

 figure the highways with it. I have about 

 six acres of sweet clover, not as thi(^k as I 

 wish, but I hope to see it better in the future, 

 and I cut the sweet clover along the road by 

 my place. 



There may be States in which 

 sweet clover is classed as a nox- 

 ious weed, and so that it would be 

 unlawful to raise it, even on our 

 own land. If this is the case, it 

 would not look well to advise 

 raising it there. I have found 

 that sweet clover is worth more 

 for enriching the soil than it is for 

 honey. 



I dug a few potatoes yesterday 

 where there was sweet clover last 

 year, and found double the yield 

 out of the same number of hills on 

 the same soil. Where the sweet 

 clover grew, there was no manure 

 last year; and where the sweet 

 clover was not, I had a coat of 

 manure last season. Along the 

 railroad and highways sweet clo- 

 ver does not last more than a 

 few years. It will grow where no 

 plant will, and then other plants 

 take its place. I have in mind a 

 spot where the soil was removed 

 for an embankment — 3 or 4 feet 



