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reach — the family, chickens and pigeons. 

 I finally exchanged hives, putting the 

 robbed colony in the place of the robbers, 

 and got stung fearfully while moving 

 them. This exchange stopped the rob- 

 bing, but the bees popped against the 

 glass of the windows trying to get into 

 the house, and watched the doors for 

 some person • coming out whom they 

 might sting. They kept this up the fol- 

 lowing day. 



" I had planted a row of sunflowers 

 along the division fence between me and 

 a neighbor on one side, and the bees did 



of temptation. If an apiary is Inclosed 

 with some such screens, the bees appear 

 to think that they need only to defend 

 the inclosure ; that that is their home. 



Weedy cornfields are thte prospect for 

 Fall honey in many localities. A species 

 of polygonum, commonly known as black- 

 heart, is very rank, owing to frequent 

 showers, and is perfectly at home in many 

 fields. 



I heard lately of a honey-plant that is 

 new to me, growing in the moist lands of 

 the Illinois River bottom, where there 

 are acres of it humming with bees gath- 





City Boy—" I smell honey." 



Bee-Keeper — "You will smell something warmer than honey if you don't get out of 

 there pretty quick." 



ifot disturb them, but the family adjoin- 

 ing me on the other side were molested. 

 I can account for this affair in no other 

 way than this : The cloth that I put into 

 the smoker had been over the bees, and 

 I noticed that it had wax and propolis on 

 it; and it was the smell of its burning 

 that set the bees to robbing so furiously. 



"Instead of my wanting 150 colonies 

 of bees on my lot, I would like to sell half 

 of the 20 I now have, or send them into 

 the country on shares." 



This man has learned a lesson that he 

 will never forget, and we may also profit 

 by it. The value of a screen around an 

 apiary, such as a high board fence, 

 hedge, trees planted closely, or rows of 

 sunflowers is shown. The bees did not 

 sting anything across the row of sun- 

 flowers, and if they flew that way they 

 aimed high and went up out of the way 



ering loads of both honey and pollen. It 

 is commonly known as American yellow- 

 top, and from the description given it is 

 a variety o.f wild mustard. 



MARKETING HONEY. 



Those who have been so fortunate as 

 to secure white clover or basswood honey, 

 should be in no hurry to market it, as 

 from all data obtained the crop will be 

 light. 



Very white comb, filled wi-th dark 

 honey gathered from honey-dew, is now 

 offered for sale in this market. A gro- 

 ceryman who has purchased a crate of 

 such honey, says that he sold two pounds 

 of it to a customer, and she gave him a 

 blowing up for selling her such stuff. It 

 should not be put upon the market, for 

 it will injure the sale of a better article. 

 It should be kept at home and used for 



