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of honey when the main crop is 

 over? 



The vicissitudes tlirough whicli 

 the plant lias passed before flower- 

 ing often have a ^reat effect on 

 the honey yield. Every beekeeper 

 in the north knows that severe 

 winter frosts if prolonged or often 

 repeated when there is no protection 

 by snow injures and kills the white 

 clover plants in great numbers. A 

 sharp frost following a warm per- 

 io.d in May is said to damage tlie 

 young shoots. But it is uncertain how 

 far these anti-flowering conditions 

 affect tlie nectar yield of such 

 flowers as are fully formed. 



Passing on to other factors that 

 influence the secretion of nectar 

 we know that moistuie in the soil 

 and high temperature are of very 

 great importance. The requisite de- 

 gree of temperature and of mois- 

 ture for the production of the larg- 

 est amount of honey differs widely 

 in different species of plants. White 

 clover, (Trifolium repens) requires 

 a moderate amount of heat and a 

 good deal of moisture. It fails to 

 give a good crop without rain, but 

 a soaking shower or two, even when 

 the clover is in full bloom, will 

 turn failure into success. In Brit- 

 ish Columbia the countryside is 

 sometimes white with clover heads 

 but the weather is too cold for 

 secretion. In twenty years I never 

 had a good honey flow from white 

 clover on the southeast coast of 

 England. It was always too cold or 

 too dry. Sweet clover ( Melilotus al- 

 ba) yields well in a drought but 

 needs heat. With a temperatui-e 

 never rising above 65 degrees I 

 found that an acre of sweet clover 

 adjoining my apiary in England 

 gave hardly any honey. Sainfoin is 

 spoilt by much rain before bloom- 

 ing but will yield well at a low 

 temperature (between 60 and 65 

 degrees) even with very little sun- 

 shine. Heather ( Calluna vulgaris) 

 like other plants, usually yields 

 best on warm days, but the heav- 

 iest one day's increase in weight 

 of a colony in the north of England 

 10 lbs. noted by Dr. Moore Ede in 

 the two seasons 1909 and 1910, was 

 on a day (Sept. 4th, 1909) that be- 

 gan with a heavy early morning 

 hoar frost (temperature o4 degrees). 

 The bees brought in most honey 

 between 8 a. m. when the tempera- 

 ture was only 4 8 degrees, and 10 



FOR SALE— Orange honey. 1914 crop. 

 Packed in 60-lb. cans, 2 in a case, net 

 weight. Price 9c per lb. Sample free. 

 JAMES McKEE, 559 Grand ave.. River- 

 side, Calif. 



It is your right when buying queens 

 to demand a pedigree. We send one 

 with each order for queens. Border 



City Apiaries, 223, N. B. St. Ft. Smith, 

 Ai-k. 



WE WILL be in the field with good 

 Italian Queens in June at $1 each, 6 

 for $5. Also 2 pr. Nuclei In June at 

 $2.50 each without queen. Where queen 

 is wanted add one dollar. D. J. 

 BLOCKER. Pearl City, 111. 



A student with some experience de- 

 sires a po.sition with some experienced 

 apiarist during winter in the south. 

 Florida, Cuba or Porto Rico, suggested, 

 interested party address Winter, in care 

 of The Bee-Keepers' Review, Northstar, 

 Michigan, U. S. A. 



FOR SALE — Three Banded Italian 

 Queens, bred from the best honey 

 gathering strains that are also hardy and 

 gentle. Untested queens 75c; six $4.25; 

 12, $8.00; tested $1.25; six $7.00; 12, 

 $12.00. For select queens add 25c each 

 to above prices. Breeding queens $3.00 

 to $5.00 each. For queens in larger 

 quantities write for prices. ROBT. B. 

 SPICER, Wharton. N. J. 



PURE ITALIAN QUEENS June to 

 October, mothers chosen from 150 col- 

 onies whose bees are most noted for 

 hardiness gentleness and honey gath- 

 ering. Drones as well as queens are 

 pedigreed from the best queens obtained 

 from a dozen different breeders of high 

 repute. 



1 Queen 75 



1 doz $7.20 



4 doz. or more 50 cents each 



J. H. HAUGHEY. Berrien Springs, 

 Mich. 



>nSCELLANEOUS 



HONEY LABELS — Catalogue and 

 prices free for the asking. PEAHL 

 CARD CO., Clintonville, Ct. 



BEEKEEPERS' SUPPLIES sold at 

 a reduction. Marshfield Sections and 

 Falcon Foundation in stock. Send for 

 my prices free. The Bee and Honey 

 Man W. D. SOBER, Jackson, Mich. 



WHITE SWEET CLOVER SEED — 

 10.000 pounds unhulled at 12c per pound, 

 8,000 pounds hulled cleaned seed at 20c 

 per pound sacks 25c extra. Immediate 

 shipment. B. F. SMITH JR., Cowley, 

 Wyo. 



FOR SALE — Twenty-five colonies of 

 heavy, healthy bees. Forty comb honey 

 supers complete. Emptj^ bodies, etc. Two 

 incubators. Two horse engine, with saw 

 and feed grinder. Address G. M. With- 

 row, Mechanicsburg, 111. 



