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BEE -CULTURE. 



within ten days during a good 

 yield from natural pasturage. 

 It is much easier to cultivate 

 and produce enough pasturage, 

 in addition to that from natural 

 sources, to supply one hundred 

 hives of bees, than it is to pro- 

 vide pasturage for one hundred 

 head of sheep, and the profit on 

 bees will more than double 

 that on sheep. The best au- 

 thorities advocate the cultiva- 

 tion of such crops for bees as 

 are also valuable for their grain 

 or seed, the object being to fill 

 with the greatest profit the va- 

 cancies between natural sup- 

 plies and afford the bees an uninterrupted succession of flowers 

 in the greatest abundance from spring to fall., 



Liquid and Comb Honey. 

 As soon as honey begins to comes in rapidly, so as to fill the 



Fig. 1457.— Gill over-the-ground. 



Fig. 1458.— Three Varieties of Goldenrod. 



Fig. 1459.— Buckbush. 



hives, it is important to decide whether the market calls for liquid 

 honey or honey in the comb. Most markets call for bo|h kinds. 



