20 BEEKEEPING 



but said to be relished by many who learn 

 to like it. Hosts of other plants furnish 

 nectar from which the bees produce their 

 delectable product. Some of these plants, 

 such as the tulip-trees, furnish the ma- 

 terial for strong dark honey that is hardly 

 fit for human consumption. Where such 

 plants exist in large numbers it may be 

 found that the resulting "crop" is hardh'' 

 worth the candle, but one can find out 

 these things only by experience in one's 

 own neighborhood. I am frank in saying 

 that my own bees seldom produce any 

 quantity of first-class honey, but they oc- 

 casionally surprise me with a present of 

 a nice white comb containing what is ap- 

 parently pure white clover product. 

 When they fail in that I have the reward 

 of knowing that they have done their part 

 in looking after certain rather fundamen- 

 tal details of the fruit business and then, 

 as I said once before, they are so eternally 

 interesting. 



