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more than enough for the daily needs of 

 the hive. These periods are called "honey 

 flows" and their occurrence varies with 

 the season and with the situation of the 

 apiary — both as to its situation in a given 

 neighborhood and its sectional position 

 with regard to the rest of the country. 



In the Central States we have our great- 

 est yield of honey from white clover. In 

 parts of Michigan wild raspberry pro- 

 duces the bulk of the crop. In New York, 

 buckwheat furnishes honey late in sum- 

 mer. In a few places basswood yields al- 

 most at the same time as white clover. In 

 the West, sage, mesquite and other plants 

 produce their crop. All of these have 

 their period of maximum production and 

 these periods (^nev^o^s.) sometimes 

 may last for only a few weeks or even 

 for a few days. 



If the beekeeper does not have his 

 bees ready for the harvest when it comes, 

 it will remain in the field and soon enter 

 the same class as water that has passed be- 



