128 BEEKEEPING 



The same thing is true, in a lesser de- 

 gree perhaps, with most other honey pro- 

 ducing plants. It is important that the 

 beekeeper know from what plants his 

 surplus is most liable to come and then 

 be prepared to secure that surplus 

 promptly when the time arrives. 



The introduction of sweet clover, an 

 European weed, into the white clover sec- 

 tions has had something to do with the 

 crops from the older plant. Both bloom 

 at about the same time and as a result the 

 fine white clover honey is contaminated 

 with the greenish colored product of 

 the sweet clover. "While the latter is by 

 no means a bad honey it does not rank 

 with the white clover and the mixture has 

 been the means of practically eliminating 

 the older honey from the market. 



Perhaps I am a "crank" on white clo- 

 ver honey. Certainly I am very sensitive 

 to the least trace of strong honey when it 

 is mixed with white clover. Some curi- 

 ous arrangement (probably a defect) of 



