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next season. The bloom conies between 

 the fruit bloom and that of white clover 

 and for this reason is rather important in 

 white clover sections. Ordinarily there is 

 a long gap between fruit bloom and clover 

 which does not furnish the bees with as 

 much forage as they should have in order 

 to enable them to build up their colonies. 

 With more general planting of crimson 

 clover in the white clover districts this 

 gap would be effectively bridged and 

 while a great increase in the crop might 

 not be expected we would at least find our 

 bees in better position to give an account 

 of themselves during the heavy white clo- 

 ver flow. 



In parts of the West, alfalfa, another 

 important clover, has become a great fac- 

 tor in honey production. The honey from 

 it is not quite so fine as the best white 

 clover honey, but it ranks near the top in 

 the matter of quality and always finds a 

 ready market. 



It should be remembered that alfalfa is 



