4 A Modern Bee -Farm 



the neighbourhood of Heather, though in Autumn it will pay 

 well to move bees to the same if within a reasonable distance, 

 as the honey generally commands a good price. 



On chalk soil, particularly among the South Downs, we 

 find the Sanfoin early in June and about the middle of August; 

 Wild Thyme in July, and numerous wild flowers of the thistle 

 family during the Autumn ; as well as a species of Trefoil 

 [Lotus Corniculatus) during the Summer. Red Clover is also 

 grown in great quantity, upon the second crops of which the 

 foreign races only can work ; and as the first cuttin~g of this 

 plant would otherwise be very light. Yellow Trefoil is mixed 

 with it, and this flowers freely for nearly a month before the 

 first mowing. The blackberry must not be forgotten, in some 

 parts being so abundant as to give quite a surplus of good 

 colored honey ; while the privet hedges are by no means to 

 be despised. 



Should the bee-keeper's lot fall upon any spot not so 

 favorably situated, and expecting to work many stocks, he 

 can only do so by making such arrangements as will allow 

 him to 



Grow suitable Crops 



which will also do for hay, and even in a good district he 

 would do well to have some large crops going throughout'the 

 whole season. I have sometimes been asked 



What Amount of Capital should be Invested 



to ensure a certain income ; but, considering! know nothing 

 of the capabilities of those who apply by letter, it would be 

 useless to attempt a satisfactory answer, and in many cases 

 unwise to give any encouragement at all, where the fullest 

 particulars as to locality and personal qualifications are not 

 given. Everything relating to his surrounding honey-pro- 

 ducing plants and trees should be well known to the advanced 

 apiarist, who will not be certain of success on a large scale 



