142 BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. 



that produce honey and pollen have been mentioned. 

 A great many others of value have not been named, 

 that in some localities yield the greatest abundance 

 of honey. My object is to call special attention to 

 such kinds as can and ought to be cultivated for 

 other purposes, as well as for bee pasture. Until 

 care is taken to supply flowers for bees on the same 

 principle that pasture is provided for cattle, bee- 

 keeping will not rest on a solid foundation, but will 

 be precarious and uncertain. To cultivate such 

 flowers as I have suggested, simply keeping the 

 supply uniform throughout the season ; or in other 

 words, to return to first principles, to restore by cul- 

 tivation an amount of pasturage equivalent to what 

 has been destroyed, will render bee-keeping as reli- 

 able as any other business. 



