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called to it, you will be surprised to find how long it is 

 from the time the first blossom may be seen, till clover 

 opens out so bees will work upon it. I usually see a stray 

 blossom days before it seems to have any company. In 

 my location I do not count upon anything usually besides 

 white clover for surplus, so no wonder I am interested 

 in it. 



Fig. 38. — Ziiic Hive-Covers. 

 VARIOUS HONEY-PLANTS. 



Yet there are a good many other plants whose help, 

 all taken together, is not to be despised. If I kept only a 

 few colonies, it is quite possible that I might secure some 

 surplus from more than one of them. 



Dandelions help no little in brood-rearing. 



Raspberries are eagerly visited by the bees, but there 

 are not enough of them to give a noticeable amount of 

 raspberry honey. It is a very pleasant sight to see the 



