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planting of bee-forage near the apiary as the late Mr. T. 

 G. Newman, when editor of the American Bee Journal. 

 He not only recommended it as being an advantage, but 

 has always insisted that it is absolutely necessary, and one 

 of the first duties the bee-keeper owes himself. I quote 

 the following from Mr. Newman's Bees and Honey: — " In 

 -view of the uncertainty of nature providing sufficient 

 continuous bloom, and the certainty of annually recurring 

 periods of cold weather, and long hazardous confinement' 

 the bee-keeper, to ensure success, should as con- 

 scientiously provide pasture from which his bees can gather 

 food, as to provide hives with which to shelter them from 

 the storms. With a liberal allowance of good, wholesome 

 honey in the fall, the first requirement for successful 

 wintering will be provided." 



Observe the last sentence ; what a world of meaning 

 the words convey to those American and other bee keepers 

 who so often lose heavily during winter ! Our cousins 

 across the water put their losses down to bacteria, pollen, 

 cold, etc. ; but their late-gathered honey is not always 

 good and wholesome, while in many cases, if it is good, it 

 is gathered often so late as October. Thus the vitality 

 of the bees is undermined too late for recuperation by 

 breeding before the cold of winter is upon them. Nothing 

 is so exhaustive as the gathering and storage of a heavy 

 surplus, and thus the too late gathering places a colony at 

 a tremendous discount for wintering. 



A letter from a practical farmer, and my reply thereto, 

 will be of interest to the reader. " I am," he says, " very 

 interested in the Chapter on Planting, and . . . have 

 seriously thought of working my farm to suit planting for 

 bees.- How would it do to arrange a succession, having 

 75 acres under clover, and 75 with corn and roots, i.e.^ 

 three years clover and three years corn, etc. ; or would 



