lo Bee-keeping for Beginners. 



Bee-keeper' s Guide Book, by Thomas William 

 Cowan, Esq., is quite to the point : — "Many other 

 honey-producing plants could be named, blooming at 

 different seasons, as nearly all single blossoms, with 

 few exceptions, produce either honey or pollen. 

 Some of the principal are — sainfoin, lime trees, alsike 

 clover, buckwheat, mustard or rape, catmint, figwort, 

 phacelia, borage, etc. Near the hives may be 

 planted crocuses, Limnanthes Douglasii, arabis, 

 wallflowers, and other spring flowering plants, as 

 these all aff"ord the bees early pasturage." The 

 above remarks from Mr. Cowan's valuable book will 

 be a guide to the best districts for bees. But lucky 

 is the bee-keeper whose apiary is also near heather, 

 for he will get honey of a very superior kind long 

 after other bee-keepers have finished their harvest. 



