104 BEE CULTURE. 
the improved appliances for depriving their bees of the fruits 
of their labor during summer, as fast as gathered, but have 
been too shiftless to provide certain and wholesome nectar- 
yielding bloom with which to replace the earlier stores taken 
away. In view of the uncertainty of nature providing suffi- 
cient continuous bloom, and the certainty of annually recur- 
ring periods of cold weather, and long, hazardous confinement, 
the bee-keeper, to insure success, should as conscientiously 
provide pasture from which his bees can gather food, as to 
Fig. 77.— Basswood or Linden Leaf and Bicssome. 
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. We cannot understand how any one can mistake 
his duty to provide pasturage, if profits are expected; nor 
how a humane, generous-hearted bee-keeper, can increase his 
numbers of bees without making some provision against 
starving. 
TREES FOR SHADE AND HONEY. 
Every home can be beautified by a judicious selection of 
ornamental shade trees, and where the roads, streets and 
