BEE CULTURE, 107 
the hive when first finished, is but little inferior to our supe- 
rior clover honey. It becomes exceedingly thick, if left with 
the bees till the cells are thoroughly sealed, and its keeping 
qualities are therefore most excellent. The trees are planted 
by the side of fences, in waste places, and on poor, worn-out 
lands. They may be propagated from the seeds, or by trans- 
planting the young trees from one to three years old. If the 
«round is plowed in the spring, and the locust seeds planted 
on the hills with corn, or with other hill-crops, and cultivated 
the first year, the young trees will grow with great rapidity, 
Fic. 79.—Limb, Pod and Seed of Honey Locust. 
even on very poor lands. In this way beautiful groves can 
be started, making the land, in process of time, very valua- 
ble, in locations where timber is an object, besides giving a 
perfect sea of bloom, ladened with precious nectar.”’ 
Fruit trees of all kinds are eagerly visited by the bees, and 
yield plentifully of pollen as well as honey. They are entitled, 
also, to consideration for the value of their fruit productions 
as well as honey. 
Above we have named the more common and most desira- 
ble of the honey-producing trees. There are many others 
which could be planted with profit, but the list gives the 
names of those which can be grown almost anywhere, and 
