128 BEE CULTURE, 
who are locating homes in the treeless Territories which are 
included in the Act of Congress granting domain for planting 
forest trees ; and especially is it desirable that apiarists in 
those districts persuade and assist new settlers in making the 
proper selections : 
“From the middle of March, and even earlier, in the far 
South, to the middle of April, is the time to attend to spe- 
cial planting for bees. As well remarked by Mr. Coffinberry 
at the National Convention (October, 1881), no subject con- 
nected with apiculture is more deserving attention. If cach 
colony of bees in the four to six weeks of storing can give 
one-hundred pounds of honey to the apiarist, what might be 
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expected, could they be kept at work the whole season 
through? The great fall yield from autumn flowers, in 
Michigan and some other States, suggests the answer. The 
past season, in some sections, the autumn yield was more 
than all the restofthe crop. Yetsuch menasG. M. Doolittle, 
L. ©. Root, and others, if we are rightly informed, get no 
autumn yield at all. Surely this matter of providing plants 
for bee pasturage is worthy of consideration. 
“Road-side tree planting is attracting much attention at 
the present time. Dr. Warder, of Ohio, and others, are 
giving the subject their best thought and study. The Legis- 
latures of some States encourage tree planting by appointing 
‘¢ Arbor days ””—days set apart for tree planting, and even 
by granting homesteads, and exemption from taxes to those 
