130 BEE CULTURE. 
in the matter of bee food, as elsewhere, to add as many 
‘strings to one’s bow’ as is possible. 
“ Every bee-keeper may well see to it that waste places along 
roadsides by railroads, etc., are covered with figwort, Rocky 
Mountain bee plant, spider plant, catnip, motherwort, and 
melilot or sweet clover. This last is a most valuable honey 
plant, but some of our farmers object to it as a troublesome 
weed. How is this? Many who have tried it say it is not 
troublesome in the least. Ifa pest, why did Prof. Thorn, 
of the Ohio State University, recommend it lately as a good 
forage plant, and as very desirable for green manuring ? 
Fic. 100.—Bed of Marigolds. 
“ Bee-keepers should also try to get farmers to sow alsike 
clover, even if they have to furnish the seed. It will pay 
both parties largely, without doubt. The mammoth red 
clover is also a good bee plant. 
“As all bee-keepers well know, nearly all our plants fail 
in times of drouth. True, the mustards and borage yield 
some honey, but not bountifully. Why should we not try 
to introduce the famous white sage of California? This 
plant owes its very existence to its power of resistance to 
drouth, We may try if it can be grown in the Hast, and 
what the result will be in yield of nectar. 
“Let me urge bee-keepers not to allow the spring to pass 
without an effort to do something in the way of culture of 
special honey plants,” 
