X. 



FALL FLOWERS. 



By my advice Will had sowed on our farm eight 

 acres of buckwheat. It was much more than we 

 usually .sowed, but we knew that the grain would 

 give a fair profit on the labor and expense, hence 

 whatever honey the bees should make from it 

 would be clear gain. I had offered to furnish seed 

 to as many of the neighboring farmers within two 

 miles, as would sow a patch of buckwheat on their 

 farms, and had been called upon to furnish thirty-four 

 bushels for this purpose, which had cost me $42.50. 

 There were forty-three acres of buckwheat within 

 two miles of our place. Most of it had been sown 

 a little later than ours, and hence would open later. 



Our buckwheat began to open August 20th. The 

 next day I prepared the supers for the reception of 

 the fall harvest. There was nothing to do but to 

 put in all the frames of drone comb and then fill 

 them up with empty frames. The hives having 

 thus been put in order I could do no more. The 

 bees, the buckwheat, and the other fall-flowers, must 

 do the rest. 



