chamber, and that space would have to be filled be- 

 fore the bees would devote much attention to the 

 supers. Now, if I take away combs that are empty, 

 or nearly so, replacing them with these reserve combs, 

 don't you see that every pound of such honey thus 

 given means another pound of white-clover honey in 

 tL.e sections? Besides, it's a "dreadful' comfortable 

 feeling to know that you are fully provided against 

 any contingency if any colony in spring should be 

 snort of stores. 



I have always thought I didn't care for yellow sw^^t 

 clover, because it comes two to four weeks in al- 

 vance of the white, right when white clover is doi ig 

 its best. But last season made me change my 

 mind; for white clover didn't do its best, although 

 blooming abundantly; and if the yellow is an un- 

 failing yielder the same as white sweet clover (and 

 I suppose it is), then the yellow would come in very 

 handy. 



In the eyes of the general public, sweet clover is 

 a very noxious weed whose first encroachment must 

 be carefully watched, lest it get a foothold and 

 spread persistently and promiscuously. The great 

 objection in the eyes of the bee-keeper is that it is 

 so hard to get a stand of it. I have tried several 

 times to get a solid field of it, but have not yet suc- 

 ceeded. This cow-pasture comes the nearest to a suc- 

 cess of anything I've had, and I did not try to get 

 a stand there. 



I'd like to have a solid field of it so I could have 

 some hay that was nothing but sweet clover. My 

 stock care more for it dried than green, and I suppose 

 tnat is the general experience. The horses care 

 more for it than the cow, but other cows may care 

 more for it than ours. 



SWEET CLOVER m GERMANY. 



Friend A. I., I send you a picture out of Centraldlatt 

 to show you how sweet clover grows in the German 

 language. It was windy when the picture was taken, 

 so the plants don't show as well as they might; but 

 Herr Reepen says the average height of the stalks 



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