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no nectar. If you had said 300 acres of white clover, meaning 300 
acres solidly occupied with white clover, I should guess 200 
colonies might get good picking. Alfalfa varies more. If it is 
all used for raising seed, then it probably counts as much as white 
clover. If used for hay, it counts for less, and may count for 
nothing, depending upon the times when the hay is cut. If always 
cut just before it blooms, then it counts for nothing; if cut when 
Fig. 2. A good location, a south-east slope with windbreak of natural shrubbery. 
in full bloom, it may count perhaps on being enough for 100 
colonies. You will easily see that, as you state it, the whole 
thing is a varying problem. It may be mostly white clover, or 
it may be mostly alfalfa, and the alfalfa may be treated so differ- 
ently as to make a big difference in the amount of nectar got 
from it. 
Q. Is a lawn sloping to the north a good location for bees? 
The entrances to face the north, and no shade? 
A. You will probably find that it will not make very much 
difference whether the slope and the aspect are toward the north 
or south during most of the year. Sometimes your north slope 
