HONEY IS NOT MADE BY BEES. 
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expected that season, although they may, whilst the flowers 
last, continue to collect enough for present use, to save what 
is stored away for winter. 
Buckwheat used to he considered a good source of honey, 
but it is very uncertain, and for seven or eight years past has 
yielded almost nothing. 
Willow an.d maple are the first to yield food for bees, and 
arc excellent to feed their young and give them an early start. 
Fruit bloom comes next, and often assists largely in filling the 
lower chamber of the hive. Next comes locust and white 
clover. The locust yields freely, but lasts only a few days. 
Poplar and linden or baswood are excellent, but they are be- 
comingscarce in most localities. In the Western States, prairie 
bloom is a great source of honc-y, 
HONE Y-D E W . 
Is there such a thing as “Honey Dew?” In reality, I 
think there is no such thing as honey falling front the atmos- 
phere in the form of dew, as I have never known any one to 
find it on the ground, fences, rocks, or any place except on 
the leaves of trees and plants, or on something immediately 
under them. Several persons have told me that during last 
summer they saw it on currant leaves. It is often seen on 
the leaves of the hickory tree. From all I can learn, I con- 
clude it is a sweet substance that oozes from the leaves of 
trees and plants where they have been punctured by such 
insects as the aphis or plant louse ; or an over luxuriant 
growth have burst the stems of leaves. When this has dried 
on the leaves the dew moistens it and enables the bees to 
collect it. If any one can give mo authenticated facts 
(through the newspaper or otherwise) confirmatory of a dif- 
ferent theory from the above, L would be glad to have them. 
The longer honey is left in the hive the darker it becomes. 
Old honey is more wholesome than new; but it is not neces- 
sary for the comb to be black in order to be old. Honey 
and honey comb are different things. New honey is often 
stored in old, dark combs. Honey in white cornhs may be 
kept white. When liquid honey is exposed to the air, it 
soon becomes candied in cold weather; and if liquid honey 
is alloiftd to stand in a vessel with combs the whole mass 
will become candied To prevent this, fit some cross strips 
of wood two or three inches from the bottom of the jar or 
