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THE LARGE AMOUNT OF HONEY FRODUCED ON A SLRT- 
GLE ACRE OF LAND IN ONE YEAR. 
Feeling anxious to know how much honey an acre 
of white clover would produce, one fine morning in the 
month of June I examined several fields in the out- 
skirts of Burlington. I then commenced numbering 
the heads of clover upon a single foot. I found them 
to vary from twenty-five to one hundred heads per 
square foot. I then made calculation of the number of 
square feet in an acre, which I found to be near 42,240 
square feet. I then ascertained the number of drops 
in a pound of honey, which I found to be near 2,560 
drops. I then supposed there were upon an average 
fifty clover heads to the square foot (which I think is 
a very low estimate, especially for this Jear, 1863,) and 
according to the above estimate, I find one acre of 
white clover did produce the enormous amount of 830 
lbs., by supposing each head to give but one drop of 
honey ; showing conclusively that a white clover coun- 
try cannot be overstocked with bees ; and it also shows 
the millions of pounds wasted every year for the want 
of bees to collect it. 
BEE HUNTING, HOW PERFORMED. 
In early spring or latter part of winter, while the 
snow is yet in the woods, on pleasant sunny days, when 
the bees fiy out, they may be found lying upon the 
snow near the trees where they inhabit. 
Many swarms of bees are found yearly in this man- 
ner. But the usual course pursued by Bee Hunters 
is to take a small piece of honey-comb, say two or 
three inches square ; have a small box large enough. to 
hold the comb ; the box should have a cover with a 
