. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 332 acres of white aster. There were several years, when' the bloom was in sheets, affording a good yield of surplus. The honey was very light amber, of fine quality and was considered next to white clover. At such times a strong odor, which was distinctly sour, could be ; Burdett Hassett. Page 257. Glean- ings, 1911. Much has been written concerning the danger of aster honey for win- ter stores. So many reports of dis- astrous results from wintering on aster honey have been published, that it is generally understood not to be safe for wi
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 332 acres of white aster. There were several years, when' the bloom was in sheets, affording a good yield of surplus. The honey was very light amber, of fine quality and was considered next to white clover. At such times a strong odor, which was distinctly sour, could be ; Burdett Hassett. Page 257. Glean- ings, 1911. Much has been written concerning the danger of aster honey for win- ter stores. So many reports of dis- astrous results from wintering on aster honey have been published, that it is generally understood not to be safe for winter stores. However, it is probable that the trouble comes from honey gathered too late to be properly ripened, rather than be- cause the honey is of poor quality. The fact that the honey granulates readily also probably accounts for the trouble in some cases. In some localities, asters seem to be a dependable source of surplus, while in others they yield in appre- AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL ciable quantity only in rare seasons. Kentucky seems to be in the heart of the territory where asters are import- ant. The following are typical re- ports : "We have never failed to get a good crop of surplus honey, and plenty left for the bee's, from aster for more than twenty years, till this ; H. C. Clemons, Boyd, Kv. Page 90. Gleanings, 1909. "In this section the asters are invaluable as fall forage for bees. Let the season be cold or hot, we are certain to have a continuous bloom from early in September until a really hard frost occurs My Italian bees have never failed to secure enough honey from as- ters to carry them through the winter, even when there was hardly a pound of honey in the hives at the end of August. Daniel M. Worthington, Elkridge, Md. American Bee Journal, page 125, 1869.) "Blue aster, aster azureus, October. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and a
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