. Gleanings in bee culture . oughout thestate have been very much spotted, althoughexcessive rains in June were general. Inthe same county one beekeeper will reporta 100% crop, whereas another will report25%. Swarming was excessive in June andearly July due to the heavy rains whichkept the bees confined to the hive and thuscreated great congestion of the comb honey crop is over; but beekeep-ers in some localities seem panicky aboutselling their crop and are offering it to thegrocers, in some eases, two sections for a In Arkansas. Arkansas is to have itssecond annual state raira
. Gleanings in bee culture . oughout thestate have been very much spotted, althoughexcessive rains in June were general. Inthe same county one beekeeper will reporta 100% crop, whereas another will report25%. Swarming was excessive in June andearly July due to the heavy rains whichkept the bees confined to the hive and thuscreated great congestion of the comb honey crop is over; but beekeep-ers in some localities seem panicky aboutselling their crop and are offering it to thegrocers, in some eases, two sections for a In Arkansas. Arkansas is to have itssecond annual state rairat Little Eock Oct. 9 to 15 inclusive. This isan opportunity for beekepers of this stateto get before our people natures sweetsproduced in Arkansas. Those who can do abit toward making this exhibit a successshould write at once to IT. K. Thatcher, Ex-tension Division, 310 Donagay Bldg., LittleRock, Ark., advising him what they can do,and at the same time give him the namesof beekeepers whom thev know. Elba, Ark. J. Y. Ilic liives of bees themselves make a most effective signhoard for advertising honev. SlCPTKMBKR, 1922 gtjEaninor in bee culture 505 HEADS OF GRAIN I£?pQ^m DIFFERENT FIELDS Robbing a Means 1 , us ;i rule, seenof Selection. robbing inentioiied as a Icind of inexplicable oc-currence, or sad tliievish trait in the char-acter of tlie otherwise so virtuous bee,sliglitly liinting at tlie sad occurrence evenin the animal world of the original sin. 1 ad-mit that it is a very annoying thing, andunder modern conditions even a very bane-ful thing, inasmuch as it is an effectivemeans of spreading disease. But consideredunder natural (not domestic) conditions, itseems to me to be a most effective means ofselection; the means by which the weakerstrains were eliminated, and only the strongones loft to perjietuate tlie race. St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Axel Ilolst. Wild Cucumber Near my home is a Mis-a Honey Plant, souri Eiver bluff aboutthree miles long and 150fee
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