The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary . ave aboutIll of an acre this year, but expect, next season, toplant several acres, as we consider it ahead of anything that we have tried for honey. MoLLiE 0. Large. Pine-Hill Apiary, Millersville, 111., Sept. 11,1878. Acting upon her suggestion, we tied apiece of lace over one of the blossoms onour plants, to
The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary . ave aboutIll of an acre this year, but expect, next season, toplant several acres, as we consider it ahead of anything that we have tried for honey. MoLLiE 0. Large. Pine-Hill Apiary, Millersville, 111., Sept. 11,1878. Acting upon her suggestion, we tied apiece of lace over one of the blossoms onour plants, to keep the bees from it, and thedrop of honey that collected was solarge that I had a fair taste of it. It wasvery white and limpid, but had a slightly SPIDER-FLOAVER. 269 SPIDER-FLOWER. raw, unripened taste, which I presume thebees would know how to remedy. LATER. To-day is the 11th of October, 1879. Thismorning I got up before 6 oclock. I hadbeen reading, the night before, in MuUersbook. * The Life of Trust, and I was par-ticularly impressed with what he says aboutearly rising, and the blessings (Jod sends tothose who make it a point to rise early andgive their best and freshest thoughts to put the book away, and went right to bed,that I might get up early. The gray of ap-. SPIDEK - PLANT.^ proaching daylight heralding in this warmautumn day met my gaze as I sallied forthtoward the factory. I opened my mouth andtook in the fresh pure air, and, as I openedmy eyes to the beauty of the world we dwellin, I opened my heart in thankfulness toIIim who gave it all. As I came near thegarden, I was surprised to hear a loud hum-ming so early. It was not robbing, but itwas a hum of rejoicing. I low strange it is,tliat bees will make this hai>py hum over thehoney from the llowers. but never over syrupfrom any kind of a feeder. The sound ledme to the si)ider-plant. It had been bearinghoney a couple of months, at night and ear-ly in the morning, but I had no idea tiiat •The picture
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