. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 686 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Oct 22, is a pretty good thing after all. I have sold some seed to one, and two others are talking of sowing some. It will grow on our poorest land, and make a crop, and choke out all weeds we have in this country, including sand-burrs and cookie-burrs. If it were of no other use it would pay well as a fertilizer. But it is a splendid hay crop, and, in my opin- ion, there is nothing better for honey. I have about 10 acres seeded down for next year. I put several acres in the corn at the last cultivating, and have a nice s
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 686 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Oct 22, is a pretty good thing after all. I have sold some seed to one, and two others are talking of sowing some. It will grow on our poorest land, and make a crop, and choke out all weeds we have in this country, including sand-burrs and cookie-burrs. If it were of no other use it would pay well as a fertilizer. But it is a splendid hay crop, and, in my opin- ion, there is nothing better for honey. I have about 10 acres seeded down for next year. I put several acres in the corn at the last cultivating, and have a nice stand. You see, by putting it in the corn we have the crop the next season. If sown in the fall it will come up early the next spring, and make a good growth that season, but not seed. I always sow the seed with the hull on.—Joseph Shaw, of Kansas, in Gleanings. Bees Did but Little. Bees are not doing much this season. I shall not get honey enough to pay for the trouble. I live in hopes of a belter season next year. Perhaus the bees will work better under a new administration ; certainly they can do but little worse. John H. Whitwore. Minard, Mich.', Sept. 28. Beginning' with. Bees. I bought a colony of Italian bees three days ago, after visiting four or five api- aries at different places. I got them from a farmer 20 miles out of town, and paid him >o 00 for the whole thing —hive, bees, and about 50 pounds of honey. We closed them in the morning, and brought them to town over rough grounds in a spring wagon. We were about eight, miles from town when the entrance came open, and the bees were flying around mad. We unhitched, took out the hive, smoked them with hay which we had in the wagon, and shut them up again, only losing a few bees. Then we started again, and reached home all right. Fbfd Wieman. Lawrence, Kans., Sept. 22. Two Starters in One Section. The question is continually asked, " Does it pay to put two pieces of foun- dation in each section?"' Yes, si
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