. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. iil^/^X -<??" 5*W (Entered as second-class matter July 30, 1907, at the Poat-Offlce at Chicago, 111., under Act of March 3,1879.) Published Monthly at 75 cents a Year, by George W. York & Co., 118 West Jackson Boulevard. GEORGE W. YORK, Editor CHICAGO, ILL,, MAY, 1909 VoL XLIX—No. 5. ditorial and CommeTifs How About White Clover? There seems unusual interest this year in the question as to whether there will be a white-clover crop this year. Some hold that it was so dry last sum- mer or fall that a failure will follow. Others a cro
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. iil^/^X -<??" 5*W (Entered as second-class matter July 30, 1907, at the Poat-Offlce at Chicago, 111., under Act of March 3,1879.) Published Monthly at 75 cents a Year, by George W. York & Co., 118 West Jackson Boulevard. GEORGE W. YORK, Editor CHICAGO, ILL,, MAY, 1909 VoL XLIX—No. 5. ditorial and CommeTifs How About White Clover? There seems unusual interest this year in the question as to whether there will be a white-clover crop this year. Some hold that it was so dry last sum- mer or fall that a failure will follow. Others a crop in spite of the drouth. The Bee-Keepers' Review quotes Prof. W. J. Beal, of the Michi- gan Agricultural College, as saying: White clover will blossom and bear seeds every year if the conditions are favorable. If we have a cool, wet spring, white clover will be abundant; if dry in May and June, the crop will not amount to anythinR. How it will be about the growth of the seed this spring that fell upon the ground last June is uncertain. In places where the plants throve last year, you may expect them again this year, as good, if the season is ; Editor Hutchinson says: "We may theorize all we please, but when the drouth of the autumn is followed by a honey-dearth the next year, not only one year, but year after year, it practi- cally settles the matter in my ; Well, we do not need to wait very long to know what white clover will do this year. Certainly there was drouth last fall over a large area. Will there be a good growth of clover over that area? And if so, will there be nectar in the blossoms? Large Average from Few Colonies Every now and then some beginner reports an average yield per colony quite beyond that of many more experienced bee-keepers. Some have attributed this to the intense enthusiasm of the begin- ner. But the enthusiasm of the genuine bee-keeper does not fade out with the passing of the years. Even if it did, the enthusiasm of
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