. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. December, 1913. American ISec Jonrnal | vfery best care and management we knew how to give. Will we ever do as well again ? Very unlikely; but who knows? Half-Acre Opportunities I believe in "half-acre opportunities for women," and will give my experi- ence with bees. Twenty-four colonies, fall count, have produced 2800 sections of comb honey, an average of 116 sections per colony; the highest is 288 sections from one colony. This colony filled one super in three days. This is all white alfalfa comb honey, as supers were not put on until Jun
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. December, 1913. American ISec Jonrnal | vfery best care and management we knew how to give. Will we ever do as well again ? Very unlikely; but who knows? Half-Acre Opportunities I believe in "half-acre opportunities for women," and will give my experi- ence with bees. Twenty-four colonies, fall count, have produced 2800 sections of comb honey, an average of 116 sections per colony; the highest is 288 sections from one colony. This colony filled one super in three days. This is all white alfalfa comb honey, as supers were not put on until June 14. The flow lasted until about the middle of September. I use the 8-frame Langstroth hives, changing the old hive to a new place, and putting the swarm on the old stand. Twelve colonies in 1912 aver- aged 100 sections. This is all sold, and I am unable to supply the demand. (Mrs.) L. V. Melvin. Caputa, S. Dak. Thanks for your report. If you can have an average like that every year, or even half as much, it would rather look as if you had full acre opportu- Dr. Miller's Ai'iarv at the Close of the Harvest. BiR Western ^ Bee-Keeping Conducted by Wesley P'oster. Boulder. Colo. The Rising Sweet Clover Tide The value of sweet clover as a for- age crop is rapidly being recognized. The Sept. 20 issue of The Country Gen- tleman contains a well-written article which says that sweet clover is des- tined to become a rival of alfalfa in many soils, and in some soils is supe- rior to alfalfa. The writer says : " Sweet clover has proved of real service in worn-out up- land farms, for it is a soil renovator as well as a flesh former, a milk maker and a money maker. It will thrive where even weeds will not grow. It prospers on the best soil, and will pro- duce abundantly on barren wastes. It is the greatest drouth resister of all forage plants ; its roots penetrate the hardest ground, even taking hold in crevasses in rocks. Sweet clover is destined to be one of the greatest cr
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