. 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. Bee culture. POLLEN OF THE MILKWEED, ATTACHED TO A BEE'S FOOT. folly of such advice—think of the labor and expense of starting a plantation of useless weeds just to entrap honey-bees—becomes more apparent when we learn that it is per- haps only the old and enfeebled bees that are unable to free themselves from
. 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. Bee culture. POLLEN OF THE MILKWEED, ATTACHED TO A BEE'S FOOT. folly of such advice—think of the labor and expense of starting a plantation of useless weeds just to entrap honey-bees—becomes more apparent when we learn that it is per- haps only the old and enfeebled bees that are unable to free themselves from these ap- pendages, and hence the milkweed can scarcely be called an enemy. The append- age, it will be observed, looks like a pair of wings, and they attach themselves to the bee by a glutinous matter which quickly hard- ens, so that it is quite difficult to remove, if not done when it is first attached. MOTHSRWOET {Leonurus Cardi- aca.) Quite a number of the bee-folks in- sist that motherwort is superior, as a honey- plant, to either catnip, hoarhound, balni^ wild bergamot, or any of the large family of Labiatce, and I presume such may be the case under some circumstances, or in favor-. MOTIIEKWOKT. able localities. In comparing plants, it should be remembered, that those which. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Root, Amos Ives, 1839-1923. [from old catalog]. Medina, Ohio
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