. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 174 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. March 12,. BEE-SUPPLIES! Address, We have the best equipped facto- ry in the West. Capacity, one car- load a day; and carry the largest stocli and greatest variety of ever- ything needed in the apiarv. assur- ing BEST goods at LOWEST prices, and prompt shipment. Illustrated Catalog. 80 pages, Free E. KRETCHMER, RED OAK, IOWA. duces some of the finest honey in the vForld: and it has for several years been shipped by the carload from regions where alfalfa Is largely ; From the above one would suppose that | alfal
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 174 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. March 12,. BEE-SUPPLIES! Address, We have the best equipped facto- ry in the West. Capacity, one car- load a day; and carry the largest stocli and greatest variety of ever- ything needed in the apiarv. assur- ing BEST goods at LOWEST prices, and prompt shipment. Illustrated Catalog. 80 pages, Free E. KRETCHMER, RED OAK, IOWA. duces some of the finest honey in the vForld: and it has for several years been shipped by the carload from regions where alfalfa Is largely ; From the above one would suppose that | alfalfa may be grown anywhere with the same results. Ten years ago I invested in alfalfa seed, and up to the present time I have never seen a bee upon it. This coin- cides with several prominent bee-keepers at the recent Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Convention. I am of the opinion that there is a large belt of territory on the North American continent where alfalfa is grown, and it is of no use whatever as a honey- producing plant. For the benefit of bee- keepers it would be well to have its limits defined, so that those wishing to try it may not waste tbeir money upon it and meet with disappointment. I hope this may open the way to a friendly discussion on this subject for the benefit of bee-keepers. Toronto, Ont. John McAkthur. Report for 1895—An Old Elm. I commenced the spring of 1895 with colonies, having no loss in wintering. They did quite well the first part of the season, especially on raspberry. White and Alsike clover furnished a moderate amount, but did not last long; after those we usually have more or less basswood, but it was less last year—none to speak of, with scarcely anything from fall flowers. They showed little propensity for swarming, but in- creased slightly by dividing, but united in September to the original number. My yield, per colony, was 40 pounds of comb honey and 10 pounds of extracted. I fed mostly sugar syrup to winter. Altogether it was a rat
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