. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. 7^he Mustards and Rape. 359 so entrap them as to cause their death. Prof. Riley once very graciously advit^ed pliuiting them to kill hees. I say graciously, as I have watched these very closely and am sure they do little harm, and are rich in nectar. Seldom a bee gets caught so as to hold it long, and when these awk- ward masses are carried away with the bee, they are usu- ally left at the door of the hive, where I have often seen them in considerable numbers. The river bank hard by our apiary is lined with these sweet sme
. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. 7^he Mustards and Rape. 359 so entrap them as to cause their death. Prof. Riley once very graciously advit^ed pliuiting them to kill hees. I say graciously, as I have watched these very closely and am sure they do little harm, and are rich in nectar. Seldom a bee gets caught so as to hold it long, and when these awk- ward masses are carried away with the bee, they are usu- ally left at the door of the hive, where I have often seen them in considerable numbers. The river bank hard by our apiary is lined with these sweet smelling herbs, and we Fig. Rape. would like even more. Occasionally, however, the beet become so burdened with these pollen masses that the other bees drag or drive them from the hive, as no longer fit for labor or worthy to live. Bees are veritable Hottentots, they kill, though they do not eat, the old and the feeble. Black mustard, Sinapis nigra (Fig. 163), white mustard, Sinapis alba, and rape, Brassica campestris (Fig. 164), all look much alike, and are all admirable bee plants, as they furnish much and beautiful honey. The first, if self-sown, blooms with us July ist, the others June ist; the first about eight weeks after sowing, the others about 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 Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago, Ill. : George W. York & Co.
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