. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 6o Pounds Red Clover Per Colony. G. M. Doolittle says in the Progressive Bee- keeper ; For the past 20 years red clover has failed to blossom in central New York, owing to an almost infinitesimal insect which works in great numbers in each head, just before the blossom would appear. This causes the head to harden and no blossom to open. But this year, owing to our continued rainy weather, or some other cause, we had fields red with clover bloom again, and when the hot weather came on the bees began to roll in the honey at a rate never known here befor
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 6o Pounds Red Clover Per Colony. G. M. Doolittle says in the Progressive Bee- keeper ; For the past 20 years red clover has failed to blossom in central New York, owing to an almost infinitesimal insect which works in great numbers in each head, just before the blossom would appear. This causes the head to harden and no blossom to open. But this year, owing to our continued rainy weather, or some other cause, we had fields red with clover bloom again, and when the hot weather came on the bees began to roll in the honey at a rate never known here before, outside of a good basswood yield, and for three or four days it was equal to any basswood yield. I could leave combs of honey out in the bee- yard all day long and not a bee look at the honey, though several might be seen collect- ing propolis oft the ends of the frames where they come in contact with the hive. And as brood-rearing was pretty good, 3" days before this clover yield began, from 60 to 70 pounds of section hoTiey is the result from colonies which liad not been robbed of bees and brood to make nuclei with, to rear queens for the trade. I think I hear some one asking about the "; Well, I have not had time to have any measurements taken, as I have been too rushed this season hardly to sleep nights, but if any have long tongues all must, as I see little difference in the working of any colony which was in a proper condition to work. And this from the first crop of red clover. The most claimed by those having red clover queens is, that they work on the second crop, that having shorter corrollas than the blossoms of the first crop. The Root German Steam Wax'»Press. This is now put upon the market by the A. I. Root Co. Copying after the Germans, who have been ahead of us in this matter, a very substantial wax-press has been completed, which is perhaps an improvement upon any in Germany. It is of large size, holding more than a bushel of com
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