. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 821. '£e^£$&f#ir££> The Clover Blossoms. Some sing of the lily, and daisy and rose, And the pansies and pinks that the summer time throws In the green, grassy lap of the medder that lays Blinkin' up at the skies through the sunshiny days; But what is the lily and all of the rest Of the flowers to a man with a heart in his breast That has dipped brimmin' full .of the honey and dew Of the sweet clover blossoms that his boyhood knew ? I never set heavy on a clover-fleld now, Or fool round a stable, or climb in a mow, But my c
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 821. '£e^£$&f#ir££> The Clover Blossoms. Some sing of the lily, and daisy and rose, And the pansies and pinks that the summer time throws In the green, grassy lap of the medder that lays Blinkin' up at the skies through the sunshiny days; But what is the lily and all of the rest Of the flowers to a man with a heart in his breast That has dipped brimmin' full .of the honey and dew Of the sweet clover blossoms that his boyhood knew ? I never set heavy on a clover-fleld now, Or fool round a stable, or climb in a mow, But my childhood comes back just as clear and as plain As the smell of the clover I'm sniffln' again ; And I wander away in a barefooted dream. Where I tangled my toes in the blossoms that gleam With the dew of the dawn of the morning of love Ere it wept o'er the graves that I am weeping above. And so I love clover—it seems like a part Of the sacredest sorrows and joys of my heart; And wherever it blossoms, oh, there let me bow And thank the good God as I am thankin' Him now ; And pray to Him still for the strength when I die To go out in the clover and tell it good-by. And lovingly nestle my face in its bloom, While my soul slips away on a breath of per- fume. —Selected. Merits of Five-Banded Bees. I will tell what I like about the five- banded bees : 1. They are a large, strong, healthy bee. 2. They are very industrious, and can carry a good working gait, when the wind blows so hard that all the other species of bees that I have cannot venture out. 3. They enter the sections just as soon as they are ready, and will climb right up and fill all that they can get the honey to do it with. 4. They show but little disposition to swarm, as only one out of the 6 colonies that I had, offered to swarm the past season, and what they may do is to be learned later. 5. They cap their honey the whitest of any bee that I own. 6. They are as gentle as butterflies. 7. They are perfect beauties
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