. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1919 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 413 Sweet clover is mentioned in the Iowa s%ed law because it sometimes occurs as an adulteration. I have asked that this be eliminated from the law. The dandelion is classed as a weed. So it is everywhere in Iowa. I don't know what bees would do without it in May and June, and yet thousands of Iowa citizens would like to see it banished. It depends altogether on the special interest of the individual. In our work on honey-plants these weeds will be included as valuable honey-plants. L. H. PAMMEL. Yellow Jackets in a Beehive
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1919 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 413 Sweet clover is mentioned in the Iowa s%ed law because it sometimes occurs as an adulteration. I have asked that this be eliminated from the law. The dandelion is classed as a weed. So it is everywhere in Iowa. I don't know what bees would do without it in May and June, and yet thousands of Iowa citizens would like to see it banished. It depends altogether on the special interest of the individual. In our work on honey-plants these weeds will be included as valuable honey-plants. L. H. PAMMEL. Yellow Jackets in a Beehive By Frank C. Pellett WHILE the writer was visiting at the apiary of D. W. Spang- ler, at Longmont, Colo., his attention was attracted to a hive where the flight at the entrance seemed unusupl. There was a strong flight of insects coming and going, but upon examination it proved that the occupants of the hive were not bees, but yellow jackets. On the out- side they had built a paper cover, similar to that with which they pro- tect their hanging combs 'when built in the open. This extended about half way across the front of the hive, as will be seen in the photo. There was some difficulty in mak- ing an examination of the interior. There was some question as to whether the yellow jackets could be subdued by smoke, and the nature of the paper nest made it difficult to re- move the frames. With the lighted smoker, the writer approached the hive and undertook to subdue the in- sects as though they were bees. A liberal amount of smoke was blown into the entrance, then the cover was removed and more smoke blown across the frames. The results were entirely satisfactory, for the wasps made no attempt to sting, except in one instance after the nest had been. torn apart. A. J. McCarty and Mr. Spangler, both experienced beekeep- ers, stood by and witnessed the en- tire operation. It is hardly necessary to state that there had been serious doubt in the minds of the entire par- ty as to wheth
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