Gleanings in bee culture . f the mustard family—so much so that, in the preparation ofleases in several sections in England, a para-graph is inserted prohibiting the growth ofa white-straw crop on the same land butonce in four years, while certain other re-strictions are placed upon the growth or cul-tivation of mustaixl. Wliite mustard may begrown under certain conditions and restric-tions, probably so as not to draw the Iein tootight on the tenant, as this crop is a goodpaying one on light to moderate loam soilswith experienced husbandry. From the foregoing deductions it may bedrawn that I c
Gleanings in bee culture . f the mustard family—so much so that, in the preparation ofleases in several sections in England, a para-graph is inserted prohibiting the growth ofa white-straw crop on the same land butonce in four years, while certain other re-strictions are placed upon the growth or cul-tivation of mustaixl. Wliite mustard may begrown under certain conditions and restric-tions, probably so as not to draw the Iein tootight on the tenant, as this crop is a goodpaying one on light to moderate loam soilswith experienced husbandry. From the foregoing deductions it may bedrawn that I consider it has been mans lackof method in treating the land under cultiva-tion that has made the clovers and perhapssome plants probably less free in the secre-tion of nectar, which would seem to be borneout from the fact that, the longer land hasbeen under cultivation and the influence ofthe white man, the less likelihood is there ofbeing a How of nectar from clover. This isparticularly instanced hj the scarcity of clo-. FIG. 3.—HIVING A SWAKM IN DANZENBAKEE HlVi.:^. 904 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE, July 1
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