. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 766 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Nov. 26, 1903. the catnip presented a most admirable, lux- uriant growth. Yes, heie among the weeds a fortune was smiling in my face! _2 About June 10, 1 cut the weeds with a mower, leaving them lay where they dropped to mulch the ground ; but in less than 8 days nearly every catnip pjaut had withered away, and withered away to stay dead for good, as the whole 10 acres has only a few isolated plants here and there. In the latter part of October, 1903, I sowed a strip of land 2 rods wide by 10 rods long, with some of the s
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 766 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Nov. 26, 1903. the catnip presented a most admirable, lux- uriant growth. Yes, heie among the weeds a fortune was smiling in my face! _2 About June 10, 1 cut the weeds with a mower, leaving them lay where they dropped to mulch the ground ; but in less than 8 days nearly every catnip pjaut had withered away, and withered away to stay dead for good, as the whole 10 acres has only a few isolated plants here and there. In the latter part of October, 1903, I sowed a strip of land 2 rods wide by 10 rods long, with some of the same catnip seed. This ground had no protection, but had a good, uniform stand that measured more than 3 feet high July 1, liXW. when it began to blossom, and has blossomed continuously un- til quite recently. Bees will not only work on it from early rnorn until dark, but they will work on it 'immediately after a heavy, con- tinued rain, while the water is yet dripping from the blossoms. It is perhaps the greatest nectar-yielding plant in this State. Such is the story, in short, of perhaps the most extravagant experiment of its kind up to the present time; and while it was a fail- ure, and the hope of ambition not realized, lessons of value may be deducted as follows: First, that catnip will grow in the open. Second, that the ground must be rich. Third, that it must be sowed in the fall. Fourth, 2}.i pounds of seed per acre is a great plenty. I will conclude by saying that I did not gather any catnip seed this fall. Would you like to know why ? Stephenson Co., 111., Nov. 9. Queens Laying in Queen-Cells. On page 6ti3, there is an article on queen- rearing, etc., by A. C. F. Bartz. 1 wish to question his assertion in the closing para- graph, in which he says: " But I believe if one would go to the trouble and take away the brood-combs from a colony intending to swarm, and insert sev- eral, say three or four combs with queen-cell cups, the queen would lay in them
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