Gleanings in bee culture . The fiiiuiliar Boston ivy, Vfitcliii. GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. W. C. Waller, of Wiggins, Miss., with a primeMarch 25. The bees conveniently clustered on a limbliad been thrown over a fence. fact, I have been notified twice by personshearing the noise tliat my bees were swarm-ing. So far as I liave been able to observe, Ido not find the honey from this plant ob-jectionable to eat. One soon becomes ac-customed to the odor, and there seems to beno bad taste. I have never noted any in-jurious effect from its use, either as food oras winter stores for the
Gleanings in bee culture . The fiiiuiliar Boston ivy, Vfitcliii. GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. W. C. Waller, of Wiggins, Miss., with a primeMarch 25. The bees conveniently clustered on a limbliad been thrown over a fence. fact, I have been notified twice by personshearing the noise tliat my bees were swarm-ing. So far as I liave been able to observe, Ido not find the honey from this plant ob-jectionable to eat. One soon becomes ac-customed to the odor, and there seems to beno bad taste. I have never noted any in-jurious effect from its use, either as food oras winter stores for the bees, and have notbeen able to determine whether the nectaritself has the objectionable odor or whetherit is absorbed from the pollen. I have oftenobserved, however, that other honey storedin the same place with the ampelopsis honeywill soon become scented. When cappedhoney is left on the hive while this nectaris coming in, it seems almost as stronglyscented as the ampeloiDsis honey itself. The method I have practiced for severalyears seems to work very well with me; butprobably under other condition
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