The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary . entrap honey-bees—becomesmore apparent when we learn that it is per-haps only the old and enfeebled bees thatare unable to free themselves from these ap-pendages, and hence the milkweed canscarcely be called an enemy. The append-age, it will be observed, looks like a pair ofwings, and they attach themselves to
The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary . entrap honey-bees—becomesmore apparent when we learn that it is per-haps only the old and enfeebled bees thatare unable to free themselves from these ap-pendages, and hence the milkweed canscarcely be called an enemy. The append-age, it will be observed, looks like a pair ofwings, and they attach themselves to the beeby a glutinous matter which quickly hard-ens, so that it is quite difficult to remove, ifnot done when it is first attached. IWEOTZXZUl^XrOILT {Leomirus Cardi-uca.) Quite a number of the bee-folks in-sist that motherwort is superior, as a honey-idant, to either catnip, hoarhound, balm,wild bergamot, or any of the large familyof Labiatfc, and I presume such may be thecase under some circumstances, or in favor-able localities. In comparing plants, itshould be remembered, that those whichusually bear much honey may, at times,furnish none at all; and also those whichusually furnish none may, under very favor-aide circumstances, yield largely.* MOVING BEES. 2(H) MOVING MOTHERWORT. This plant often flourishes about fence-corners, and around the ruins of old dwell-ings, sheds, or even hog-pens. The largeleaf, taken by itself, much resembles thecuiTant; the stalk is much like catnip ; andthe little flowers are in tufts, close to thestalk. It remains in blossom a long time,and may be as worthy of cultivation as anyof the plants of its class. IMEOVirTG- BXiES. Perhaps about asmany mishaps, especially with beginners,have come about from moving bees unwise-ly, as from any other one cause. A littlethought in regard to the habits and ways ofbees would save much of this. Bees fly fromtheir hives in quest of stores, perhaps a mile;sometimes a mile and a half or two miles;but th
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