. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 354 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW consideration of every bee keeper wiio has the betterment of bee pasturage at heart. This plant is a biennial, quite easy to start, and when once started spreads rapidly along roadsides, irrigat- ing ditches, sloughs, and river bottoms; in fact, anywhere where it can get a scatter it along roadsides and ditches all over his range and he will get his time and money back with interest a hundred- fold. In fact, bee keepers' associations should seriously consider the purchase of such seed for distribution and broadcast Mr
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 354 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW consideration of every bee keeper wiio has the betterment of bee pasturage at heart. This plant is a biennial, quite easy to start, and when once started spreads rapidly along roadsides, irrigat- ing ditches, sloughs, and river bottoms; in fact, anywhere where it can get a scatter it along roadsides and ditches all over his range and he will get his time and money back with interest a hundred- fold. In fact, bee keepers' associations should seriously consider the purchase of such seed for distribution and broadcast Mr. Fred M. Hart, inspector of apiaries for Kings county, on a tour of inspection with the writer. foothold and have sufficient moisture to germinate. It is not a dangerous weed at all. as it can very easily be eradicated and stock will learn to feed upon it. The honey is a little dark, of a greenish murky color, but of pleasant flavor, and would be an invaluable source of stimu- lation at the critical time when the present spring dearth of other sources of honey is on. Every bee keeper should purchase some seed, and along in the fall when the rains have begun, about the time when alfalfa is sown, he should DANGERS OF MIGRATORY BEE KEEPING. Perhaps nowhere in America is migra- tory bee keeping so much resorted to as it is in California. It is, we must grant, a most interesting and exciting phase of bee keeping; resulting in many cases, in greatly increased returns to the skillful and well posted mover of bees. But in the present crisis of the black brood epi- demic, this individually profitably form of bee keeping should, and must be, curtailed within reasonable limits, in the interest of the local bee keeping public. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original National Bee-keepers' Association. [Flint, Mi
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