Gleanings in bee culture . used in connection with hot wa-ter.—Ed.] -??#••••** < A THREE-YEAR OLD BEE KEEPER. I send to Gleanings the photo of theyoungest queen-hunter (perhaps) in theUnited States — little Harold Shultz. Hewas three years old the 25th of Februarylast. He goes in front of his grandpa, thewriter, and removes the block from the Al-exander feeder. Who can beat this? Huntington, W. Va. J. E. Starks. of it last year to the farmers in the vicinityof our north yard, l)elipving that the planwould be productive of good results. Wepursued the same policy of free seed giventhis season
Gleanings in bee culture . used in connection with hot wa-ter.—Ed.] -??#••••** < A THREE-YEAR OLD BEE KEEPER. I send to Gleanings the photo of theyoungest queen-hunter (perhaps) in theUnited States — little Harold Shultz. Hewas three years old the 25th of Februarylast. He goes in front of his grandpa, thewriter, and removes the block from the Al-exander feeder. Who can beat this? Huntington, W. Va. J. E. Starks. of it last year to the farmers in the vicinityof our north yard, l)elipving that the planwould be productive of good results. Wepursued the same policy of free seed giventhis season in the region of the other yards,including the one at home. Of course thislast seed-giving has not been al^le thus far toshow any results except to show a thriftygrowth of young plants; but at the northyard, where the seed was sown a year ago,we have found that the flow of nectar wasmaterially increased. When the other yardswere almost on the verge of starvation thenorth yard was abund intly supplied with. HAROLD SHULTZ, THREE YEARS OLD, LOOKING FOR A QUEEN. ARTIFICIAL PASTURAGE. Giving Away Alsike Seed to the Farmerswithin a Mile of a Bee-yard; How a PoorBee-range may be Improved. BY E. R. ROOT. We have already referred to the fact thatwe have been giving away alsike seed with-in a mile of our out-apiaries. The resultwas we disposed of a considerable quantity honey from the alsike which was growing inthe tall timothy, and the peavine clovers,for the farmers seem to prefer to mix theseed, averring that they get a larger and bet-ter crop by mixing alsike with timothy orwith peavine clover. When alsike is sownby itself it has, they say, a comparativelysmall growth; but when sown with someother hay of taller growth the stalks, in theeffort to get toward the sunshine, stretch a recent trip through Southern Michi-gan we saw that the farmers were universal- 1007 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 1145 ly using alsike in their timothy. In view ofthe fact that Michigan has b
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