. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. OR, MANtTAI, OF THS APIARY. 417 just as it commences to bloom, it may be made to come into blossom the second time, so as just to fill the vacant space in August. This is a very important fact, and may well be acted upon. I have known Alsike clover to give a good harvest of nectar during a dry year, when white clover utterly failed. Red clover (Trifolium pretense), especially mammoth (Fig. 216), is a wondrous honey-plant, but its long flower-tubes place the nectar beyond the reach of black bees, and of most Fig. Meli
. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. OR, MANtTAI, OF THS APIARY. 417 just as it commences to bloom, it may be made to come into blossom the second time, so as just to fill the vacant space in August. This is a very important fact, and may well be acted upon. I have known Alsike clover to give a good harvest of nectar during a dry year, when white clover utterly failed. Red clover (Trifolium pretense), especially mammoth (Fig. 216), is a wondrous honey-plant, but its long flower-tubes place the nectar beyond the reach of black bees, and of most Fig. Melilot Clover.—Original. Italians. Can we breed longer tongues in our bees, or shorter tubes in the clover ? I see no reason why we may not do both. Crimson clover (Trifolium incarnatum), (Fig. 217), is popular in some sections. It is a failure in Southern California. The blossoms are large and fine, and they are visited freely by the bees. It is used in the East and South for green manuring. I do not think it will compare with white or Alsike clover as a honey-plant. Sweet clover, yellow and white (Melilotus officinalis and Melilotus alba), (Fig. 218), are well named. They bloom from the middle of June to the first of October. Their perfume. 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 Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago. Ill. : George W. York & Co.
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