Gleanings in bee culture . areas sound and tight as ever. 1 have purchas-ed many unpainted hives not in use 20years, that 1 have thrown away because ofrotting around the edges so that they wereno longer , Iowa. WHITE CLOVER AND ITS DISTRIBUTION BY JOHN H. LOVELL [The following by John H. Lovell is from the new edition of the ABC and X Y Z of Bee are glad to give it a place in these columns at this time, for we believe the illustrations of this celebratedhoney-plant are finer than anything that has ever been reproduced —Ed.] In the central and eastern states n
Gleanings in bee culture . areas sound and tight as ever. 1 have purchas-ed many unpainted hives not in use 20years, that 1 have thrown away because ofrotting around the edges so that they wereno longer , Iowa. WHITE CLOVER AND ITS DISTRIBUTION BY JOHN H. LOVELL [The following by John H. Lovell is from the new edition of the ABC and X Y Z of Bee are glad to give it a place in these columns at this time, for we believe the illustrations of this celebratedhoney-plant are finer than anything that has ever been reproduced —Ed.] In the central and eastern states no otherhoney-plant is so universally known aswhite clover, and white-clover honey is thehoney par excellence—the honey with whichall other honeys are comparcid. It is adelicious white honey of the linest not so thick and heavy as goldenrodnor so pronounced in flavor as buckwheator basswood, it yet possesses the qualitieswhich satisfy the largest number of consum-ers and fills most perfectly the demand for. \Vhite-clover blossom—first stage. a table honey of the highest grade. It isgiven the preference by most purchasers,and the highest encomium which can bebestowed on any honey is to i^ronounce itequal to that of white clover. As a confec-tionery its appearance is most attractive,while for medicinal purposes it is unsur-passed. In general in America where it is suffi-ciently abundant white clover usually yieldsexcellent lioney harvests, which are not farfrom surpassing all rec-ords. In 1913, at Ma-rengo, Illinois, Dr. C. obtained from 72colonies, spring count,19,186 sections of chieflywhite-clover honey, oran average of per colony. Thethree best colonies yield-ed 390, 395, and 402 sec-tions respectively. Thisphenomenal surplus waslargely due to a mostfavorable season consist-ing of a succession ofhot humid days, althothe strain of bees and thecare they received wereimportant factors. Theflow began about June 1and continued until thela
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