Gleanings in bee culture . as Fig. 3, but is taken three weeks later; only the main stem of the flower-cluster remainsand even the curling tip of that is broken off. 628 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. May 1 Gold is yellow; but place a thin sheet of themetal to the light and the transmitted lightis green. So with this honey—gold in coloror green in color, according to the sumac honey half hlling a tin pailwill look like paraffine oil or yellow vaseline,having a peculiar sheen. The honey has nonoticeable odor except the bitter one spokenof; and after that is gone, little odor is
Gleanings in bee culture . as Fig. 3, but is taken three weeks later; only the main stem of the flower-cluster remainsand even the curling tip of that is broken off. 628 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. May 1 Gold is yellow; but place a thin sheet of themetal to the light and the transmitted lightis green. So with this honey—gold in coloror green in color, according to the sumac honey half hlling a tin pailwill look like paraffine oil or yellow vaseline,having a peculiar sheen. The honey has nonoticeable odor except the bitter one spokenof; and after that is gone, little odor is properly ripened the honey is veryheavy, and, like apple-blossom honey, waxesinstead of candies. Neither of these honeysin absolute purity would probably grain, butwould become thickly gummy; therefore su-mac honey has excellent keeping qualities,comb honey being appaiently as good thesecond season as the first, if pi-operly have never seen a single cell of this honeycandied, though I practice keeping unfinish-. FIG. 5.—CLUMP OF SUMAC THREE WEEKS AFTER BLOSSOMING. The seed clusters are numerous. Near the upper central part is a year-oldseed-cluster, with a white sheet of paper placed back of it. ed sections over from one season to be com-pleted the next. Except for more stain onwood and comb these sections could neverbe detected from the others. It is safe to say that much of Connecticutwould be woithless for bee-keepers but forthis plant. Here it can be relied on to yieldevery year, not, of course, with perfect uni-formity, for, like other honey-plants, the su-mac is dependent on the weather. If July isabounding in good hay weather, our colonieswill store from 40 to 100 pounds each; but ifthere is but little good hay weather duringJuly we may not average 20 pounds to thecolony. Fortunately, July is not often freefrom good hay weather. The photographs can scarcely convey veryvivid ideas of the plant, since the bloom isso minute. I should have stated before thatthe
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