. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 20 January, 1915. American Vae Journal vent all side play, while the cleats on the fences themselves space in such a way that the sections are all held a bee space apart. I submit the above hoping it may be a help to some one, as a little lumber can generally be found and cut up whereas we often dislike to cut up a five dollar bill for a lot of new supplies which may never be used again. Elgin, 111. Sweet Clover Bloat BY .A. F. BONNEV. THE following letter from Mr. Aid- rich is not a surprise to me, while I had nothing to lead up to the article he all
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 20 January, 1915. American Vae Journal vent all side play, while the cleats on the fences themselves space in such a way that the sections are all held a bee space apart. I submit the above hoping it may be a help to some one, as a little lumber can generally be found and cut up whereas we often dislike to cut up a five dollar bill for a lot of new supplies which may never be used again. Elgin, 111. Sweet Clover Bloat BY .A. F. BONNEV. THE following letter from Mr. Aid- rich is not a surprise to me, while I had nothing to lead up to the article he alludes to, sav r my inherent doubt of what everybody believes: "I have just read your article in the October issue of the American Bee Journal, and notice what you say re- garding sweet clover. You say we do not know that it will not bloat cattle. The fact is it will to such an extent as to kill them, under certain conditions. A few years ago I had a 40-acre field of sweet clover pasture, and during the month of May lost a very fine 2-year old heifer from sweet clover bloat. Day after day the bunch was driven to the lot about 9 or 10 o'clock and fed on old hay and other ways fussed with until their sides would come down a story or two. There was a patch of alsike in connection with this pasture, and I gave it full credit for the bloat. But when I found this one dead before it got to the alsike, and others bloatiny badly, I decided it was the sweet clover or the thought of the alsike ahead of them. This was the first and only season we had any trouble from sweet clover bloat. But in the spring of 1913 my neighbors were bothered the same way, with their stock. "Sweet clover is getting a lot of puffs, but it is worth all that it gets. It is about 18 or 20 years since I began sowing it. A few old farms that I had rented and salted with clover helped advertise it in this section. " It is a friend to the beekeeper be- cause it is the surest clover crop. On the other
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