The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary . large class of autumn flowers, most of whichare honey - bearing; they may be distin-guished from the heliantlius. or artichokeand sunflower family, by the color of the rayflowers. The ray flowers are the outer col-ored leaves of the flower, which stand outlike rays; in fact, the word aster means star,,because t
The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary . large class of autumn flowers, most of whichare honey - bearing; they may be distin-guished from the heliantlius. or artichokeand sunflower family, by the color of the rayflowers. The ray flowers are the outer col-ored leaves of the flower, which stand outlike rays; in fact, the word aster means star,,because these ray flowers stand out like therays of a star. Many of the yellow autumnflowers are called asters, but this is an error;for the asters are never yellow, except inthe center. The outside, or rays, are blue,purple, or white. You may frequently findhalf a dozen different varieties growing al-most side by side. Where there are acres ofthem, so to speak, they sometimes yieldconsiderable honey, but some seasons theyseem to be unnoticed by the bees. I do notthink it will pay to attempt to cultivatethem for honey ; better move your bees to-where they grow naturally, when you havedetermined by moving a single hive first, aaa test, whether they are yielding honey ASTER. Where the asters and goldenrod aboundlargely, it may be best to defer feeding un-til these plants have ceased to yield honey,,say the last of September. B. BARXLELS. For liquid honey in qnan-tity we sliall probably never find a cheai)erleceptacle that will stand the rough usageof .shipping honey, as well. We can putour honey in tin cans, but these are moreexpensive—the very cheapest overone-half cent for every pound of honeythey Avill contain—and they can not be ship-ped safely, without first being crated. Be-sides all this, a barrel of honey will be re-ceived at a much lower rate of freight thanany other kind of package it is possible tomake. If we are then all decided as to theexp
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