. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. ALFALFA. THE AVAY ALFALFA HAY IS STACKED ON lUUU AND oUOU ACKE FARMS IN THE WEST. ers were obliged to place their extractors in warm rooms, and even warm the combs sometimes before extracting, so thick is the hoiiey. And then to do any thing like a good job of extracting one must give the extractor-baskets a h gh rotative speed, and this necessarily puts a great strain on the wire cloth and the bracing of the extractor. We
. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. ALFALFA. THE AVAY ALFALFA HAY IS STACKED ON lUUU AND oUOU ACKE FARMS IN THE WEST. ers were obliged to place their extractors in warm rooms, and even warm the combs sometimes before extracting, so thick is the hoiiey. And then to do any thing like a good job of extracting one must give the extractor-baskets a h gh rotative speed, and this necessarily puts a great strain on the wire cloth and the bracing of the extractor. We have already spoken of the superb quality of alfalfa honey. If any one takes a liking to it, as we liave done, he will be al- most spoiled for eating any other honey. Some of it is so thick and tine that it can be almost chewed like so much delicious wax candy. The flavor is a little like that of white clover, with a slight trace of mint that is very pleasant. In color it is quite equal to it, and in every other way it has no superior, althougli in some i^arts of the West the color is a light amber. In the vei y hot portions of the United States it is dis- posed to be darker than in the colder locali- ties. The Colorado alfalfa is as a rale tlie lightest in color. The nectar from alfalfa is secreted so abundantly during the time it is in bloom that anywhere from 100 to 500 colonies can be supported in a given location. In Colo- rado, however, it is found more profitable to have ajnaries containing no more than from 100 to 150 colonies, owing to the very great overstocking in many of the best localities. Bee-keepers have rushed to this land of gold and golden honey in such numbers that in the great alfalfa-growing regions apiaries are stuck in very closely, from half a mile to a mile apart, so it now profitable to have more than 100 colonies to the yard. In other localities not so much overstocked, from 200 to 300 colonies can be kept in a single apiary. For a given acrea
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