Gleanings in bee culture . nous region seems to be anideal place for bees. There has never beena season in my recollection when the colo-nies have not made stores enough for win-ter, so it seems strange to me to read aboutthose who have to feed for this purpose. Itis true that we do not get a large surplusoftener than once in three years; but thereis always some surplus each year. The main sources of hone>- are blackber-ry, clover, sourwood, and goldenrod. Thenwe have a number of other ])lants and treesthat furnish enough nectar for bees to buildup on, such as blackgum, chestnut, fruittrees
Gleanings in bee culture . nous region seems to be anideal place for bees. There has never beena season in my recollection when the colo-nies have not made stores enough for win-ter, so it seems strange to me to read aboutthose who have to feed for this purpose. Itis true that we do not get a large surplusoftener than once in three years; but thereis always some surplus each year. The main sources of hone>- are blackber-ry, clover, sourwood, and goldenrod. Thenwe have a number of other ])lants and treesthat furnish enough nectar for bees to buildup on, such as blackgum, chestnut, fruittrees, black locust, and summer heartsease. One or all of the fiowers named above willfurnish nectar for the bees each season. Ihave never known all of them to fail in oneyear, and so we have more chances for acroji than beekeepers in localities havingonly one or two resources. I will give a brief description of last sea-son. The fruit bloom yielded the last ofApril; and just as that was over, black lo- Gleanings in Bee Culture. Skunk caught in the apiary of Carl VoUmer, Columbus, Montana. cust began to yield; then wild blackberries,which lasted until the clover season. Inthe meantime sourwood, chestnuts, and su-mac lasted until the middle of July, mak-ing one continued flow from April 20 untilJuly 15. From the middle of July untilthe middle of August we have a heartsease and goldenrod last untilthe frost comes. I forgot to mention pop-lar and basswood. The former is still plen-tiful in the mountains; but the latter ismore rare, as many of the trees have beencut down, and the stock eat the secondgrowth, so it is fast becoming extinct insome iilaces. Where there are still virginforests it still abounds, but it yields onlyabout every fifth year. The stock care lessfor poplar. There are no apiaries near me except thoseof farmers who keep a few colonies to fur-nish honey for their own use. The truth is,no one in these mountains knows any thingabout the inside workings of a h
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