. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 446 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, July 15, the contrary, as soon as the crimson be- gan to show the ends of its nice bloora, the bees began to gather honey from it, and workt well for over two weel<s, until the bloom got too old for them to gather honey. So I will sow about 20 acres of crimson from the seed that I saved from the 'o acre, part of which I will sow in layiiig-by corn. Nothing in my way of thinking will pay as well as crimson clover. Sow it any time in the latter part of July or August, and if you do not wish to mow It, it pays to sow for
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 446 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, July 15, the contrary, as soon as the crimson be- gan to show the ends of its nice bloora, the bees began to gather honey from it, and workt well for over two weel<s, until the bloom got too old for them to gather honey. So I will sow about 20 acres of crimson from the seed that I saved from the 'o acre, part of which I will sow in layiiig-by corn. Nothing in my way of thinking will pay as well as crimson clover. Sow it any time in the latter part of July or August, and if you do not wish to mow It, it pays to sow for early pasture and bloom for the bees. But I never had such a "turn oft" for hay as the one acre in crimson clover. I am highly pleased so far with the crimson clover, and will try it further. J C. Williamson. Mingo Co., W. Va. July 3. Fine Prospects for a Good Crop. The prospects for a good honey crop In this county is very fine. The fields are white and fragrant with white clover blossoms, and the waste places and road- sides ars white with sweet clover; be- sides, we have a goodly number of linden trees in our forests that are just coming Into bloom. The extreme hot days have made swarming a little too numerous, which is the only draw-back wo have had for comb-honey producers. Quite a number of city and farm bee-keepers are discarding old-style hives and putting their bees into modern ones. Kankakee. Kankakee Co., III., July 5. Swarming, Bobbing, Etc. I don't know how valuable the Ameri- can Bee Journal may be to people who already know it all, but an ignorant novice like myself should find it his best text-book. I find it so. It is said, "Knowledge is golden," and it is not saying too much of the Bee Journal to describe it as being worth its weight in gold to any one who keeps bees from one colony up. I don't know much about bees, and it seems as tho the more I learn the less I know, for the field broadens out into Illimitable space. The article by Mr. Fa
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