. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 542 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Aug. 3 1905 IjL-e-kcepers in California. The abundant rains gave great promise, but the exceptional cold of the early part of the year interfered greatly with success. In the East, the sea- son has been one of excessive rains—indeed, one of the wet- test seasons ever known. If I am correct, such a season in the East is favorable to a generous honey crop. Of cour>e. if the rains preclude tlie Bight of the bees so that they can- not work, or if the season is too cold for the secretion of nectar in the plants, there may be
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 542 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Aug. 3 1905 IjL-e-kcepers in California. The abundant rains gave great promise, but the exceptional cold of the early part of the year interfered greatly with success. In the East, the sea- son has been one of excessive rains—indeed, one of the wet- test seasons ever known. If I am correct, such a season in the East is favorable to a generous honey crop. Of cour>e. if the rains preclude tlie Bight of the bees so that they can- not work, or if the season is too cold for the secretion of nectar in the plants, there may be a dearth of honey even in these wet years. I think the present season has been wet and cold through- out the East, and I believe, until quite recently, the weather has been so cold that the honey promise has been disappoint- ing. This seems not to have been true in this part of Michi- gan. At Owosso, where my brother has a large apiary, he informs me that he has already secured a large amount of honey, and the bees at the present time (July 19) are gather- ing very rapidly. I believe it is generally conceded that the honey crop of Michigan this year will be well to the front. S.^CE HONEY. Mr. Milo Smith, one of our readers from California, writes m€ that in his section, black sage produces much more honey than does the white sage. I think a good many bee- keepers in California have ? the same feeling. I think the honey from all the sages is so mucli alike that it would be The fact that the black or ball sage pushes farther up into the canyons would certainly give it a wider range of bloom. It often blossoms much before the white, and the flowers continue for a long period. Its lo- cality is usually also more moist, and thus adds to its cer- tainty as a honey-producer. I think that very likely the preference of either plant would be more due to surrounding conditions than to the plants themselves. I did not wish to give the impression in my articles that
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