. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Tmm mimmmicmM mnm j&jsmnmi^. 387. EDITOR, VoiniY. JflnelU888, No. 24 Ueaiilii'iil blossoms, Rolling o'er orcliard trees, Pink and white foamy the blossoms, Floating away in June breeze. Would I might resfhere forever. Bathed in these apple-bloom seas. Here 'raid the wealth of the orchard. In silence, save sonnd of the bees. The Honey Crop of California is said to be large, and the product is of the very best quality. Spring: D^vindling: has been very severe among the l»ees. The Saginaw, Mich., Courier remarks that Mr. John Rey was unfo
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Tmm mimmmicmM mnm j&jsmnmi^. 387. EDITOR, VoiniY. JflnelU888, No. 24 Ueaiilii'iil blossoms, Rolling o'er orcliard trees, Pink and white foamy the blossoms, Floating away in June breeze. Would I might resfhere forever. Bathed in these apple-bloom seas. Here 'raid the wealth of the orchard. In silence, save sonnd of the bees. The Honey Crop of California is said to be large, and the product is of the very best quality. Spring: D^vindling: has been very severe among the l»ees. The Saginaw, Mich., Courier remarks that Mr. John Rey was unfortunate enough to lose 116 colonies by .spring dwindling. He is not discouraged, however, and proposes to purchase enough to replenish the hives. Sweet Clover.—A correspondent in Oleanings has the following to say about sweet clover : I have raised it four years with good re- sults. The first year I had about three- fourths of an acre, and 10 colonies of bees. In the latter pari of June the sweet clover came into bloom, and soon the bees found it. In a week more it was a regular hum in the patch from 9 o'clock until dark. It was the only patch for miles around, and there was scarcely anything else yielding honey at that time, so that the neighbors' bees had time to help take care of the honey in the sweet clover, and they did. My uncle lives two and a half miles in a bee-line from here. and had about 25 colonies ; and such a stir there was among them for this little patch ! I Why, we just had a strong bee-line from here to Uncle Abraham's. We-w Subscribers can obtain the full numbers for 1887 and 1888, for while there are any sets of 1887 left Xhe "%ViIey IJe in Englan*!,— Again we have to remind our British co- temporary that it is doing American bee- keepers a great injustice in asserting that comb honey is adulterated here. It is un- true, and the British Bee Journal ought to KNOW that. He quotes a report by '-the dairy commissioner of New Jersey," on t
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