. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. T})e See-JKeepeps' |Ae\^ie(.o A MONTHLY JOURNAL Devoted to i\]e Interests of Hoqey Producers. $L00 A YEAR. W. Z. HUTCHINSON, Editor and Proprietor. VOL, X, FLIN" ilCHIGAN, AUG. 10, 1897. NO. 8. The Season—Experiments with Non- Swarmers, Etc. L. A. ASPINWALL. Like the sound of the cataract's roar. The hnm of onr bees ii-- heard as of 13' CERTAINLY, the continuous hum of bees for more than three weeks during op- pressive! y warm weather, had a sem- blance of the mo- ll (it on o us roar \\ h i c h character- izi's that of Niaga- ra, aud added to
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. T})e See-JKeepeps' |Ae\^ie(.o A MONTHLY JOURNAL Devoted to i\]e Interests of Hoqey Producers. $L00 A YEAR. W. Z. HUTCHINSON, Editor and Proprietor. VOL, X, FLIN" ilCHIGAN, AUG. 10, 1897. NO. 8. The Season—Experiments with Non- Swarmers, Etc. L. A. ASPINWALL. Like the sound of the cataract's roar. The hnm of onr bees ii-- heard as of 13' CERTAINLY, the continuous hum of bees for more than three weeks during op- pressive! y warm weather, had a sem- blance of the mo- ll (it on o us roar \\ h i c h character- izi's that of Niaga- ra, aud added to the monotone was the inability to keep pace with onr bees in removing and supplying supers. The season has been extraordinary in many respects, and the honey yield phenom- enal; never have I known its equal. This extraordinary yield appears still more phe- nomenal, when but eighteen months ago bee keepers were bemoaning the condition which seemed to indicate that our honey sources were being obliterated by the wood- man's axe, and a succession of extremely dry seasons. But following these conditions comes the present seas(in with an unprece- dented amount of white clover. Where none was visible last season it completely covered the ground. It seemed as though an angel had come down and sowed it thickly, far and wide. This has led me to consider how, in the face of apparent death, comes such an abun- dance. Surely Nature is founded in wisdom and her resources are indestructible. Has not the seed accumulated during the past five or six years of drouth, and the requisite amount of moisture necessary to its germi- nation and extension by the rooting tendrils given us more than could have been ex- pected: and has not Nature more than ever before displayed lier marvelous stores? In connection with, or rather preceding this extraordinary condition, the weather was unseasonably cold, and unfavorable to the flight of bees. My hives having been well packed until a few days preceding t
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