. The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary. Bee culture. SOUKWOOD. work, as the fluid destroys the tinning on the soldering iron, very rapidly. To show you what you can do with these simple tools, I will state that the Hains feeder, shown on page 102, is easily made by one who is taking his first lessons in the art of soldering. SOUKWOOD [Oxyclendnmi Ar
. The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary. Bee culture. SOUKWOOD. work, as the fluid destroys the tinning on the soldering iron, very rapidly. To show you what you can do with these simple tools, I will state that the Hains feeder, shown on page 102, is easily made by one who is taking his first lessons in the art of soldering. SOUKWOOD [Oxyclendnmi Arboreum.) This is considered a great honey - bearing- tree in some localities, especially in the South; but as I have had no personal expe- rience with it, I submit a description from one of our friends who has furnished us with the specimen of the leaves and flowers, from which our engraving was made. The Sourwood, sometimes called the sorrel, is a Arte tree from 40 to 60 feet in height, and about a foot in diameter; although it sometimes reaches 70 feet in height and a foot and a half through. The popular name, Sourwood, is derived from the odor and the peculiar sour taste of the leaves and small twigs. It is entirely distinct from the black-gum and sour-gum, or pepperidge, with which it has wittingly classed by some writers on honey - plants, much to the injury of Sourwood. The former are honey - producers to a email extent, but are not worthy to be compared with Sourwood, which, we are convinced after living where basswood, poplar, clover, buckwheat, goldenrod, persimmon, and aster abound, has not its, superior among the boney- producing plants of America, either in the amount of yield, or in its beautiful appearance. Easswood is more important, only because of its widely extend- ed growth. We write this article, to call attention more directly to this tree as a honey-producer, liee- masters are familiar with other flora which abound where those who have written our
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