Gleanings in bee culture . stream of beesproceeding against thewind along the north side of the cuiious as to where they were going,I followed them up and found that theywere working on about an acre of whiteclover situated at the end of the hedge abouta quarter of a mile from my ajjiary. Now,this white clover was mixed with some otherclovers and lye grass, and the actual flower-heads weie mostly short and not at allthick. That is to say, they did not presenta mass of wddte that could be seen from adistance. The bees were blacks, and must. have come from an apiaiy situated a mileto
Gleanings in bee culture . stream of beesproceeding against thewind along the north side of the cuiious as to where they were going,I followed them up and found that theywere working on about an acre of whiteclover situated at the end of the hedge abouta quarter of a mile from my ajjiary. Now,this white clover was mixed with some otherclovers and lye grass, and the actual flower-heads weie mostly short and not at allthick. That is to say, they did not presenta mass of wddte that could be seen from adistance. The bees were blacks, and must. have come from an apiaiy situated a mileto tlie west of my own. 1 could see thatnone of my bees were working on the clover,for mine were Italians and hybrids. Now, why were not these blacks workingon the sainfoin, which was much nearer tothem—less than half the distance of theclover? I concluded that the scent fromthe clover had been carried down by thewind, while that from the sainfoin had beencarried to the north of theij- hives. Why,then, were not my bees attracted f Eitherbecause, in order to get out of the orchardto reach tlie fields, they Aveie obliged to risehigh in the air to. clear the hedge and treevS,or else because they had jireviously been UIREC TION OF WiND .{Apiary. ^fiEDCEiAND TREES % ?:>>-^ ^ iS} ^ ?m c^ (?§
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