Gleanings in bee culture . ell-ripened honey. Knowingthat a great deal of honey had been put up-on the market early in the season, whichwas not giving satisfaction, I filled a dozen(juart glass fruit-jars with the extracted hon-ey, and labeled them 2| lbs. honey, pureand ripe, and put them on sale at our gro-cers. In two days it was half sold. By tip-ping the jars the customer could see it wasthie^, and visions of hot biscuit and honeydid the rest. Sheldon, Mo. C. A. Bird. CAUCASIANS AS SWARMERS; THE STATEMENTOF A RUSSIAN BEE-KEEPER. The price lists of two breeders of Cauca-sian queens say tha
Gleanings in bee culture . ell-ripened honey. Knowingthat a great deal of honey had been put up-on the market early in the season, whichwas not giving satisfaction, I filled a dozen(juart glass fruit-jars with the extracted hon-ey, and labeled them 2| lbs. honey, pureand ripe, and put them on sale at our gro-cers. In two days it was half sold. By tip-ping the jars the customer could see it wasthie^, and visions of hot biscuit and honeydid the rest. Sheldon, Mo. C. A. Bird. CAUCASIANS AS SWARMERS; THE STATEMENTOF A RUSSIAN BEE-KEEPER. The price lists of two breeders of Cauca-sian queens say that they are great swarm-ers. I notice your answer to SewardSteffy, page 889, l906. H. Kikkham. Vladimer, Russia. SM^EET CLOVER; SHOULD BE GROWN INFIELDS, AND NOT ALONG THE ROAD-SIDES; ITS VALUE AS AFERTILIZER. Please dont go to the legislature to havesweet clover stricken off the class of noxiousweeds, p. 989, so far as highways are concern-ed, for the highway belongs (generally) tothe public, and looks better cleanly mowed. ^ y^i- J - m V ^w^ i 1^ JV. ^.^^ E ^He^ mm Jj/_ 0 ^ MISTLETOE AS A PARASITE— VALIAIJLK iOi; EARLY POLLEN. SeelBee-keepina in the Southwest, on another page. MISTLETOE OK MESQUITE-TREE; TWO HONEY-PLANTS IN Bee-keepina in the Southivest. on another page. than with any thing that will grow 7 to 10ft. high in a season, as sweet clover bee-keepers raise their sweet clover ontheir own land, like buckwheat, and not dis-figure the highways with it. I have aboutsix acres of sweet clover, not as thi(^k as Iwish, but I hope to see it better in the future,and I cut the sweet clover along the road bymy place. There may be States in whichsweet clover is classed as a nox-ious weed, and so that it would beunlawful to raise it, even on ourown land. If this is the case, itwould not look well to adviseraising it there. I have foundthat sweet clover is worth morefor enriching the soil than it is forhoney. I dug a few potatoes yesterdaywhere there was swee
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