American Bee Journal, Volume 55Dadant & Sons, 1915 - Bee culture Includes summarized reports of many bee-keeper associations. |
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... clover , and this summer I gathered some 14 to 16 pounds of seed . I also sowed some borage , and it bloomed all summer and fall until the frost stopped it . I sowed some this spring , but late , and it did not grow until now . I have ...
... clover , and this summer I gathered some 14 to 16 pounds of seed . I also sowed some borage , and it bloomed all summer and fall until the frost stopped it . I sowed some this spring , but late , and it did not grow until now . I have ...
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... clover . You say we do not know that it will not bloat cattle . The fact is it will to such an extent as to kill them , under certain conditions . A few years ago I had a 40 - acre field of sweet clover pasture , and during the month of ...
... clover . You say we do not know that it will not bloat cattle . The fact is it will to such an extent as to kill them , under certain conditions . A few years ago I had a 40 - acre field of sweet clover pasture , and during the month of ...
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... clover flow and the time we generally have our buckwheat flow . Now , if Miss Wilson will bear in mind that all of my comb - honey - producing colonies are only half swarms , all hav- ing been divided during apple - tree bloom , she ...
... clover flow and the time we generally have our buckwheat flow . Now , if Miss Wilson will bear in mind that all of my comb - honey - producing colonies are only half swarms , all hav- ing been divided during apple - tree bloom , she ...
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... clover than any other crop . Sweet clover is as sensitive to acidity in the soil as alfalfa , and the same soil treatment is required as for alfalfa . To put the soil in good condition to grow either alfalfa or sweet clover , three or ...
... clover than any other crop . Sweet clover is as sensitive to acidity in the soil as alfalfa , and the same soil treatment is required as for alfalfa . To put the soil in good condition to grow either alfalfa or sweet clover , three or ...
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... clover ( Trifolium hybridum ) , etc. " To aid in the dissemination of re- liable and practical information with regard to the beekeeping industry , and further its progress in every way pos- sible in the interests of the members . " The ...
... clover ( Trifolium hybridum ) , etc. " To aid in the dissemination of re- liable and practical information with regard to the beekeeping industry , and further its progress in every way pos- sible in the interests of the members . " The ...
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Page 45 - ... in many recipes for common sugar or for molasses, and when this is done the resulting flavor is often both novel and agreeable. One of the great advantages in the use of honey is that cakes made with it will keep much longer than those made with sugar. A honey cake made with butter, for instance, will keep its quality until the butter grows rancid, and one made without butter will keep fresh for months. For this reason honey is especially useful in recipes that call for no butter. Icing made...
Page 91 - Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water.
Page 45 - VARIOUS ways in which the housewife can use honey to advantage are suggested in a new publication of the United States Department of Agriculture, Farmers
Page 59 - Beacon-Hill after sunset, were affrighted by noises in the air (supposed to be the flying of bugs and beetles) which they took to be the sound of bullets. They left the hill with great precipitation, spread the alarm in their encampment, and wrote terrible accounts to England of being shot at with air-guns; as appears by their letters, extracts from which were soon after published in the London papers.
Page 31 - PHELPS' Golden Italian Queens combine the qualities you want. They are great honey gatherers, beautiful and gentle. Mated. $1.00; six, $5.00; Tested. $3.00; Breeders. $5.00 and $10.
Page 45 - ... much allowance must be made for the water which it contains. Assuming a cupful of good honey to measure one-half pint, it should weigh about 12 ounces. Of this, 9 to 10 ounces, roughly speaking; is sugar. A cupful of honey, therefore, corresponds to a little more than a cupful of cane sugar. Hence it is safe to estimate that a cupful of honey will sweeten a dish just about as much as a cupful of sugar. Besides the sugars, there is about one-fifth of a cupful of water in a cupful of honey. Theoretically,...
Page 36 - Livestock 75 Marketing, Management and Finance 60 Buildings, Equipment and Labor . . 45 Poultry 55 Vegetables, Flowers 60 Dairying 25 Orchards and Trees 45 Rural Social Life 25 Home Making 55 Free Personal Service Any farm question that puzzles a reader of THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN will be answered personally and promptly by mail. More than 100 practical experts are at our call to render this free personal service. 3 MONTHS (13 ISSUES) NOV 2 8 1230 EXPERIENCES OF PROMINENT BEEKEEPERS (Mtut* FEBRUARY...
Page 58 - With its beak it sinks a shaft in the nectariferous tissue, nibbles a little, makes another hole, and another and another, until the nectar is left flowing from many punctures,' attracting swarms of insects of all sorts.
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