Chapter 4

BEE PASTURAGE.

Substitute for Pollen, 88 Manner of packing it, 89 Alder yields the first, 89 Fruit Flowers important in good weather, 91 Red Raspberry a favorite, 91 Catnip, Mother-wort and Hoarhound, are sought after, 92 Singular fatality attendant on Silkweed, 93 Large yield from Basswood, 96 Garden Flowers unimportant, 97 Honey-dew, 97 Singular Secretion, 98 Secretions of the Aphis, 98 Advantages of Buckwheat, 101 Amount of honey collected from it, 101 Do Bees injure the crop? 102 Are not Bees an advantage to vegetation? 103 A test for the presence of Queen doubted, 106 An extra quantity of Pollen not always detrimental, 107 What combs are generally free from Bee-bread, 108 Manner of packing stores, 108 Philosophy in filling a cell with honey, 109 Long cells sometimes turned upward, 110 Is a dry or wet season best for honey? 111 How many Stocks should be kept, 112 Three principal sources of honey, 112