The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-24
RED CLOVER.

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RED CLOVER.
Some beekeepers claim that honey bees
never work upon red clover while others
aver that they do. From all the evidence
given we may decide the verdict that
both parties are correct. Where the land
is very rich and the seed sown sparingly,
the plants grow very luXuriantly with
large heads. In this case the tube-like
corollas are too deep for the tongue of
the bee to redch the nectar unless
it is so abundant that it fills
the tube Some bees have longer
tongues than others. 1t has been
quite fad among queen breeders to ad-
vertise red clover queens" Italian bees
excel in this very particular point James
A. Stone, secretary of the Illinois State
Beekeepers' Association, stated at one of
its late sessions that where italian bees
are kept it pays to thresh the first crop
of red clover; formerly only the second
paid as it was dependent for fertilization
upon humble bees, and during its first
blooming there were too few of them to
perform the work, as only the queens sur
vived the winter, Where the soil is poor
and the seeds sown thickly, the clover
heads will be small and the tube-lil1e cor
ollas short, so that bees can reach the
nectar. If red clover does not yield honey
why are so many bees humming over the
blossomsl
ALsIKE CLOVER.
This is a variety of clover imported
from Sweden 1t grows as tall as the red
clover, with simmer stalks, bearing
many blossoms, resembling the white.
This clover is a great favorite with bees,
and is preferred by cattle to many other
kinds of grass. All the objection to this
clover is that its stems are so light that it
falls to the ground This fault is rene
died by sowing with timothy, which
serves to hold it up. A Bookkeeping friend
sowed field to this clover and pastured
it in the fall His cattle ate it into the
ground, and he thought that they had
ruined it; but it grew up again in the
spring. 1t has the ability of taking care
of itself and reseeding when once firmly
established.
WHITE CLOVER.
Of all plants for the secretion of honey,
for the north and west, white clover ex-
cells them all. At all seasons Of the year
beekeepers watch with interest this plant: .
during the winter to see if it is injured
by freezing, for its first appearance in the
spring and later on to note its blooming
1t adds much to the value of pasture
lands, but has one bad habit of salivating
the horses The Indians call it the white
mans foot, as it follows in his tread
You may talk Of the far-famed honey of
uymettus, of honey from the orange
bloom, the linden, the horse mint of
Texas, or the wild sage of California; but
for me, give the crown Of excellence TO
the white clover Of the north.
SWEET CLOVER, OR MELIToT,
is yearly gaining friends, as its good
qualities become known. If ] see this
plant when 1 am travelling l feel that ]
have friends living near, and always say:
Il know that there are bees kept in this
locality"
Before me, as / write, is fine specimen
of Japan clover. Chinese and Japanese
fruits thrive in F'lorida's sands, and so
does this lovely clover. 1t has small
leaf, resembling the locust, only so tiny
Sheep are very fond Of this plant.
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