The American Bee Journal, Vol. 8
Wagner, G. S. Excerpt from The American Bee Journal, Vol. 8: 1872-73The extracted honey we sent to Philadelphia. Our bees did not do much 011 white clover, but when basswood came in bloom (july 15th), the bees kept us busy emptying out honey. \v e were fairly swimming in honey for about two weeks. We 'never saw bees gather honey faster than they did from basswood blossoms. Good swarms would fill their hives in two days when they had empty comb.Now we see th...