Show CLOVER NECTAR IN PLENTY FOR BUSY V LITTLE HONEY BH BEE U Blossoms This Year Promise Sweetness Than 1 Ever Eyer i i T Fn FRANK Ii RIDGWAY yo Beekeepers should have ha all aU their colonies prepared for the clover honey hone flow it It Is le predicted that in hi the tho white clover bolts there thoro may b bo expected one of or the best clover nectar flows tho the bees beo have hav had to feed reed on for the last twenty Ion t. t ty years ears In spite of Dr f the back backward rl and tho cold weather veather during April and May ra clover er ha lia hae been developing devel l in good gOOI shape A thorough housecleaninG overy ver spring pring Is I recommended b by I. I L. L ono one of the most moat prominent authorities on beekeeping in the country An abundance of clean hone honey can bo expected ex ox- ox- ox anI only If U the hives liVes arc are cleaned L carefully so o tho the bees will have a place to it during th tho hi blooming sea soa- son Mn The bee seems to appreciate clean quarters I ep p hC Clean nn Clean the lie hives on a warm day b by cutting and scraping Dwa away all of or tho the surplus wax drone comb and bee glue from the comb and aid set them thorn and the thc bees hees in a R. cloan clean hive bhe on the old stand This ThIa encourages es tho the bees and simplE simplE- J e 8 the tho handling later Robbing should be he guarded against for tor the the- bees are unu unusually bad about it k this year car Where here robbing is boing done the entrance should he be covered or the hive moved mo and nd the entrance protected colonies may bo be expected at this time of ot year ear The cold winter and spring has been a great handicap to bees boes especially in the tho case caso of ot colonies colonies colo cob nies nice that went into their winter homes with old or inferior queens Dee Bee keepers say Bay th the percentage of or queen queen- less colonies is unusually high Robbing Robbing Robbing Rob Rob- bing is invited If Ir tho the queens have havo lieen heen killed or the colo colonies les are weak In such cases the colonies and them up Ui or put them with strong trong colonies and later Inter divide divido thorn thom if It 1 sary ary I Make Hoc flee Comfortable fl where necessary r and thorough h cleaning of or tho the bees bees' quarters quarters will do much to prevent the bees from swarming 8 Queen bees must have Ju plenty plent o of room for egg laying shade Shado must be provided during hot Weather leather anti ami weeds must bo be cut away from the hives Bees would rather w work rk than swarm If the they are arc made mado comfortable Grow Shirley T Popple II Every en American should bo ho familiar f with Ith the tho flower of ot the American LeIon Legion Le Le- Le- Le I glen gion Ion tho the Shirley 1011 poppy I Thousands of or people have learned of ot the tho Shirley poppy 1011 within the last I twelve months who never nover before had JI of at It it said a florist recently rom irom now on we wo mn may expect to lo see seethe seethe the poppy toppy raised extensively It has ij been en officially adopted as ns the flower lower American Legion He explained that the selection of ot rho Shirley poppy b by these men ia Is more than practical and arid was suggested b by Rupert Brookes Brooke's poem of ot Flanders fieldS field where poppies grew It is used in garden d decoration but buts s difficult to handle for other pur pur- poses oses Joses It sheds Its bloom readily and an cannot be worn satisfactorily If tho the flower cr is 15 cut when in full fun bloom the petals soon wither and fall off Se Select Select Se- Se lect the buds when the they first begin to burst hurst through tho the green covering co Thc They will then expand and last much longer Many Shade of or Color There There are various shades of oC color The petals arc aro of or a a. silky texture that adds to the delicacy of or th the color which ranges from delicate shades of or rose apricot l rl ot salmon-pink salmon to glowing crimson crim- crim on son all with white centers It jj l The rho Shirley poppy should bo be raised m LU f fairly rich soil Boll where it will have Uie tIie benefit of plenty plent of sunlight If the seed pods are arc picked as soon as th they y form It will remain in bloom for sc several ral Transplanting is not necessary In in fact it Is not usually done successful ly b Thick sowing of or the tho fine fino Ss is 10 to be avoided and the b best st way is to mix one part seed with five rivo parts of I fine fine- irm sand This will distribute tho the themore sued 1 more uniformly After Atter they come u up thin tho the se seedlings leaving the time plants about ten Inches Inches' apart A I second planting should bo be made mado about two or three weeks after tho the first seeds seeds' are arc sown In order to have havo a a. con con- i i blooming season I |