Those who have visiied this clover bell
and honey region, say that the hum of bees
throughout those fields is continuous day
in and day out, and that tbe bees seem to
regard the clover fields as their particular
province and resent intrusion. However
that mav be, white clover honey is the
best, and tbe best of it as well as the
largest quantity comes from California, In
the far V estern States some attention has
been given to bees, aud some buckwheat
and half wild honey produced. Virginia
is noted for its wild honey. Some of the
inhabitants make it a business to collect it,
aud the finding of it requires some knowl
edge of bee movements. A bee is
c tught, and at tbe proper time of the day
liberated. It returns to its swarm, and as
it flies in a ''bee line," its home can be
found by taking tbe point and with the aid
of a compass following in the same direc
tion, up bill and down, untU the swarm U
foi.nd. The t:eo is felled and the houey
tikea. Eight r ten pails of honey ate
of; en ( b'amed from a single hodow trje.
