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Sweet Clover: America's other weed
Season 1 Episode 6: About Bees, Culture & Curiosity Podcast - Sweet Clover: America's other weed
Legal. Illegal. Legal. Illegal again. Sweet clover has quite a history. Introduced into North America from Europe about 300 years ago, farmers were once fined for having it in their fields. It can be used to feed cattle, but improperly stored, it can become a blood thinner and kill cows. On the other hand, the state of Kentucky was saved from bankruptcy by sweet clover. And so were some beekeepers.
Every acre of sweet clover yields as much as one-thousand pounds of honey from its nectar. Along…
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