HONEY-PEDDLING. 



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IIONEY-l'LANTS. 



known, will prevent the honey from candy- i 

 ing for a considerable length of time. The i 

 corks, before being put into the bottles, are ] 

 dipped into a mixture of beeswax and resin, 

 and inserted, making a perfectly hermetic 

 sealing. 



After several gross, perhaps, are put up, 

 Mr. Selser loads all he can carry in a special 

 wagon shown at the left, and in the central 

 view at the bottom. He then visits the city 

 stores and replenishes their stock. After he 

 has supplied all the city retail places he then 

 goes into the coiuitry, visits the suburban 

 towns, and even drives as far as the city of 

 New York, supplying some stores in that 

 metropolis. 



HOlffEY-PIiANTS.— Not every flow- 

 er that blooms helps to fill up our hives. 

 The beautiful flowers of the garden, made 

 double by cultivating them, yield no nec- 

 tar at all. They produce no seed, so there 

 is no nectar to invite the bees to come and 

 fertilize them. If you will read the article 

 about pollen you will understand this better. 

 Some yield plenty of pollen with little 

 or no nectar. Others yield immense quan- 

 tities of honey, but the plants are so few 

 in number that they are not worth con- 

 sidering. The poinsettia is an example. We 

 have seen large drops of nectar on one of 

 these plants, which had evaporated to the 

 consistency of honey ; but what does it mat- 

 ter how much honey can be obtained from a 

 single plant, if there are no plants except a 

 single one here and there in a greenhouse ? 

 Some yield nectar, but the flowers are so 

 constructed that the honey-bee can not ob- 

 tain it, although some other insect can. 



In spite of all this, the list of flowers that 

 are of more or less value to us is a very 

 large one— so large that it is not desirable to 

 give a full list. Throughout the book, in 

 their proper alphabetical places, will be 

 found some account of the principal plants 

 that specially interest bee-keepers. It may 

 l)e desirable, however, to be able to tell at a 

 glance what they are, so a list is here given. 



Words in small capitals means the subject 

 is treated in the body of the work. '' Which 

 see " means the subject is treated of under 

 another name. 



Acacia dealbata, or silver wattle; California, from 

 Australia; commercially important. 



Acncirt fZecwcrens, black wattle; Califoi'nia; similar 

 to the above. 



Acacia faniesia ihuisache); along- the Rio Grande; 

 much grown in Europe as a florist's flower. 



Acacia Oteggit (catclaw, or una de gato), Southwest 

 Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona— see Catclaw. 



Actinnmois squaiTdsa, golden honey-plant. 



Agave Americatta , pulque.CENTUKV plant; Mexico, 

 Southei'n United States 

 Auuiualdmlpdmra sfrfrE/of/ri), Cuba— see BEi.iitL'.w- 



EH. 



Alders {Ah)vs). 



Alfilarila (Eiodium cicutarium), or pin clover; Aii- 

 zona and California; an excellent honej' and forage 

 plant from Europe— see " pin clover" under head of 

 Clover. 



Alfalfa, or lucerne (Medlcago sativa),see Alfalea. 



Algarroba (Ingd duJsis), and other species. 



Alsike or Swedish clover (Trifulium hybiidum)— sie 

 Alsike Clovek. 



Anchusa tinctoria, dye-plant. All the aucliusas ai e 

 excellent bee-plants. 



Anlignon leptojms, Mexican rose, or coralita; Cali- 

 fornia, Flurida, \\ est Indies, and Mexiccj; an excel- 

 lent honey-plant. 



Apple (Pyrt/s). The whole apple family is here 

 meant — .'ee Fruit-blossoms. 



Apricot {Prumis Armeniaca), California. 



Archas sapota, fcapodlUa; fruit-tree of the tropics; 

 Florida. 



Ash (Fraxitms onms) or flowering or manna ash; 

 planted south for its beauty. 



Asters (Aster) of many species almost everywhere 

 —see Asters. 



Asparagus (Aftparagus offlcinalis), cultivated. 



Artichoke, true or globe arlichoke (Cynara scoJy- 

 mus). 



Avocada pear [Persea gratiskima\ Florida. 



Banana {Musa sapieittum andiW. Cavendishii), Flor- 

 ida and the tropics generally. 



Berberry (Berberis indgaris). 



Basil, or mountain mint (Pijcnanthemum lanceoJa- 

 tum). 



Basswood, or American linden {Tilia Americana, 

 also T. heterophylla). Southern Kentucky, and Alle- 

 gheny Mountains— see Basswood. 



Beans (P/ia8Co/i(.sht)ia?ws), lima beans in California; 

 horse beans (P. nanun) inBritish Isles and Holland. 



Bee balm iMdism officinalis), garden flower. 



Beggar-tick, or burr marigold {Bidens frondosa). 

 United States— see Spanish Needle. 



Bellflower, Christmas bells, Christmas pop, agui- 

 naldo, canipaiiilla, etc. (Ipomea sidcef(iUa\ of Cuba, 

 Jamaica, and other West India islands and Meaico. 



Bergamot (Monarda flstulosa), a kind of mint; 

 United States. 



Bignonia 7-adicans, south— see Nectar. 



Blackberry {Rubus), of many species; Europe and 

 United States. 



Black gum— see Nyassa or Tdpelo. 



Black mangrove (Avicennia nitida); Florida and 

 the coasts of all tropic seas; generally known as 

 mangrove except in British Guiana, where it is 

 known as " courida "—see Mangrove. 



Blackhcart, or water smartweed (Polygonum acre), 

 closely related to buckwheat ; Illinois. 



Black mustard (Brassica nigra)— see Mustard. 



Black sage {Ramuna stachyoides and R. palmeii\ 

 California- see Sage. 



Bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia), north and west. 



Blue gum (Eucalyptus 0lobi(h(s), Tasmania and Cal- 

 ifornia—see Eucalyptus. 



Blue thistle (Echium vidgare) viper's bugloss; a 

 weed from Europe; Virginia and Pennsylvania. 



Boneset, or thoroughwort (Eupatonum perfolia- 

 tum), a honey-plant of considerable importance. 



Borage (Borago officinalis), Europe, but now well 

 known in the United States. 



Box-elder, or ash-leaved maple (Acer negundo), 

 Noithern States. 



Boxwood (Buxu^sempervir-ens), the tree box of the 

 Balearic Islands and Turkey; produces much honey 

 but it is very bitter; introduced into the U. S. 



Buckbush [Symphoricarpus vidgaris]—Fee Buck- 

 bush. 



Buckeye (^sculus glabra), Ohio and similar States. 



Buckthorn (Rliamnus catharlicus),Southein States 



