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Cucumber. (Cucnmis sativus L.) Cultivated. Good honey plant, 

 but scarce and of short duration. 



Pumpkin. {Cucumis pepo L.) A better pollen than honey plant. 

 May to June. 



Watermelon. iCitrullus citrullus (L.) Karst.) A good honey and 

 pollen plant ; at its best on dewy mornings. Blooming period extends 

 over the greater portion of the summer until frost. 



Wild gourd. {Cucurhita foetidissima H. B. K.) Scatteringly, 

 southern and western Texas. Honey flow light ; better for pollen. 

 April to July. 



Black haw. (Viburnum rufotomentosum Small.) Woodlands of 

 central and western Texas. Good honey yielder early in season and 

 valuable for early brood. 



Bush honeysuckle. (Lonicera fragrantissima Lindel.) A small 

 bush cultivated on the campus at College Station. Earliest honey 

 yielder of the locality, furnishing honey as early as January^ Val- 

 uable for early brood in mild winters. 



White-flowered honeysuckle. {Lonicera alhiflora.) Recorded from 

 Hunter, Texas, blooming from May to July. A good honey plant 

 but scarce. 



Houstonia angustifolia Mx. Dry soils throughout Texas. May to 

 July. Bees work well on it, but plants are scarce. 



Button weed. (Diodia teres Walt.) Low sandy soils of Texas. 

 Not a heavy yielder, but important in July and August where horse- 

 mint and cotton is not heavy. 



Button bush. (Cephalanthus occidentalis L.) In moist soils 

 throughout Texas. Bees work on it during July. 



Goldenrod. (Solidago spp.) Throughout Texas. Abundant in 

 late fall, but unimportant where ])room and bitter weed is abundant. 



Roman wormwood. (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) Common on dry 

 uplands, yielding pollen. 



Tall ragweed. (Ambrosia aptera D. C.) Low soils throughout 

 southern and western Texas. July and August, yielding adhesive 

 pollen. 



Great ragweed. (Ambrosia irifida L.) Moist land, central and 

 eastern Texas. July and August. Good for pollen. 



Cockle burr. (Xanthium catmdense Mill.) Common in river bot- 

 toms, yielding pollen in September and October. 



Common sunfloAver. (Helianthus annuus L.) Common in waste 

 fields. Good honey yield, but strong flavored. Yields propolis. 



Sneeze weed. Bitter weed. (Helenium tenuif olium Nutt.) Com- 

 mon in open waste places of eastern and central Texas. Yields honey 



