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AMERICAN HONEY PLANTS 



surplus. Nebraska beekeepers value it because it fills in the period be- 

 tween fruit bloom and white clover. 

 FARKLE-BERRY or SPARKLE-BERRY (Vaccinum arboreum). 



The farkle-berry or sparkle-berry is also known as winter huckleberry 

 and tree huckleberry. It is a tall shrub 6 to 25 feet in height and common 

 from southern Illinois and Missouri east to North Carolina and south to 

 Texas and Florida. In parts of Arkansas it is one of the main sources of 

 honey. W. C. Brass writes that in Lonoke County, near the center of 



Blossoms of fireweed. 



the State, it is very abundant and takes the place of clover further north. 

 It blooms in May and the bees roar on the sparkle-berry bushes like 

 swarming time. It belongs to the group of plants to which the blueberries 

 belong and most of these are good honey plants. 

 FIDDLE NECK, see Phacelia. 



FIGWORT (Scrophularia marilandica). 



Simpson honey plant, or figwort, is another widely distributed plant. 



