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AMERICAN HONEY PLANTS 



HONEY POD, see Mesquite. 



HONEYSUCKLE (Lonicera). 



The honeysuckles are rich in nectar, but most species have corolla 

 tubes of such depth as to be beyond the reach of the honeybee. There 

 are numerous reports of the bees seeking nectar from such species as they 

 can reach, and from Minnesota come reports of the bush honeysuckle as 

 an important plant. (See Bush Honeysuckle). 



HOPS (Humulus Lupulus). 



The common hop plant is too well known to need description. It is 

 common from New England to British Columbia and southward. It is 

 very generally cultivated for making yeast and for medicinal purposes. 

 The small greenish flowers are wind-pollenated. It furnishes pollen in 

 abundance, but no nectar. (Fig. 75). 



Fig. 



Horsemint (Monarda punctata.) 



source of the well-known horsemint honey. 



HOP-TREE (Ptelea trifoliata), SHRUBBY TREFOIL. 



The hop-tree occurs from New England and Ontario south to Florida 

 and westward to Michigan, Illinois and Missouri to central Texas. It is 

 a shrub or small tree known also as wahoo and quinine tree. The bitter 

 fruit is sometimes used as a substitute for hops. The flowers have a dis- 

 agreeable odor. Scholl lists the honey yield as good, and very good, in 



