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AMERICAN HONEY PLANTS 



ILLINOIS— Honey Sources of. 



There are but few important honey plants in Illinois. It is a clover 

 State. White clover, alsike and sweet clover furnish the principal sources 

 of surplus on the uplands, with heartsease and Spanish needle on the low 

 lands. Maples and willows are important for early spring nectar, followed 

 by fruit bloom and dandelion. There are numerous minor sources which 

 add something to the product of the hive, but the above short list includes 

 the important sources of surplus honey. In a few localities boneset and 

 asters yield some surplus in the fall. Basswood, once important, has dis- 

 appeared from most of the honey-producing districts, where it formerly 

 produced large surplus. For list of minor plants, see Indiana. 



Fig. S3. Siiowberry in bloom. 



INDIANA— Honey and Pollen Plants of. 



Skunk cabbage, Marcli. 

 Silver maple, March-April. 

 Red maple, March-April. 

 Box elder, March-April. 

 Willow, March-April. 

 Elm, March-April. 

 Judas tree, April-May. 

 Dandelion, April-September. 

 Crowfoot, April-May. 

 Sugar maple, April-May. 



