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Fruit trees, April-May. 



Ground ivy, May-August. 



Currant and gooseberry, May. 



Buckeye, May. 



Grapevine, May. 



Black locust. May. 



Honey locust, May-June. 



Poplar (tulip-tree), May-June. 



Raspberry, May-June. 



Blackberry, May-June. 



White clover, May-June-July. 



Alsike, June-July. 



Red clover, June-July. 



Sweet clover, June till frost. 



Basswood, June or July. 



Mustard, June till frost. 



Button bush, July. 



Teasel, July. 



Catnip, July and August. 



Cucumber, melons, etc., July-August. 



Marsh milkweed, July-August. 



Sumac, August. 



Boneset, July till frost. 



Figwort, July till frost. 



Buckwheat, August. 



Ironweed, July till frost. 



Jewelweed, August-September. 



Smar tweed, August-September. 



Goldenrod, August till frost. 



Asters, August till frost. 



Marsh sunflower, August till frost. 



Spanish needle (Coreopsis), August. 



Beggarticks, August. 



— Second Annual Report, Inspector of Apiaries, Indiana. 



INDIAN FIG, see Prickly Pear. 

 INDIAN HEMP, see Dogbane. 

 INKBERRY, see Gallberry. 



IOWA— Honey Sources of. 



Willows and maples furnish first nectar of importance in early spring. 

 This is followed by the blooming of the wild plums and cultivated fruits. 

 Next dandelion blooms in profusion for most of the time intervening be- 

 tween fruit bloom and white clover. White clover is the main source of 

 surplus over the entire State, excepting a few small areas where sweet 

 clover exceeds it in importance. Alsike is important in some sections. On 

 rough lands along streams buckbrush or Indian currant gives surplus in 



