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JOINTED CHARLOCK, see Radi 

 JUDAS-TREE, see Red-Bud. 

 JUNE-BUD, see Red-Bud. 



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KANSAS— Honey Sources of. 



Sweet clover probably ranks first as a honey plant in Kansas. It 

 yields surplus honey from east to west in the State and succeeds on high, 

 dry land as well as in the river valleys. In some parts of the State, sur- 

 plus honey is secured from no other crop. In the Arkansas Valley alfalfa 

 is also important and yields freely. Hoarhound, heartsease and wild sun- 

 flowers also yield surplus. White clover is uncertain in most of Kansas 

 and only yields honey occasionally under favorable conditions. The Ar- 

 kansas Valley is excellent beekeeping territory and the yields there com- 

 pare favorably with the best elsewhere. The first nectar comes from soft 

 maples in late February or March. Elms furnish early pollen and willows 

 along the streams furnish both nectar and pollen. There are many or- 

 chards in Kansas and fruit bloom is important, surplus occasionally being 

 gathered from apple blossoms. Horsemint is important in the southern 

 part of the State, as high as 50 pounds per colony of surplus being re- 

 ported from this source. 



KENTUCKY— Honey Sources of. 



H. R. Niswonger, in Circular 69, Extension Division of the College of 

 Agriculture, gives the following as important sources of nectar in Ken- 

 tucky : 



"Fruit trees and bush fruits of considerable importance, sometimes 

 yielding surplus. 



"Crimson clover, very important, coming before white clover. 



"Alsike clover, comparing well with the yield from white clover. 



"White clover usually yields a heavy surplus. 



"Red clover, sometimes v/orked by 'bees on second blooming. 



"Sweet clover, one of the most important, blooming for four weeks 

 or more. 



"Sour-wood, one of the principal sources in the mountam sections. 



"Linden, also important in mountain sections. 



"Buckwheat, important, coming when there is a dearth of other 

 plants in bloom. 



"Goldenrod yields an abundance of nectar. 



"Aster yields in late autumn, often sufficient to carry the bees 

 through the winter, sometimes some surplus, also. 



"Many forest trees infested with plant lice yield large quantities 

 of honeydew. 



In addition to the above list the following are taken from a contribu- 

 tion to American Bee Journal by Mr. N. P. Allen, of Smith's Grove, Ken- 

 tucky: 



