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Among the latter may be mentioned mesquite, catsclaw and cactus. (See 

 Arizona and Texas.) Sweet clover is also important. 



NEW YORK— Honey Sources of. 



VV. D. Wright, in Bulletin 49 of the New York Department of Agricul- 

 ture, only lists a few plants as important in that State. He mentions 

 basswood as formerly one of the principal sources now rapidly passing 

 away. Alfalfa is mentioned as a source of honey in central New York. 

 Alsike is spoken of as abundant and a splendid honey producer. Good 

 yields are frequently gathered from buckwheat in sections where it is 

 grown extensively and it seldom fails entirely. Fruit blossoms and black 

 locust bloom before the colonies are sufficiently strong to store much sur- 

 plus, but are valuable for early brood rearing. Sweet clover, sumac, blue 

 thistle and goldenrod are the other sources mentioned. The failure to 

 mention white clover is evidently an oversight, since it is one of the 

 most important sources of nectar in the State. 



NORTH CAROLINA, Honey Flora of. 



Taking the State as a whole, sourwood, poplar, sometimes called 

 tulip tree, and the clovers, are the three leaders. Of these thre^ leaders 

 the poplar is the most widely distributed and is prominently mentioned 

 in all sections, from east to west. The sourwood is principally confined 

 to the Piedmont section, though reported also from the lower mountain 

 localities and from the western border of the eastern region. The clovers 

 are found in all parts, though more abundant in the mountain and Pied- 

 mont sections. Next to these we find the gallberry (Vaccinium sp.) and 

 black gum, both taking high rank and both found principally in the east. 

 Persimmon ranks sixth and is reported principally from the east, sev- 

 eral mentioning it as irregular in yield and lasting but a short time, but 

 doing well for a short period. The basswood or linden comes seventh 

 and is reported only from the west. Holly and huckleberry (low and 

 high) are next in order, both being in the east. Buckwheat follows and is 

 confined to the west. 



Twenty-four leading bee pasturage plants : 



Sourwood, Piedmont ; little east and west. 



Poplar (tulip tree), all sections. 



Clovers (all varieties), west and Piedmont; little in east. 



Gallberry, east. 



Black gum, east. 



Persimmon, east and Piedmont. 



Basswood (linden, linn), west. 



Holly, east. 



Huckleberry, east. 



Buckwheat, west. 



Ironweed (aster). Piedmont. 



Locust (black locust), west and Piedmont. 



Aster, all sections. 



Cotton, east and Piedmont. 



