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the balls made by the live oak gall. George Schmidt, of Crystal City, re- 

 ports an average of 25 pounds per colony from live oak balls, on the 

 Nueces River, in 1917. The honey was dark and heavy, but of good flavor. 

 The flow lasted till frost. There are numerous similar reports, from 

 west Texas, of honeydew from this source, from August till late fall. 

 During the drought of 1917 and 1918 there was little else for the bees in 

 many Texas localities, and the live oak saved the bees from starvation. 



Occasionally the bees work on white oaks in Illinois. In this case 

 they are attracted by the presence of a soft scale (Lycanium cockerellii). 



Fig. 100. Pollen bearing blossoms of red oak. 

 OGECHE PLUM, see Tupelo. 



OHIO — Honey Sources of. 



The sources of nectar in Ohio are very similar to those of many other 

 States in the great central basin, where white and alsike clover furnish 

 the principal surplus. There is the usual list of plants furnishing nectar 

 and pollen for early spring, such as willows, maples, fruit blossoms, dande- 

 lions, etc. The main flow comes from white and alsike clover in June and 

 July. In some sections buckwheat yields surplus. Basswood, which was 

 once an important source of nectar, has been cut until few beekeepers 



