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AMERICAN HONEY PLANTS 



Willowherb, yields surplus in abundance. 

 — Chas. A. Reece, Bulletin No. 33, W. Virginia Department of Agriculture. 



WHITE ALDER, see Pepperbush, 



WHITE BRUSH (Lippia ligustrina). 



White brush is a very common shrub throughout south Texas. It has 

 some resemblance to the Indian currant of the Northern States, except 

 that it is larger in size. It has long sprays of fragrant white flowers which 

 appear several times during the year, following rains. According to H. B. 

 Parks, it yields little honey during the regular blooming period of spring, 

 but during the rain-induced bloom, in late fall, it yields heavily. 



In the lower Rio Grande Valley, beekeepers reported to the author 

 that the blooming period is short, but that it usually yields well, while the 

 bloom lasts. In many localities similar reports are received. Most bee- 

 keepers regard the honey as of good quality, but the plant not dependable. 

 In seasons when there are frequent heavy rains considerable honey is har- 

 vested, as it blooms after every heavy rain. 



WHITE CLOVER (Trifolium repens). 



White clover undoubtedly holds first place as a honey plant in Amer- 

 ica. It is important as a source of nectar from Maine to Nebraska and 

 south to Kentucky and Missouri. In all the Northeastern States it is one 

 of the principal sources of nectar and, in many localities, it stands alone 

 as the source of marketable surplus. Remove white clover, and bee- 

 beekeeping would be a poor dependence in a large portion of this great 

 area. Alsike is similar in yield and quality of its honey, but it is not so 

 widely spread. The white clover plant is a perennial and establishes itself 



