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Azalea, wild honeysuckle, Azalea spp. Some nectar, pollen. 



Ball or button sage ; see Sage. 



Banana, Musa spp. Cultivated in Florida and extensively in 

 tropical America. Pollen. 



Banana family, Musaceae; see Banana. 



Barberry, Berberis vulgaris. Pollen, nectar. 



Barberry family, Berberidaceae ; see Barberry, Berberis pinnata 

 and B. trifoliolata. 



Bass wood, linden, whitewood, Tilia americana (Fig. 147). In 

 forests and in moist soils, 

 tree to 125 feet, leaves 

 oblique, flowers borne on 

 bracts 2-4 inches, June- 

 July (usually at end of 

 white clover honey-flow). 

 Honey light amber to 

 white, flavor when un- 

 mixed is pronounced (es- 

 pecially if extracted when 

 unripe) and not especially 

 pleasant, but when mixed 

 with white clover honey 

 is exceptionally fine. In 

 rich woods in northeast- 

 ern United States and in 

 mountains south to Geor- 

 gia, west to Nebraska. 

 Formerly much more 

 abundant. The culti- 

 vated species, T. europcea, 

 is equally valuable when 

 present. The wood is 

 used in making the one-piece sections used almost universally 

 for comb-honey. Nectar secretion quickly affected by adverse 

 weather conditions. A heavy yielder when weather preceding 

 the honey-flow is favorable. The heavy cutting of these trees 

 has greatly decreased the importance of this tree to the bee- 

 keeper. The name linn (or lin) or lime tree is given to the 

 European species, T. europcea. T. heterophylla is also common 

 (called bee- tree). T. pubescens has a more southern distribu- 

 tion. The other species of Tiliacese are mainly tropical. 



Bayberry ; see Sweet-Gale. 



Bayberry family, Myricaceae ; see Sweet-Gale. 



Bearberry ; see Manzanita. 



FIG. 147. Basswood. 



