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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 23, 



Questioi;)'Box^ 



In the multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety.— Prov. 11-14. 



Honey-Plants that Have Disap- 

 peared or arc on the 

 Inerease. 



Query 23.— 1. What wild honey-plants In 

 your region have disappeared, or are disap- 

 pearing, as a result of cultivation of the 

 ground ? 



2. What honey-pIantB are on the incretise in 

 your region, or have iDcreased withiu the 

 past ten years ?— Michigan. 



(Mich,) — 2. Sweet clo- 

 (N. Y.)— 1. All. -1. 



Bass- 



White 



H. D. Cutting 

 ver. 



G. M. Doolittle 

 None. 



B. Taylor (Minii.) — 1. White clover. 

 2. Alsike and sweet clover. 



Emerson T. Abbott (Mo.) — 1 

 wood. 2. None that I know of. 



Prof. A. J. Cook (Calif,)— 1. 

 sage is disappearing. 2, Eucalyptus. 



W. E. Graham (Tex,)— 1. Horsemint 

 and ratan. 2. Cotton and sweet clover. 



W. G. Larrabee (Vt.)— 1. The bass- 

 wood is being cut off. 2. Alsike and 

 sweet clover. 



E. France (Wis.) — 1. Basswood is fast 

 disappearing, and many wild flowers. 2. 

 Nothing that I know of. 



Dr. C. C. Miller (111.)— 1. I don't know 

 of any within 40 years. 2. Sweet clo- 

 ver, and perhaps Alsike. 



C. H. Dibbern (111,)— 1. Golden-rod, 

 mints and other native plants. 2. Sweet 

 clover, alsike, alfalfa, etc. 



Allen Pringle (Canada) — 1. Princi- 

 pally the basswood or linden tree — the 

 maple and the sumach. 2. Alsike clo- 

 ver. 



P. H. Elwood (N, Y,)— The wild rasp- 

 berry is disappearing, and basswood 

 more slowly. 2. The dandelion is on 

 the increase. 



J. E. Pond (Mass.) — 1. None that I 

 aware of. 2. Having given no atten- 

 tion to the matter, I am unable to 

 answer intelligently. 



Chas. Dadant & Son (111.) — Drouth is 

 killing more honey-plants than cultiva- 

 tion. A wet season would bring them 

 all back, except the perennial. 



J. M. Hambaugh (Calif.)— 1. In Illi- 

 nois white clover, linden, spanish-needle, 

 and in fact most of the leading flora is 

 being curtailed, and giving way to culti- 

 vated fields. 



Mrs. L. Harrison (111.) — 1. All plants 

 growing in wet places, now tile-drained, 

 such as boneset, Spanish-needle, polygo- 

 num, etc. 2. Sweet clover, white and 

 yellow ; now and then a plant of alfalfa. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown (Ga.)— 1. The 

 aster particularly. 2. Helenium tenui- 

 folium. This has wonderfully increased, 

 but the honey is no good for commercial 

 purposes, as it is bitter. Good to pro- 

 mote breeding. 



G, W, Demaree (Ky,) — 1. Our main 

 source for honey as a surplus — white 

 clover — is disappearing before the to- 

 bacco craze in ijlue-grass Kentucky. 2. 

 White aster— but the cut-worms of the 

 spring of 1895 set this plant back two 



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