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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Sept. 24, 



By DR. n. S. FEPOON, 



936 Belleplaine Ave., Station X, Chicago, III. 



Ready for Business. 



I have been absent on a camping tour, 

 and have only lately returned to the city. 

 This will be my excuse for past delays in 

 answering queries about plants. I am 

 ready now, however, to attend strictly 

 ut business, so send them on. 



H. S. Pkpoon. 



Partridge-Pea— crater Hore- 

 Hound. 



I send two different plants, which I 

 would like to have named. They grow 

 around here on low sandy lands. Do 

 jou know anything about their hoiey- 

 producing qualities? A. V. E. 



De Motte, Ind., Aug. 6. 



Answer. — No. 1, is the partridge-pea 

 spoken of in a former number of the Bee 

 Journal. 



No. 2, is a member of the mint family, 

 and has the common name of water-hore- 

 hound, (botanically lycopus). Like many 

 mints it is well supplied with honey, and 

 seems a favorite with the smaller bees. 



^VillowHerb. 



I enclose a sample of flower that 

 made its first appearance here last sum- 

 mer. The marshes are fairly covered 

 with them. What is its name, and how 

 does it rank as a honey-producer? 



Hancock, Wis., June 27. S. R. H. 



Answer. — The plant you send is the 

 willow-herb, already treated of in the 

 Bee Journal for July. 



Basil Clover. 



I enclose a plant whose name I wish to 

 know. Does it produce much honey ? 

 My bees are now working on it all day 

 long, and we have oceans of it here. 



Albertville, Ala., Aug. 26. J. H. S. 



Answer. — The plant you send is a 

 hespedeza, common name " clover," be- 

 longing to the Pulse family, already 

 often mentioned as containing the 

 clovers and other honey-plants. As 

 to the honey-producing qualities I can 

 say nothing. In the North the genus is 

 not apparently a valuable one for honey, 

 but experience may prove that some of 

 the species have merit. 



Partridge-Pea— Fig-wort. 



I send two plants. Will you kindly 

 give me their names ? No. 1, some call 

 "buttercup." It grows to perfection 

 on low ground, on the banks of ditches 

 and roadside. No. 2, I know no common 

 name for. I only kuow one patch — it is 

 on the south side of a hedge, and bees 

 work on it from daylight to dark. A bee 

 doesn't have to visit many of the little 

 cups until it gets its load. Bees don't 

 work a great deal on No. 1, but perhaps 

 it may be a good honey-plant some other 

 place. T. G. 



Raritan, III, Aug. 31. 



Answer. — No. 1 is the much-talked- 

 of partridge-pea, on which I have made 



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