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LOCUST TREES 



Yield a profusion of white flowers, about the last 

 of April, affording a very fine quality of honey. 



WILD CLOVER. 



Of the varieties of wild clover in California, some 

 afford pollen ; but I am not aware that any of them 

 are rich in honey. 



WHITE CLOVER. 



This is the great dependence for honey in the At- 

 lantic States. It will flourish in moist lands in Cali- 

 fornia. 



BUCKWHEAT 



Is a great source of both honey and pollen. It 

 may be sown at any time after the frosts are past. 

 The blossoms are so that the bees commence gather- 

 ing from them in about thirty days after ^it is sown, 

 and it continues in bloom for four or five weeks. 

 Buckwheat can be made to fill any vacancies that 

 occur during the summer, provided it is sown on lands 

 sufficiently moist to insure its growth. The honey 

 gathered from it is of a reddish color and fine flavor, 

 and is preferred by many persons to that gathered 

 from white clover. 



MIGNONETTE 



Is a great favorite with the bees. It is rich in 



