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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Marcn 1, 19C6 



ZIGOPHILI.E.E. Bean-caper Family. 



Kallstrocmla maxima — (L. ) T. and G. 



Greater Caltrop. 



Honey-yield good in the mornings, 



blossoms closing by noon except in cool 



and damp weather; an abundance of 



pollen. Good, as ii comes in dearth of 



summer. 



TrilMilus cistoldes — L. 

 Large-flowered Caltrop. 

 Honey-yield as above. April, August. 



GERAM\li:i:. Geranium Family. 



OxallH Btricta — L. 



Yt-llow Wood-Sorrel. 

 Not plentiful for bee-forage. Summer. 



RITACE.K. Hue Family. 



Citrus nil.. Mala — L. 



Hardy Orange. 

 Honey-yield fair for early brood- 

 rearing. Cultivated and scarce. March. 

 Ptelia trifoliata — L. 

 Hop-Tree. 

 Honey-yield good; very good in 

 favorable seasons where abundant. 

 May, July. 



Xanthoxyluni clava-hereulis — L. 

 Prickly Ash. Toothache Tree. Sea Ash. 

 Pepper Wood. 

 Good honey-yield; bees work busily 

 on it. April, June. 



SIJIAHliBAC U.K. Quassia Family. 



Ailauthus glaadulosa — Desf. 

 Tree- of -Heaven. 

 Honey-yield fair in favorable sea- 

 sons; pollen. Also nectar-glands on 

 leaf blades. April. 



MELIACE.E. Melia Family. 



Melia azedaraeh — L. 



Umbrella China Tree. 

 Honey-yield early, and helps early 

 brood-rearing. Cultivated and escaped. 

 February, March. 



ILICHVE-E. Holly Family. 



Ilex caroliuiana — Trel. 

 Youpon. 

 Not important. March, April. 



Ilex dieidua — Walt. 

 Possum Haw. Bearberry. Youpon. 

 Honey-yield good, but short. In warm 

 seasons earlier, and good for early 

 brood-rearing. March, May. 



RHAMNE.E. Buckthorn Family. 



Berclieniia scandens — Trel. 

 Rattan Vine. 

 Honey-yield good, giving surplus in 

 favorable seasons, but dark amber, and 

 used by manufacturing houses. April. 

 Colubrina .texensis — Gray. 

 Honey-yield good, but no surplus; 

 some pollen. April. 



Coudalia obovata — Hook. 

 Brazil Wood. Logwood. 

 Not very important, but comes well 

 in dearth of summer. July, August. 



AMPELIDACE.E. Vine Family. 



< issus iueisa — Desmond. 



Cow Itch Vine. 



Keeps bees out of mischief during 



dearth; surplus where plentiful. April, 



August. 



A'itis moutieola — Benkley. 



Mountain Grape. 



Valuable for brood-rearing. March. 



Yitis (Varieties?) 



Cultivated Wine Grapes. 



Good for pollen. April, May. 



SAPINDACE.«. Soapberry Family. 



Cardiospernuiu halieseabum — L. 



Balloon Vine. 

 Honey-yield fair, but plants not 

 abundant. April, July. 



Sapindus marginata — Willd. 

 Soapberry. Wild China. 

 Homy-yield good; heavy flow in 

 favorable seasons; gives surplus. June. 



t "- li.i speeiosa — Kndle. 



Mexican Buckeye. 

 Honey-yield good in dearth, but not 

 plentiful. July. 



AN AC'ARDIACE.E. Sumac Family. 



Rhus capoliua — L. 



Sumach. 

 Good, giving surplus in favorable 

 seasons, depending upon rains. August. 

 Rhus vireus — Lindl. 

 Green Sumach. 

 LEGUMINOSE. Pulse Family. 



Acacia aruieutacea — D. C. 

 Of no importance; bees gather pollen 

 from it occasionally. Early summer. 

 Acacia herlandierii — Benth. 

 Huajilla. 

 Honey»-yield heavy, and one of the 

 main surplus yielders in Southwest 



Texas. Honey of fine quality, white, 

 and considered the best quality honey 

 in Texas. April. 



Aeaeea I'arneeiaua — Willd. 

 Huisache. 

 Good for stimulating early brood- 

 rearing; honey and pollen. February, 

 April. 



Acacia greggil — Gray. 

 Cat'sclaw. Devil's Claw. Paradise 



Flower. 

 Abundant honey-yield, and a main 

 yielder of fine quality surplus honey of 

 Southwest Texas. April, again in June. 

 Aeaeia roeiueriutia — Schlecht. 

 Round-flowered Cat'sclaw. 

 Honey-yield heavy, and of tine qual- 

 ity, but plants not abundant. April, 

 May. 



Aeaeia wriKlitii — Benth. 

 Texas Cat'sclaw. 

 Honey-yield very abundant; a main 

 surplus yielder of fine quality honey of 

 Southwest Texas. April. 



Albizzia Juliforissiu — Durazz. 

 Fair yielder of honey and pollen, but 

 trees scarce. Cultivated. May, July. 

 Astragalus uiexieauus — A. DC. 

 Mexican Ground Plum. 

 Honey-yield abundant when season 

 is favorable; drouth injures it. 

 Cereis canadensis — L. 

 Red Bud. Juda's Tree. 

 Honey-yield fair, aiding in early 

 brood-rearing. March, April. 

 Daubeutonia longifolin — (Car.) D. C. . 

 Mem. 

 Commonly called "Cassia." 

 Bees on it frequently, but apparently 

 of little value. July, September. 



Doliehos labial, — L. 

 Japanese Delchos. 

 Unimportant; no bees on it when 

 others in bloom. Cultivated. June, 

 August. 

 Eyseuhardtia ainorphoiiles — H. B. K. 

 Eysenhardtia. Rock Brush. 

 Honey-yield abundant, of fine quality 

 honey; blooms after heavy rains sev- 

 eral times in a season. March, May. 

 Gleditsehia triacanthos — L. 

 Honey Locust. 

 Very heavy honey-yield, but of short 

 duration. April 15-25. 



Lupiuus suhearposus — Hook. 

 Blue Lupine. Blue Bonnet. 

 Honey-yield good, and pollen of very 

 bright and orange colors. March, April. 

 Medicngo dentieulata — Willd. 

 Medick. Burr Clover. 

 Honey-yield sparingly in summer; 

 some pollen. Not important. 

 Medicago sativa — L. 

 Alfalfa or Lucerne. 

 Honey-yield fair; better in irrigated 

 regions. Cultivated for hay crops. 

 Early summer and fall. 



Melilotus alba — Desv. 



Sweet Clover. 



Good honey-yield, of fine quality 



honey. Not abundant in Texas, and 



should be planted for honey in waste 



lands. June, September. 



Melilotus officinalis — (L.) Lam. 

 Yellow Sweet Clover. 

 Claimed to be superior to and earlier 

 than M. alba. May, September. 



Neptunia lutea — (Leavenw.) Benth. 

 Not plentiful; bees rarely found on 

 it; some pollen. May. 



Parkinsouia aeuleata — L. 

 Retama. 

 Bees work on it more or less all 

 summer. May, September. 



Pisuin sativum — L. 

 Garden Pea. 

 Unimportant; some pollen; not vis- 

 ited much by bees. March, April. 

 Prosopis juliflorn — D. C. 

 Mesquite Tree. Screw Bean. 

 The chief woody plant throughout 

 the Southwest Texas prairies. Honey- 

 yield abundant, and one of the main 

 sources of the State, of good, light 

 honey. April, again in June. 



Robiuia pseudaeaeia — L. 



Black Locust. 



Honey-yield early, and good if no 



cold weather strikes it; not abundant, 



and a cultivated tree sometimes. March, 



April. 



Sebraukia angustata — Torr. and Gray 

 Sensil ive Briar. 

 Not important for honey; some pol- 

 len. Plants scarce. April, September. 

 Trlloliinii prateuse — L. 

 Red Clover. 

 Not important here in the South; 



rarely cultivated, and deep corolla 

 tubes'. .Summer. 



Trifoliuai repens — L. 

 White Clover. 

 Not important in the South; condi- 

 tions for these clovers are unfavorable. 

 Vigna siaensis — (L.) Endl. 

 Cow Pea. 

 Honev-vield good, fair quality and 

 light color. Cultivated. June, August. 



ROSACE.E. Rose Family. 



Ainygdalus persiea — L. 



Peach. 

 Honey-yield good, and with "fruit- 

 bloom" builds up colonies in spring. 

 Cultivated. February, April. 



Crataegus arbore seeas — Ell. 

 Hawthorn. White Thorn. 

 Honey and pollen; bees found busy 

 on it. April. 



Crataegus spatulata — Mx. 



Hawthorn. White Thorn. 

 Another species same as the above. 

 April. 



Mains malus — (L.) Britt. 

 Apple. 

 Honey-yield early; helps in brood- 

 rearing; good where abundant. Culti- 

 vated. March, April. 



Pruaus domestiea — L. 



Cultivated Plum. 

 Early, and good honey-yield; helps 

 to stimulate early brood-rearing. Cul- 

 tivated. February. 



Rosa. 

 Rose. 

 Unimportant, but bees gather pollen 

 from it sometimes. Cultivated. Early 

 spring to late fall. 



Rubus trevialts — Mx. 



Dewberry. 

 Honey and pollen; bees on it busily. 

 April. 



Spiraea virgiaiea — Britt. 

 Bridal Wreath. 

 Unimportant; bees sometimes on it. 

 Cultivated ornamental shrub. March. 



1,VTHRARIE.E. Loose-strife Family. 

 Lagerstroemia indiea — L. 



Crepe Myrtle. 

 Honey-yield occasionallv good, and 

 visited much by bees. Cultivated orna- 

 mental shrub. June, October. 



ONAGRARIE.E. 



Evening Primrose Family. 



i. aura filifornius — Small. 

 Honey-yield sometimes good, and 

 yielding surplus in spurts when favor- 

 able seasons and rains prevail. June, 

 October. 



Jussirea diffusa — Forskl. 

 Jussiee. 

 Honey-yield good, but not abundant; 

 good during dearth in summer, as it 

 grows in edge of waters and not af- 

 fected by drouth, but better with rains. 

 June, August. 



C'UCURBITACE.E. Gourd Family. 



t'itrulus eitrulus — (L.) Karst. 

 Watermelon. 

 Honey-yield abundant during dewy 

 mornings; also pollen. Cultivated. 

 Early summer to late autumn. 

 Cueuuiis nielo — L. 

 Muskmelon. 

 Good honey-yield in dewy mornings; 

 also pollen. Cultivated. July, Septem- 

 ber. 



Cueumis pepo — L. 

 Common Pumpkin. 

 Not important for honey, but abund- 

 ant pollen. Cultivated. May, June. 

 Cueumis sativus. 

 Cucumber. 

 Honey-yield good, but of short dura- 

 tion; also pollen. April, July. 



Cueurbita tfoetidissima — H. B. K. 



Wild Gourd. 

 Not important; good for pollen, but 

 plants not abundant. April, July. 



El.AEAGlVACE.E. Oleaster Family. 



Elaeaguus angustifolia — L. 



Sweet Olive. 

 Honey-yield good, but plants scarce. 

 Cultivated ornamental shrub. April. 

 Elaeaguus argeutia — Pursh. 

 Silver Berry. 

 Honey-yield abundant, but plants 

 scarce. Cultivated. October, November. 



CACTACE^E. Cactus Family. 



Opuntia englemaanii — Salm. Dyk. 

 Common Cactus or Prickly Pear. 

 Abundant honey-yield; sometimes 

 surplus, but rank Havor. May, June. 



