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 Table V. — List of the more hnportaiit honey plants in Massachusetts — Cont'd. 



Name. 



Times 

 reported. 



Fruit bloom (includes pear {Pyrtis spp.), apple, cherry, peach, plum (Prunus spp.), etc 



Linden or basswood {Tilia spp.) 



Buckwheat (Faijopyrwn spp. ) 



Raspberry {Rubus spp. ) 



Blackberry (Rubus spp.) 



Sumac (Rhus pp.) 



Locust o {Robinia spp.) 



Maple (Acer .spp. ) 



Clethra ( Clethra alnijolia) 



337 

 160 

 114 



103 

 23 



" Does not yield every year ; " Once in three years," one bee keeper says. 



LIST OF PLANTS REPORTED RELATIVELY FEW TIMES. 



(Reported from one to fifteen times.) 



Alder {Alnus spp.). 



Arnica, white flowering {Arnica mon- 



tana). 

 Barberry (Berberis spp.). 

 Blueberry {Vaccinium spp.). 

 Burdoclv (Arctium hiitpa). 

 Buttercups (Ranunculus spp.). 

 Button bush (Ccplialanthus occiden- 



talis). 

 Cherry, wild (Prunus spp.). 

 Chestnut (Castanca dentata (marsh)). 

 Columbine (Aquilcgia canadensis). 

 Cowpeas (Vigna catjang). 

 Cranberry (Vacciniuni spp.). 

 Cucumber, cultivated (Ciicumis spp.). 

 Cucumber, wild (Micrampelis lohata). 

 Dandelion (Taraxacum spp.). 

 Elderberry (Samhucns spp.) 

 Elm ( Ulmus spp.). 

 Gentian, fringed (Gentiana crinita). 

 Geranium, wild (Geranium spp.). 

 Gill-over-the-ground (Glecoma hed- 



eracea ) . 

 Gooseberry, wild and cultivated (Rihes 



spp.). 



Hickory (Hicoria spp.). 

 Honey.^^uckle, Tartarian <i (Lonicera 



tatarica). 

 Horse chestnut (JEsculus spp.). 

 Huckleberry (Gaylussacia spp.). 

 Knotweed (Polygonum spp.). 

 Milkweed (Asclcpias spp.). 

 Mints, catnip, etc. (Mentha spp.). 

 Mustards, wild (Brassica spp.). 

 New Jersey tea (Ceanothus ameri- 



canus). 

 Radish (Raphanus spp.). 

 Shad bush, wild (Amelnnchier hotry- 



apium ) . 

 Skunk cabbage (Spathyema foetida). 

 Strawberry, wild and cultivated 



(Fragaria spp.). 

 Sunflowers (Ilelianthus spp.). 

 Syringa (PhiJadelphus spp.). 

 Thyme ^ (Thymus serpyllum). 

 Viburnum (Vihurnmn spp.). 

 Willow (Salix spp.). 

 Witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) . 



PERIODS OF NECTAR SECRETIONS IN DIFFERENT LOCALITIES. 



Through the courtesy of several bee keepers the writer is able to 

 present with considerable detail the periods of nectar secretion of 



° Reported of Importance and very productive in Hampshire County. 



* Jackson, Joseph J. 1894. Through Glade and Mead. Jackson (p. 293) 

 lists it for Worcester County. It was also reported to the writer three times 

 from Berkshire County. 



