1903 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



59 



THE HONEY FLORA OF SOUTHEASTERN NE= 

 BRASKA. 



The Other Plants Besides Catnip Found in the Vi. 

 cinity of Dr. Uandy's Home, Humboldt, Neb. 



thing: of the value of buckbush as a honey- 

 plant, and then stopped before a g-ood-sized 

 field of it that he had sown on some waste 

 land. The plant was out of bloom at the 



BV E. K. ROOT. 



(In p. 805, Oct. 1, I stated, in re- 

 ferring- to my visit at the home of 

 Dr. Gandy. that it was my opinion 

 that catnip did not cut very much 

 of a figure in honey production, in 

 the locality, and then added that I 

 would, later on, g^ive some photos of 

 other honey-plants. The land for 

 the most part is deep and rich, of a 

 chestnut or black color. The natu- 

 ral wild flora is ver}' abundant, but 

 perhaps not moresothan in otherpor- 

 tions of Nebraska. Dr. Gandykind- 

 ly drove Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Whit- 

 comb, and myself over the country, 

 giving us an excellent opportunity 

 to take photos along the way, and 

 some of those that I then took I now 

 take pleasure in presenting to our 

 readers. In Figure 1 is shown a 

 thrifty-growing catnip-plant in Dr. 

 Gandj-'s bee-yard just back of his 

 house. His little daughter, and his 

 son. Dr. Gandy, Jr., stand in the 

 rear. His son is, I should say, about 

 5 feet 9 in height, and so the reader 

 can get an idea of the size of the 

 plant, although this is only one 

 plant. 



While on the road leading south 

 from town Dr. Gandy told us some- 



I'lG. 1. 



-A LARGE CATNIP-PLANT 

 HOME APIARY. 



AT DR. GANDV'S^ 



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FIG. 2. — A FIELD OK BUCKBUSH SOWN OKIGINALt.V BY DK. GA.N'DY 



