A SURVEY OF BEEKEEPING IN NORTH CAROLINA. 13 



Crimson clover (Trifolium incamatum) : Nectar; May; Piedmont section. 

 Huckleberry (Gaylussacia sp. ) or Blueberry (Vaccinium sp. ) : Neqtar; May; 



eastern part of State. 

 Tupelo gum (*Nyssa aquatica) : Nectar; Specimen from Pender County; May; 



extreme eastern part of State. 

 Wild blackberry (Rubus spp.) : Nectar; May; west and Piedmont. 

 Tulip poplar, locally called poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) : Nectar; May 



10-30 ; throughout except in extreme eastern part of State. 

 Pasture killer, " rubber weed " (*Senecio aureus): Nectar; specimen from 



Clay Co. ; May ; western part of State. 

 Highland gallberry (*Ilcx glabra) : Nectar; specimen from Pamlico Co.; May 



15-June 20; eastern part of State. 

 Swamp gallberry (*Ilcx coriacea) : Nectar; specimen from Pamlico Co.; 



May 15-June 20 ; eastern part of State. 

 Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) : Nectar; June; throughout State. 

 White clover (Trifolium repens) : Nectar; June-July ; western part of State. 

 Sweet bay (*Persea pubescens) : Nectar; specimen from Pamlico Co.; June; 



eastern part of State. 

 Linden, basswood, or linn ( Tilia sp. ) : Nectar ; July ; north coves of moun- 

 tains. 

 Sourwood (* Oxydendrum arbor eum) : Nectar; specimen from Surry Co.; July 



1-21 ; Piedmont region and western part of State. 

 Rattleweed, black cohosh (*Cimicifuga racemosa) : Nectar; specimen from 



Buncombe Co. ; July-August ; western part of State. 

 Hercules club (*Aralia spinosa) : Nectar; specimen from Washington Co.; 



June-August ; eastern part of State. 

 Sumac (Rhus spp.) : Nectar; *Rhus glabra from Surry Co., Rhus copallina also 



common; July; throughout State. 

 Smartweed (Polygonum and Persicaria spp.) : Nectar; specimen of ^Persicaria 



pennsylvanica from Henderson Co. ; August-September ; Piedmont region 



and western part of State. 

 Coralberry, Indian currant, buckbush (*Sy,mphoricarpos orbiculatus) : Nectar; 



specimen from Alamance Co. ; July. 

 White snakeroot (*Eupatorium urticaefolium) : Nectar; August; specimen 



from Buncombe Co. 

 Goldenrod (Solidago spp.) : Nectar; *Solidago altissima from Henderson Co.; 



September; throughout State. 

 Alters, ironweed (Aster spp.) : Nectar; * Aster ericoides from Surry Co.; Sep- 

 tember 20 to frost ; throughout State. 

 Spanish needle (Bidens spp.) : Nectar; * Bidens vulgata from Henderson Co.; 



September ; Piedmont region and western part of State. 

 Stickweed, feather-edge (*Ridan alternifolius) : Nectar; specimen from Bun- 

 combe Co. ; August and September ; throughout State. 



POSSIBILITIES UNDER NORTH CAROLINA CONDITIONS. 



The possibilities for commercial honey production are already 

 great and there is opportunity for them to become greater. In- 

 crease in the area of land under cultivation will perhaps decrease 

 the amount of honey secured from some sources but, to offset this. 

 are the activities of the county agents and farmers who plan greatly 



* Specimens of these plants were kindly determined by Mr. P. L. Ricker, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. 



