HONEYBEES AND HONEY PRODUCTION. 



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Table XIV. — Principal plants furnishing nectar and pollen; average dates 

 of beginning and ending of blooming periods — Continued. 





Trees. 



State. 



Holly (Ilex opaca). 



Black locust 

 (^Robinia). 



Persimmon. 





Begin. 



End. 



Begin. 



End. 



Begin. 



End. 



Michigan. . . . 

























































Missouri 















North. Dakota 















South Dakota 















Nebraska 















'K'fl.nfja,'! 







May 25 

 May 8 



May 1 

 Apr. 25 

 Apr. 15 



June 10 

 May 22 



May 15 

 May 10 

 May 1 







Kentucky . 











Tennessee 







June 1 

 May 6 

 Apr. 16 



June 15 



Alabama 







May 20 



Mississippi 



Apr. 25 

 Apr. 5 



May 21 

 Apr. 20 



Apr. 30 



Louisiana 





Texas 











Oklahoma .• 







May 5 



May 15 







Arkansas 







May 20 



June 5 



Montana 













Wynining 















Colorado 





























Arizona 















Utah 















Nevada 















Tflabn 















WasliiTigtnn 















Oregon 















California 



June 30 



Aug. 20 























Trees— Continued. 



Shrubs.! 



State. 



Sourwood 

 (^Oxydendrum). 



Tulip poplar 

 {Liriodendron). 



Gallberry 

 {Ilex glabra). 





Begin. 



End. 



Begin. 



End. 



Begin. 



End. 



Maine 















New Hampshire 















Vermont 















Massachusetts 















RhnHe Tslanrl 















1 Mesquite {Prosopis): Texas 



first flow- 



Apr. 15 to 



May 15, s« 



scond flow 



June 15 tc 



July 15; 



New Mexico, single flow May 6 to July 1; Arizona, single flow Apr. 15 to May 18; Nevada, 

 singleflowApr. 20to June 1. Catsclaw {Acacia jre^jrii), Texas, Apr. 20 to May 16. Guajilla 

 {Havardia), Texas, Apr. 20 to May 25. Sage (Ramona), California, Mar. 1 to July 1 (mostly 

 April, May, and'June). Wild buckwheat {Eriogonum), California, June 10 to Aug. 1. Gall- 

 berry {Ilex glabra): Florida, Mar. 25 to May 5; Georgia, Apr. 27 to May 28; North Carolina, 

 May 20 to June 13. 



