BEE KEEPING IN MASSACHUSETTS. 



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



Name. 



Times 



reported. 



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



Linden or basswood ( Tilia spp. ) 



Buckwheat (Fagopyrum spp. ) 



Raspberry ( liubus spp. ) 



Blackberry (Rub us spp.) 



Sumac ( Rhus pp. ) 



Locust a (Robinia spp. ) 



Maple (Acer spp. ) 



Clethra ( Clethra alnifolia) 



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



337 

 KiO 

 111 



Oil 



103 

 23 



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.). 

 Burdock (Arctium lappa). 

 Buttercups (Ranunculus spp.). 

 Button bush (Cephalanthus occiden- 



talis ) . 

 Cherry, wild (Prunus spp.). 

 Chestnut (Castanea dentata (marsh)). 

 Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis). 

 Cowpeas (Vigna catjang). 

 Cranberry (Vaccinium spp.). 

 Cucumber, cultivated (Cucumis spp.). 

 Cucumber, wild (Micrampelis looata). 

 Dandelion (Taraxacum spp.).. 

 Elderberry (Sambucus spp.). 

 Elm (Ulmus spp.). 

 Gentian, fringed (Gentiana crinita). 

 Geranium, wild (Geranium spp.). 

 Gill-over-the-ground (Glecoma hed- 



eracea). 

 Gooseberry, wild and cultivated (Ribes 



spp.). 



Hickory (Hicoria spp.). 

 Honeysuckle, Tartarian (Loniccra 



tatarica ) . 

 Horse chestnut (JEsculus spp.). 

 Huckleberry (Gaylussacia spp.). 

 Knotweed (Polygonum spp.). 

 Milkweed (Asclepias spp.). 

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

 Mustards, wild (Brassica spp.). 

 New Jersey tea (Ceanothus ameri- 



canus ) . 

 Radish (Raphanus spp.). 

 Shad bush, wild (Amelanchicr boiry- 



apium). 

 Skunk cabbage (Spathycma foctida). 

 Strawberry, wild aud cultivated 



(Fragaria spp.). 

 Sunflowers (Hclianthus spp.). 

 Syringa (Philadelphus spp.). 

 Thyme 6 (Thymus serpyllum). 

 Viburnum (Viburnum 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. 



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

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

 from Berkshire County. 



