SOURCES OF HONEY 17 



yielding plants and shrubs, pollen being required by 

 the bees in abundance during the rearing of brood in 

 the early spring. 



The following list may be taken as indicating the 

 kinds of plants best suited for this purpose : — 



Pollen-Yielding Plants 



Arabis alpiaa. Hazel. 



Berberis (various sorts). Primrose. 



Blackthorn (Sloe.). Snowdrop. 



Brooms (various sorts). Wallflower (single kinds 



Crocus. only). 



Daffodils (and various single Willow. 



Narcissi). 



Flowering Currant. Winter Aconite. 



Many of the above give fairly large quantities of honey 

 in addition to a profusion of pollen, notably the Arabis, 

 which actually yields more of the former than of the latter. 



Where fruit is extensively cultivated, and orchards 

 abound, the time of blossoming will mark the first real 

 honey-flow of the season. Unfortunately, however, 

 it often happens that the bees, owing to the uncertainties 

 of the weather, are unable to take full advantage of 

 their opportunities at this season. 



Following the fruit blossom, hawthorn, and similar 

 early sources of honey, a period of scarcity frequently 

 occurs, and it is particularly at this period (to anticipate 

 somewhat) that the bees require the most careful atten- 

 tion as regards artificial feeding. 



The source of the main honey crop will depend upon 

 the bee forage available in the particular district in which 

 the apiary is situated. 



The following list is intended merely to indicate the 

 principal sources of honey in this country : — 



