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spring months; consequently it is of great value to the 

 Australasian apiarist. Colonies build up in a remarkable 

 manner while the Cape Weed is in bloom, and it has 

 earned the goodwill of bee-keepers from the ' ' Leeuwin to 

 the Gulf." The yellow paddocks of Cape Weed yield 

 also a flow of honey bright gold in colour. It has a unique 

 aromatic flavour, and candies quickly in coarse grains 

 of a sombre creamy white. The author once harvested 

 an average of 20 lbs per hive from this source alone. 



Cape Weed is perhaps the most important pollen plant 

 in Australia. It is a proclaimed weed in some portions of 

 Australia — for some unknown reason — it would be almost 

 as practicable as getting rid of the Eucalypts. In some 

 districts Cape Weed is of undoubted value for feeding 

 stock; milch cows do especially well on it during winter 

 when there is little else available. Professor Ewart, of 

 Melbourne University, speaks of it having "no practical 

 value as a fodder or otherwise. ' ' Strange as it may seem 

 the pollen from the Cape Weed affects some people in a 

 peculiar way, giving them what is called "Hay fever" 

 and a fit of sneezing. 



Cedar trees, Eed, (Cedrela Toona), Brown, Ehretia 

 acmninata) . Of some little value to apiarists in Central 

 Queensland. Toona is found also in New South Wales 

 and India. 



Clover, (White), (Trifolium repens, L.). The coastal 

 districts of portions of Australia are eminently adapted 

 for the growth of the various clovers. The island of 

 Tasmania produces considerable clover honey, likewise 

 many of the islets situated in Bass Strait. This clover 

 is the first to bloom in spring. It flourishes on river 

 flats and the honey is somewhat like that gathered from 

 Lucerne; pale in colour and of very delicate flavour. 

 Yields pollen of a peculiar dirty tint approaching olive. 



Clover, (Eed), {T. pratense). This is not quite so 

 good for yielding honey as the white Clover. Like that 

 of many clovers the honey is rather thin in consistency, 

 but is of fine flavour. 



