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MONEY IN" BEES IN AUSTRALASIA 



Mallee scrub. Huge areas of Australia are covered 

 with varieties of Eucalypts called Mallee scrub. Flowers 

 may be seen on one or more species at any time of tbe 

 year. Some of the Mallees are rather handsome and 

 valuable for bees. Here are a few of them. 



Bed flowering Mallee 

 Sciul} Mallee 



Slender Mallee 



Hooked MaUee 

 Oil Mallee 



Giant or thick-leaved 

 Mallee 



E. pyriformis 

 E. incrassata 



var. dumosa 

 E. gracilis 



E. uncinata 

 E. oleosa 



.E. incrassata 



W.A. 



S.A., Vic, N.S.W. 

 N.S.W., Vic, S.A., 



W.A., and Q. 

 Vic, W.A., N.S.W., S.A. 

 Vic, S.A., W.A., N.S.W. 



Vic, S.A., W.A., N.S.W. 



Peppermint, {E. amygdalina). A very irregular- 

 blooming Eucalypt widely spread over the eastern States. 

 The honey is not dark-coloured in New South WaleS; 

 where it blooms in October. It blooms in some places in 

 summer, at others in autumn and the honey is then very 

 dark. 



Pink, gum, {E. paniculata var. fasciculosa). One of 

 the South Australian Eucalypts. It yields a considerable 

 quantity of honey of very dense body, which does not 

 readily candy. It is a very handsome tree and is of great 

 value to the apiarist for pollen. 



Peppermint (Blue), {E. dives), flowers in Victoria 



during the spring, sum- 

 mer and autumn. The 

 honey is dark, but bees 

 winter well on it. Pepper- 

 mint is also "handy," in 

 autumn for pollen. 



Red Box, {E. polyanthe- 



mos). This tree is truly 



named "many-flowered." 



Pig. 90. Peppermiut. It is a remarkable producer 



of honey when everything is just right. It blooms early in 



spring — sometimes in June, and the flowering period 



lasts until November — and has some flowers every season. 



