CHAPTER Vn 



HONEY PLANTS 



Beginning beekeepers, and occasion- 

 ally ''old timers," ask what flowers they 

 can plant in order to provide pasturage 

 for their bees. Too often they have the 

 idea that a few extra pots of geraniums 

 or a couple of hollyhocks will make a dif- 

 ference in the honey crop. They fail to 

 realize that plants suitable for bee pas- 

 turage must be exceedingly numerous be- 

 fore any perceptible results may be no- 

 ticed in the amount of honey that is stored 

 in the hive. 



Some beekeepers have made a practice 

 of planting an acre or two of such plants 

 as buckwheat, thinking that they will 

 thereby furnish a regular fall feast to the 

 honey gatherers. It is true that buck- 

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