SOURCES OF HONEY. 5% 
One could easily be pardoned, in even so matter-of-fact 
a treatise as this, for pausing a moment to contemplate 
thoughtfully these wonders with which our pursuit so 
often brings us in contact, that we fail to appreciate their 
marvellousness. Thousands upon thousands of pounds of 
sweetness are produced by millions of tender blossoms, 
and put into our hands, as it were, by a tiny insect, whose 
life is at the mercy of every passing storm. 
Teasel.—In those sections where the Fuller’s Teasel (Dip- 
sacus Fullonum, fig. 13), iscultivated, the yield of honey is 
Fig. 18.—FrULLER’S TEASEL. Fig. 14.—wi> TEASEL. 
large and of fine quality. Iam indebted to Mr. G. M. Doo- 
little, of Borodino, N. Y., and Mr. N. N. Betsinger, of Mar- 
cellus, N. Y., for facts in regard to the value of Teasel as 
a source ofhoney. Itis cultivated largely in their vicinity, 
and their bees profit by it to a considerable extent. 
Since becoming familiar with its reputation, I have 
watched the bloom of the Wild Teasel, (Dipsacus sylves- 
tris, fig. 14), but as I never could find the bees upon it, and 
not being informed as to the different species, I could not 
understand why so much value should be placed upon it 
as a honey-yielding blossom. Mr. Doolittle informs me 
that the Wild Teasel, which has a purple blossom, is 
seldom, if ever, visited by the bees, but the cultivated 
