60 SOURCES OF HONEY. 
The Melilot or Sweet-scented Clover, both yellow and 
white, deserves a place in our list. It is found in bloom by 
midsummer, and remains until our latest flowers. Where 
it grows in profusion, as along many of our small streams, 
the supply it furnishes is by no means inconsiderable. 
In color the honey is rather dark, but the flavor is much 
superior to that of Buckwheat honey. 
BUCKWHEAT. 
This honey is considered by many to be of inferior 
quality. Its color, when separated from the comb, re- 
sembles molasses of medium shade. The taste is more 
pungent than that of clover honey; it is particularly 
prized on that account by some, and disliked by others 
for the same reason. 
In several counties in this State, so little of this 
grain is raised, that the honey can not be found in the 
hive or boxes. But in many places it is the main de- 
pendence, the bees seldom getting more than a winter 
supply from the early flowers. 
In some sections full sets of boxes are often filled from 
Buckwneat after a fine yield of white honey. This adds 
materially to the pecuniary returns from apiaries in such 
localities. The date of sowing Buckwheat varies with 
different farmers. I have passed through districts where 
some fields were out of blossom, while the flowers in others 
were not yet open, and still others at all intermediate 
stages. This protracts the yield from this source for 
several weeks. Although the honey commands a less 
price in market than lighter grades, it is a source of 
much profit. 
In some regions the Golden Rods, (several species of 
Solidago, fig. 16), afford valuable forage, and assist 
largely in replenishing the combs for winter consumption. 
I have frequently observed that bees were working vigor- 
