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NAMES 



YIELDS 



COLOR 



QUALITY 



Pollen 



Pollen! and honey 



Mostly pollen 



Dark 



Poor 



Poplar 



Pussy willow 



Wild flowers 



Forest bloom 



Beech, maple and elm Pollen (Some years considerable honey) 



enough to tide the bees over to fruit bloom. 

 English willow Polleru and honey 



Dandelion Pollen and honey Amber Good 



Strawberry (Wild) Pollen 



(Cultivated) Pollen and perhaps a little honey 



Fruit trees Pollen and honey Amber Fair 



White wood (Alternate years) 



(Soft maple bushes) Pollen and honey Dark Good 



Sorrel Pollen (Possibly a little honey) 



Wild raspberry Honey and some 



pollen 

 Cultivated bush fruits Pollen and honey 



(Need the bees) 

 White clover Pollen and honey 



Alsike Pollen and honey 



(Main source of surplus in Aroostook) 

 Wild mustard Pollen and honey 



(Wild mustard bloom from early grains to the late planted 

 potatoes ) 

 Fireweed Some pollen and Light Good 



(Milkweed family) honey 

 Buckweat Pollen and honey Dark Good 



(Japanese, Silver hulled, etc.) 

 Thistles, smart weed 



and some other 



Pollen, honey-, or both 



Pollen and honey Amber Good 



Light amber Excellent 



Light 

 Light 



Good 

 Excellent 



Light amber Good 



weeds 

 Goldenrod 

 Squash, pumpkin, 



cucumber and 



melons 



Pollen and honey 



