PASTURAGE. 399 
We should mention also, Ailanthus glandulosus (Varnish 
tree of China), a large, ornamental tree, which gives an 
abundance of honey so bad in taste, as to compel the bee- 
keepers who have some in their neighborhood to extract 
it as soon as it is gathered, that it may not injure the 
quality of their crop. 
8 at eS ay 
Fig. 167. Fig. 168. 
OAK. FEMALE BLOSSOM. HAZEL NUT. MALE BLOSSOM. 
Bees also visit some of the plants of the grass family, 
such as corn and sorghum. A plant of this family, the 
Setaria, or bristly fox-tail grass, is known in France under 
the name of accroche-abeilles, (bee-catcher). Its curved 
hairs grasp the bees’ legs, and the poor insects, unable to 
free themselves, are soon exhausted, and die. 
