HONEY AND POLLEN PLANTS. 65 
visited by hive bees would occupy far too much space for a brief treat- 
ise like this. Many plants are therefore omitted which secrete nectar 
freely but which are abundant only locally; others are left out because 
they secrete only at rare intervals, or under peculiar conditions, or are 
visited by bees only when some better honey source fails; others again 
because, though secreting well and readily yielding their honey or pol- 
len stores to the bees, they are not often present in sufficient numbers 
in any one locality to enable the bees to add materially to their surplus 
stores. Such plants are, however, often of great value because they 
cause the bees to rear brood during intervals between the times of stor- 
ing surplus honey and thus keep the colonies populous for successive 
harvests. 
Besides the main honey plants it would be easy to name for any local- 
ity quite a number of secondary importance which are frequented by 
honey bees, yet even though the localities were but a few miles apart 
searcely any two lists would agree either as to the plants to be included 
or as to their relative importance. The following honey and pollen pro- 
ducing plants are therefore of wide distribution or of special importance 
in certain localities. . 
For convenience separate lists are given for the three sections of the 
United States made by the parallels of 35° and 40° N. The flora of the 
western portion of each section differs of course greatly from that of 
the eastern part of the same section. Only the most important honey 
yielders among those of local interest in the extreme Southwest and the 
West have beep included in the lists, and the chief range of each has 
been noted. An effort has been made to indicate by the type the rela- 
tive importance of the plants as pollen and honey producers. 
NORTH AND NORTHEAST. 
[Above 40° N.] 
igengOms Oli Maple: CACC PUOTUM) = o228 2 < 2222 sno cose wel els oes e cess ene April. 
PARE ESE @ANDIUES) eer a 8S on toes SS: SareiaiSie) ie wows See Seid h ese se eeh cee April. 
22 D(C GHIRIIS) Ss a8 oe ea ae SEES ES Rao ae Sue April. 
“PINDER TU CIB NS 2 aa dey a aR a eR ea Mere ge Apr.—May. 
Dandelion (Taraxacum taraxacum — T. officinale of Gray’s Manual) .-----.-.- Apr.—May. 
Sugar, Rock, or Hard Maple (Acer saccharum — A. saccharinum of Gray’s 
INERTIAL Pet Sy Se Ce zt eC a OS Apr.—May. 
Juneberry, or Service Berry (Amelanchier canadensis)....----------------- Be Maryn 
OST CIP DANS 0 DIC (72D ROIS ep a i Be eg ee May. 
PO GME Ee Ye tnOn OU RRANT Chi0es)\ 2. . 2-2-6 -22< oi cece ese o eee eee ecese May 
PUMCHAOITMREY. and PUM (PrUNUS) socoss.o- 356-0225 -2ee5oce ork -se set May. 
PSOE AINACP PIG C98) os wo. Daw ces Gee - 22 25 58 Boe gee Sees ose = May. 
_ Huckleberries and Blueberries (Gaylussacia and Vaccinium) ..-----..----.-. May-June. 
- Common, BLACK, or YELLOw Locust (Robinia pseudacacia).........------ May-June. 
European Horse-chestnut (Wsculus hippocastanum) ...--.----------------May-June. 
Common Barberry (Berberis vulgaris) ..---.---- SL CBOR SARE Oe ere May-June. 
TuLip TREE, or ‘‘ WHITEWOOD” (Liriodendron tulipifera)....--....-------May-June. 
Pete Bre sO Se QUES) = 2 en na ,s re ee emer eet See's wets ee. May-June, 
MBER MUS SCE DUS) 2 oe ou te a. Sa ee eel. Sete bu ces ee HS Sane cen May-June. 
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