4G BEE PASTURAGE AND PRODUCTS. 



haivest. Easpberries, especially the red varieties, yield an ex- 

 cessive flow of excellent honey. The month of June brings the 

 white clover, which, in the older parts of the country, is usually 

 the chief source of surplus honey, and of great value everywhere. 

 It continues in blossom about two months, yielding large quanta 

 ties of superior honey. The tulip-tree, by some called poplar, 

 by others, whitewood, blossoms soon after the appearance of the 

 white clover, and secretes much pure saccharine matter, nearly a 

 teaspoonful being often contained in one of its large bell-shaped 

 flowers. "We once had an apiary located near the grove of this 

 timber, and every fine morning, during the time it was in blos- 

 som, the bees seemed to be swarming over a ten acre field in the 

 direction of the grove. Catnip, borage, strawberries, honey- 

 suckles, mignonette, hoarhound, motherwort, and various kinds of 

 garden flowers, are rich in honey and valuable when in sufficient 

 quantities. The locust tree, either yellow or black, is a great 

 producer of honey, and while in bloom, the bees will swarm 

 around it to the neglect of other flowers. About the first of July, 

 the linden or basswood opens its ten thousand fragrant petals. 

 "Where this timber abounds, the bees reap from it a rich harvest. 

 Mustard is, also, an especial favorite. Corn tassels afford much 

 pollen, and vines of the pumpkin, squash, &c, yield honey. In 

 some seasons, what is called "honey dew," makes its appearance 

 on the vegetation. It is usually confined to a few varieties of 

 trees, giving the leaves a glossy appearance, and is sometimes so 

 copious as to make them quite sticky. The dew of each suc- 

 ceeding morning makes it available till a rain dissolves and 

 washes it away. 



