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Table V. — List of the more important honey plants in Massachusetts — Cont'd. 



Name. 



Fruit bloom, (includespear (Pyrus spp.)» apple, cherry, peach, plum (Primws s»pp.), etc.-.i 



Linden or basswood (Tiha spp.) 



Buckwheat (Fagopyrum spp.) 



Times 

 reported. 



337 

 144 



041 



Raspberry (Eubus spp.).. 

 Blackberry f Rubus spp. ) . 



103 

 23 



Sumac (Rhus pp.) 



Locust a (Robinia spp. ) 



Maple {Acer spp.).../...— 

 Clethra (Clethra alnifolia) . . 



126 



89 

 43 

 36 



a Does not yield every year ; " Once in three years," one bee keeper says. 



LIST OF PLANTS REPORTED RELATIVELY FEW TIMES. 



(Reported from one to fifteen times.) 



Alder (Alnus spp.). 



Arnica, white flowering {Arnica Mon- 

 tana). 



Barberry (Berberis spp.). 



Blueberry (Vaccinium spp.). 



Burdock (Arctium lappa). 



Buttercups (Ranunculus spp.). 



Button' bush (Gephalanthus occiden- 

 talis). 



Cherry, wild (Prunus spp.). 



Chestnut (Gastanea dentata (marsh)). 



Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis). 



Cowpeas (Vigna catjang). 



Cranberry (Vaccinium spp.). 



Cucumber, cultivated (Gucumis spp.). 



Cucumber, wild (Mierampelis lobata). 



Dandelion (Taraxacum spp.). 



Elderberry (Sambucus spp.). 



Elm (Ulmus spp.). 



Gentian, fringed (Oentiana crinita). 



Geranium, wild (Geranium spp.). 



Gill-over-the-ground ( Glecoma hed- 

 eracea). 



Gooseberry, wild and cultivated (Ribes 

 spp.). 



Hickory (Hicoria spp.). 

 Honeysuckle, Tartarian* 1 (Lonieera 



tatarica). 

 Horse chestnut (Msculus spp.). 

 Huckleberry (Gaylussacia spp.). 

 Knotweed (Polygonum spp.). 

 Milkweed (Asclepias spp.). 

 Mints, catnip, etc. (Mentha spp.). 

 Mustards, wild (Brassica spp.). 

 New Jersey tea (Geanothus ameri- 



canus). 

 Radish (Raphanus spp.). 

 Shad bush, wild (Amelanchier botry- 



apium). 

 Skunk cabbage (Spathyema fcetida). 

 Strawberry, wild and cultivated 



(Fragaria spp.). 

 Sunflowers (Eelianthus spp.). 

 Syringa (Philadelphus spp.). 

 Thyme & (Thymus serpyllum). 

 Viburnum (Viburnum spp.). 

 Willow (Sali® spp.). 

 Witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana). 



PERIODS OE NECTAR SECRETIONS IN DIFFERENT LOCALITIES. 



Through the courtesy of several bee keepers the writer is able to 

 present with considerable detail the periods of nectar secretion of 



* Reported of importance and very productive in Hampshire County. 



» Jackson, Joseph J. 1894. Through Glade and Mead. Jackson (p. 293) 

 lists it for Worcester County. It was also reported to the writer three times 

 from Berkshire County. 



